Periodic Review

Guidance for Schools

The University carries out a fundamental review of all taught programmes in particular subject areas every six years, in a process known as 'Periodic Review'.

The Requirements for the periodic review of programmes (PDF - 462KB) provides further information and guidance relating to the Periodic Review process from the 2011-12 academic year. Please note that from January 2012 a student or sabbatical officer of the Students' Union will be included in the Periodic Review panel.

Other relevant forms and templates (in Word format):
Form for the nomination of an external member of a periodic review panel (212KB)
Standard template for Periodic Review reports (191KB)
Standard Template for the Response to the Report of the Periodic Review (200KB)
Standard template for Periodic Review 'one-year follow-up' reports (195KB)

Pathfinder

Information on the Pathfinder project can be found at the Pathfinder Homepage.

Future Periodic Reviews

Information on periodic reviews planned from 2008-13 and from 2012-19 is available below:

Planned Periodic Reviews 2008-13 by academic year (PDF - 46KB)

Planned Periodic Reviews 2012-19 by academic year (PDF - 102KB)

Expense claims

The pro-forma for claiming expenses, designed for the payment of external reviewers, is available below:

Claim form for External Review Panellist Fee Payment (Word - 226KB)

Outcomes of Periodic Review

The outcomes of Periodic Reviews which have taken place since 2004 can be accessed below as PDF documents:

• Agricultural and Food Economics (2005)
• Agriculture, Policy and Development (2010)
• Animal and Microbial Sciences (2004)
• Applied Linguistics (2010)
• Applied Statistics (2010)
• Archaeology (2006)
• Chemistry (2009)
• College of Estate Management (2005)
• Summary Report for CME 2008 (2008)
• Economics (2005)
• Economics (2011)
• English and American Literature (2008) 
• Environmental Science and Geography (2008)
• Film, Theatre and Television (2004)
• Film, Theatre and Television (2010)
• Food Biosciences (2007)
• Foundation Degree in Education (2011)
• Geography (2004)
• HSC (2007)
• History (2007)
• History of Art (2008)
• ICMA Centre (2010)
• International and Rural Development (2004)
• Law (2009)
• Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (2004)
• Management and the ICMA Centre (2005)
• Undergraduate and Pre-experience Postgraduate Programmes in Management (2011)
• Mathematics (2009)
• Meteorology (2010)
• Meteorology and Physics (2004)
• Modern Languages (2004)
• Modern Languages (2010)
• MA Organisation, Planning and Management in Education (2006)
• PG Certificate in Academic Practice (2006)
• Philosophy (2010)
• Politics and International Relations (undergraduate programmes) (2008) - to be published shortly
• Politics and International Relations (Taught Postgraduate Programmes) (2009)
• Psychology (2005)
• Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (2011)
• Real Estate and Planning (2004)
• Real Estate and Planning (2009)
• Systems Engineering(2008)
• Typography & Graphic Communication (2005)
• Typography & Graphic Communication (2011)
• BA Theatre Arts, Education and Deaf Studies (2006)