Dates provided are based on the 2025-26 academic cycle. Activities without specific dates are ongoing during that month. Where a date is ‘tbc’ further updates will follow.
Key
ADQAE – Associate Dean (Quality Assurance and Enhancement)
DA – Doctoral Academy
DQAS – Director of Quality Academic Standards
EE – External Examiner
GNC – Governance and Nominations Committee
L&TQAS – Learning & Teaching Quality and Academic Standards
PGR – Postgraduate (Research)
PGT – Postgraduate (Taught)
QAEC – Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee
QALT – Quality Assurance and Learning and Teaching
QAS – Quality and Academic Standards
QILT – Quality in Learning and Teaching
R – Registry
S – School
SFC – Scottish Funding Council
SQAEC – School Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee
SQASC – School Quality and Academic Standards Committee
UG – Undergraduate
VPE – Vice Principal (Education)
October
| 2 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 9 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 10 |
Meeting: School of Science and Engineering, SQAEC |
| 14 |
Meeting: School of Health Sciences, ESE-QAE |
| 21 |
Meeting: School of Life Sciences, SQASC |
| 23 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| 23 |
Meeting: School of Dentistry, QLT |
| 24 |
Deadline: School Research Degree Programme Review submitted |
| 29 |
Programme Review: School of Dentistry Undergraduate |
November
| 4 |
Meeting: Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 5 |
Meeting: School of Art and Design, SQAEC |
| 5 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 10 |
Deadline: Programme amendments for January 2026 intake |
| 10 |
Deadline: New modules and module amendments for Trimester 2 modules |
| 13 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 14 |
Deadline: Postgraduate External Examiner Reports |
| 20 |
Programme Review: School of Health Sciences, Undergraduate |
| 25 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| 27 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| |
Development: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Report |
| |
Meeting: School Planning |
December
| 1 |
Meeting: School of Science and Engineering, SQAEC |
| 2 |
Meeting: School of Life Sciences, SQASC |
| 3 |
Meeting: School of Health Sciences, ESE-QAE |
| 4 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 9 |
Meeting: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, SQAEC |
| 15 |
Meeting: Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 15 |
Deadline: Final programme approval for Academic Year 2026-27 |
| 18 |
Meeting; Programme Approvals Group |
| |
Development: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Report |
| TBC |
Approval: Student Partnership Agreement |
January
| 8 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 12 |
Meeting: School of Dentistry, QLT |
| 14 |
Meeting: School of Art and Design, SQAEC |
| 14 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 14 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| 19 |
Meeting: School of Life Sciences, SQASC |
| 20 |
Meeting: School of Science and Engineering, SQAEC |
| 22 |
Programme Review: School of Dentistry, Taught Postgraduate |
| 22 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| 23 |
Deadline: Final submission for School responses to External Examiner reports |
| TBC |
Deadline: Learning and Teaching Enhancement Report |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review for Trimester 1 |
February
| 5 |
Meeting: Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 5 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 12 |
Programme Review: School of Science and Engineering: CAHID, Taught Postgraduate |
| 12 |
Meeting: School of Health Sciences, ESE-QAE |
| 19 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| 24 |
Programme Review: School of Business, Taught Postgraduate |
| 25 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review for Trimester 1 |
| TBC |
Meeting: Learning and Teaching Enhancement |
March
| 2 |
Deadline: Programme amendments for September 2026 intake |
| 2 |
Deadline: Final module changes Trimester 1 2026-27 delivery, including new modules |
| 4 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 12 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 17 |
Meeting: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, SQAEC |
| 26 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review |
April
| 1 |
Meeting: School of Art and Design, SQAEC |
| 1 |
Meeting: School of Dentistry, QLT |
| 6 |
Meeting: School of Life Sciences, SQASC |
| 8 |
Meeting: School of Science and Engineering, SQAEC |
| 9 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 9 |
Meeting: School of Health Sciences, ESE-QAE |
| 15 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 22 |
Approval: External Examiner Annual Review to Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 22 |
Approval: Learning and Teaching Enhancement outputs to Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 22 |
Meeting: Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee |
| 22 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| 23 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review for Trimester 2 |
May
| 5 |
Meeting: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, SQAEC |
| 7 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 8 |
Deadline: Annual Quality Report to the Governance and Nominations Committee |
| 8 |
Deadline: Scottish Funding Council Report to the Governance and Nominations Committee |
| 21 |
Programme Review: School of Science and Engineering: Assistive Technology, Taught Postgraduate |
| 21 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| TBC |
Meeting: Quality Assurance Agency Annual Discussion |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review |
June
| 3 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| 3 |
Meeting: School of Business, SQASC |
| 4 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 8 |
Request: Programme Handbooks from Schools |
| 15 |
Meeting: School of Health Sciences, ESE-QAE |
| 16 |
Meeting: School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, SQAEC |
| 18 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| |
Review: Annual Module Review |
July
August
| 3 |
Meeting: School of Medicine, QILT |
| 6 |
Deadline: Programme Approvals Group items submitted |
| 10 |
Deadline: Programme Handbooks submitted by Schools |
| 14 |
Deadline: Undergraduate External Examiner Reports due |
| 19 |
Meeting: School of Art and Design, SQAEC |
| 20 |
Meeting: Programme Approvals Group |
| 24 |
Meeting: School of Life Sciences, SQASC |
| |
Revision: Postgraduate Researchers Essential Guidance |
| |
Review: School Research Degree Programme Review |
| |
Review: Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate Annual Programme Review |
| |
Revision: Research Degrees Quality Code |
For more information on Programme Reviews please view the 6 year schedule which is available here.
For Programme Approvals Group, submit 10 working days prior to the meeting date via email to: [email protected]
Get more information about the Programme Approvals Group
