Academic Services

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Academic Services (AS) is responsible for managing the University's processes to assure the quality and standards of its academic provision.

This includes oversight of the following activities.

Approval, monitoring and review of programmes of study and those who deliver them, including the University's faculties and its partner institutions.
Periodic review of the University's academic support service departments.
Organisation of awards assessment boards, progression assessment boards and management of the external examiner system.
Management of the procedures for dealing with academic appeals and academic integrity.
Servicing of several University committees and of audits and working parties on different aspects of the University's work.
Preparation of the University for institutional-level external quality assessment and review.
Information about the University and its provision, including the production of Student Experience Surveys and the Discover Uni dataset (formerly Unistats)
To promote and support the active involvement and engagement of students in a wide range of the university's quality assurance and enhancement and other academic related activities

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The University undertakes reviews on the Quality and Standards of its provision on a regular basis.

The essential reference-point for the University's Quality Assurance procedures is its Quality and Standards Manual.

Student Affairs encompasses a variety of areas of importance to the student experience.

AQS oversees the procedures for the assurance of academic quality and standards.

University of Chester works in collaboration with a number of organisations for the purpose of delivering higher education programmes.