Education planning and administration handbook

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The most important changes in the handbook are described in Section 1.4. Where there are official translations of laws, these are cited, in other cases, the translation of legal texts is SLU's own.

Please note that the English version is for information only, the Swedish version is the official version. 

1. Introduction

1.1 Purpose of the handbook, target group and scope
1.2 Content and outline
1.3 Abbreviations and recurring concepts
1.4 Changes since the previous version

2. Educational framework

2.1 Legal aspects
2.2 Financial aspects
2.3 Organisational aspects
2.4 Academic year and semester dates
2.5 Subject, main field of study, disciplinary domain

3. Students and student support

3.1 Starting points
3.2 Learning environments
3.3 Equal opportunities
3.4 Study and career guidance
3.5 Studying with a disability
3.6 Student copyright
3.7 Student insurance
3.8 Student costs and reimbursements
3.9 Tuition fees
3.10 Tuition fee refunds
3.11 Student debt
3.12 Scholarships
3.13 Approved leave from studies and non-completion
3.14 Student influence
3.15 Complaint procedures
3.16 Appealing a decision

4. Teachers and examiners

4.1 Starting points
4.2 Educational development
4.3 University teacher with merit-based salary increment ('Distinguished University Teacher')
4.4 Degree-awarding powers at department level
4.5 Examiners
4.6 Competence requirements for examiners
4.7 Change of examiner
4.8 Teacher copyright
4.9 Staff liability issues

5. Quality assurance

5.1 Starting points
5.2 Course evaluations
5.3 Programme evaluations
5.4. Student welfare follow-up
5.5 Quality dialogues

6. Course syllabuses and course instances

6.1 Starting points
6.2 Course syllabuses
6.3 Grading system
6.4 Course instances
6.5 Cancelling a course instance
6.6 Course modules
6.7 Discontinuing a course
6.8 External work experience courses and placements

7. Before and when a course starts

7.1 Early course information
7.2 Applying for a course instance
7.3 Admission to a course instance
7.4 Start of a course
7.5 Registering on a course instance
7.6 Non-completion of a course

8. Assessment (exams) and compulsory components

8.1 Starting points
8.2 Assessments and grading
8.3 Exam procedures
8.4 Compulsory components
8.5 Special reasons
8.6 Reporting results and documentation
8.7 Feedback and disclosing exam material
8.8 Alternative exam session
8.9 Resit opportunities

9. Independent projects (degree projects)

9.1 Starting points
9.2 Course syllabuses
9.3 Work plan
9.4 Implementing independent/degree project courses

10. Cheating and disciplinary measures

10.1 Cheating and plagiarism
10.2 Informing and preventing
10.3 Discovering and intervening
10.4 Disciplinary measures

11. Programme offering

11.1 Degree programme objectives and requirements at SLU
11.2 Degree programme size
11.3 Proposing a new degree programme
11.4 Principles for naming degree programmes
11.5 Joint programmes and double/joint degrees at first-cycle and second-cycle level
11.6 Phasing out a degree programme (when the programme syllabus is not replaced by a new syllabus with a new programme code)

12. Programme syllabuses and programme instances

12.1 Programme syllabuses
12.2 Programme instancees
12.3 Temporary freeze on admissions
12.4 Withdrawing a programme syllabus

13. Programme studies

13.1 Programme application (programme instance)
13.2 Programme admission (programme instance)
13.3 Programme registration (programme instance)
13.4 Admission to latter parts of a programme
13.5 Approved leave from studies and non-completion of a programme
13.6 Changes to the range of courses offered within a programme
13.7 Programme director of studies

14. Credit transfer system

15. External collaboration

15.1 External collaboration
15.2 Purpose and objectives
15.3 Education planning – external collaboration
15.4 External collaboration and student progression
15.5 External collaboration for the professional development of teachers
15.6 Follow-up

16. Sustainable development in teaching

16.1 Starting points
16.2 Procedures at first-cycle and second-cycle level

Annexes

Annex 1: Education organisation

Annex 2: Annual cycle for course and programme planning

Annex 3a: First-cycle and second-cycle subjects at SLU

Annex 3b: Main fields of study with subject descriptions

Annex 5: Joint course evaluation questions (Evald)

Annex 6: Joint course evaluation questions (Evald) for independent projects (degree projects)

Annex 7: Joint programme evaluation questions (Evald)

Annex 8: Information to include on the cover and title page of independent projects (degree projects) at SLU

Annex 9: Depublication process for pdf files already published in Epsilon

Annex 10: Changing a pdf file already published in Epsilon