Policies and Procedures

The University is developing a University Policies site (http://www.universitypolicies.uwa.edu.au/) with the aim of ensuring that staff and students have access to authoritative information on University policies. 

Academic Policy Services has a key role in developing, analysing and providing advice on policy, particularly relating to academic matters and to support the University's Operational Priorities.  The following provide links to some key policies of this kind.  For a full list of policies, see www.universitypolicies.uwa.edu.au

Academic Performance

• Academic Conduct : Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct UP07/21
• Academic Progress (other than in courses administered by the Graduate Research School) UP11/26)
• Show Cause UP10/11
• Special Consideration UP11/23

Admission and Enrolment

• Academic year of a bachelor's degree student calculation UP11/6
• Administrative Procedures in the Case where an Enrolment is to be Cancelled Due to the Discovery that Documentation Offered in Support of Entry was Fraudulent * UP07/88
• Admission to Undergraduate Degree Courses UP11/33
• Availability of Undergraduate Units UP11/38
• Central Timetabling UP10/6
• Changes to Regulations - Applicability for Current Students * UP07/96
• Concurrent Enrolment UP11/42
• Conditions applying to admission to postgraduate courses of the University UP11/28
• Credit Point Value of Units UP11/12
• Credit transfer, advanced standing and recognition of prior learning UP11/34
• Cross-institutional enrolment for students undertaking an award course at the University of Western Australia  UP11/9
• Cross-Institutional Enrolment Policy for students undertaking an award course at another institution in Australia UP07/142
• Deferral for commencing domestic undergraduate students UP11/31
• English Language Competence for admission to a course of the University UP11/30
• Full-time and part-time enrolment and overload UP11/7
• Prerequisites for entry to undergradaute majors UP11/32
• Re-admitting excluded and lapsed/discontinued students UP12/23
• Substitution of units in Postgraduate Courses that do not form part of the New Courses Framework UP12/5
• Summer Session UP07/133
• Time limits for courses UP11/10
• Transferring between Undergraduate Degree Courses UP12/22
• Undergraduate Degree Courses UP12/20
• Units additional to course requirements UP11/24
• Withdrawal from a Unit UP11/11

Appeals and Complaints

• Appeals Matters
• Appeals Process in the case where there is Dissatisfaction with an Assessment Result and/or Progress Status * UP07/92
• Complaints Policy and Procedures
• Student Complaints Resolution Policy * UP07/98
• Student Complaints Resolutions: Statistics Record Form

Assessment and Examinations

• Adoption of Plagiarism Detection Software - Minimum Essentials * UP09/6
• Alternative Examinations UP12/7
• Amending Examination Results and other Academic Decisions found to be in Error after Formal Notification to Students UP07/120
• Assessment  UP07/23
• Assessment Mechanism Statements UP11/37
• Calculators Approved for Use in Examinations UP07/119
• Conflict of Interest and Independence of Examiners UP11/1
• Deferred Examinations UP11/39
• General Principles relating to Examinations UP12/8
• Grades and Marks for Undergraduate Units and Postgraduate Coursework Units UP11/3
• Supplementary Assessment UP11/2
• Ungraded Passes and Ungraded Fails UP09/10
• Use of Editorial Assistance by Students UP09/9

Collaboration with other organisations

• Articulation Agreements
• Collaboration with external organisations
• Policy and Procedures for Establishing Articulation Agreements and Arrangements for Advanced Standing * UP07/143 (under review)

Computer and Software Use

• Computer and Software Use Regulations

Curriculum 

• Advanced Diplomas UP12/17
• Articulated Courses UP12/27
• Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) UP11/15
• Changes to approved Honours Specialisations UP12/9
• Changes to approved Majors UP12/6
• Changes to approved Postgraduate Coursework Courses UP12/26
• Changes to Units UP11/46
• Creating Special units UP11/47
• Clinical Doctorates UP11/35
• Diplomas (other than Advanced Diplomas and Graduate Diplomas) UP12/21
• Duplication of Unit Content UP10/1
• Graduate Certificate Courses UP11/18
• Graduate Diploma Courses UP11/19
• Master's Degree by Coursework and Master's Degree by Coursework and Dissertation UP12/31
• Masters Degree Courses by Thesis and Coursework UP11/48
• Postgraduate Coursework Structures & Objectives UP11/21
• Professional Doctorates UP07/105
• Schedule of Postgraduate Recommendations
• Transition Arrangements Relating to the Introduction of New Undergraduate Degree Courses UP11/36
• Unit Codes UP07/113 - Alpha Code Prefix List

Deans

• Deans' membership of committees UP07/115

Fees and Charges

• Fees for Domestic Students enrolled in Postgraduate Courses * UP07/122 (under review)
• Fees for Domestic Students who have a Non-Award Enrolment at UWA * UP07/121
• Incidental Student Fees and Charges UP07/20
• Reduction of Fees for International Postgraduate Research Students * UP07/145  

Graduation and Certification

• Academic dress colours of silk linings and facings UP11/49
• Certification for Award Courses UP11/40
• Certification for non-award courses UP11/41
• Names and abbreviations for degrees, diplomas and certificates UP07/116
• Schedule of Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates (as at 15 April 2013)

Higher Doctorates

• Higher Doctorates UP11/8

Honours

• Honours Award UP07/123

International Matters

• Policy Guidelines for the Marketing, Recruitment and Support of International Students (under review)
• Student Exchange (under review)
• Transational Programs (under review)

Legislative and Policy Framework

• Legislative Matters
• Waiver of Regulations Rules and Policies applying to course requirements and admission to and progression through courses UP07/134

Naming Rights

• Naming Rights UP07/126

Prizes

• Minimum Value and Duration of Prizes * UP07/129

Research Centres

• Establishment and Review of UWA Research Centres UP07/5

Research Training

• Adequate Research Preparation UP11/25
• Code of Conduct for the responsible practice of research UP12/25
• Graduate Research Training UP12/11
• Higher Degree by Research Preliminary Course UP11/20
• Managing alleged breaches of the Code of Conduct for research and allegations of research misconduct UP07/4
• Priority for Award of RTS Places * UP07/128 (under review)

Reviews

• Policy and Procedures for Establishing and Reviewing Transnational (Offshore) Programs, including Proformas * UP07/137  - International matters
• Reviews (Reviews of Administrative Divisions; Reviews of Schools and other Academic Units) UP11/16

Scholarships

• Establishment of Scholarships UP11/43

Student Conduct

• Academic Conduct: Ethical scholarship, academic literacy and academic misconduct UP07/21
• Charter of Student Rights and Responsibilities * UP07/13

Teaching and Learning

• Faculty Based Teaching Awards * UP07/27
• Lecture Capture UP10/9
• Provision of Unit Outlines UP10/5
• Selecting Teaching Modes UP09/1