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Quality Assurance Document - Policies

Our approach and commitment to Quality Assurance at the College is summarised in our Policies and Procedures Manual. Individual policies from the latest edition of this can be downloaded below:

QuAD - Policies

From the OTC – Quality Assurance Document (QuAD) – Policies and Procedures Version 4.1 (May 2022)

 

1703 - Complaints Policy

1705 - CPD Policy

1706 - Collaborative Policy

1708 - Acceptable Usage of Elearning Environment Policy

1710 - Student Fees Policy

1712 - Supervision Policy

1801 - Policy on Policy Development

1802 - Protection of Enrolled Learners (PEL) Policy

1803 - Social Media Policy

1804 - Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy

1805 - Exit Awards Policy

1807 - Student Support Policy

1808 - General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Policy

1809 - Risk Management Policy

1901 - Practice Placement Policy

1902 - Fitness to Practise Policy

2102 - Academic Integrity Policy

2301 - Research Ethics Policy and Procedure

2401 - EDI Policy

 

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