Policies and guidance

This page provides signposts to University policies, procedures and guidance documents, and, where relevant, supplementary information provided by the Faculty of Humanities.

• Strategy
• Policies
• Codes of Practice and Guidance
• Presentations

Policy Framework

In July 2010, the University introduced a Policy Framework which provides the following descriptions for Policies, Procedures and Guidance:

• ‘A Policy is a statement of principles that staff, students and other applicable personnel must follow.’
• ‘A Procedure, subsidiary to a Policy, is an official way of doing something which must be followed.’
• ‘A Guidance Note or a Code of Practice is an advisory document that indicates a course of action that will usually be followed unless there is a good reason for not doing so. They provide protocols, practice and guidance to ensure that staff and others can comply with specific Policies and Procedures.’

Documents Database

There is an online list of all documents produced by The University of Manchester, including policies, procedures, regulations, guidelines and forms.

• Documents Database

For ease of reference, the main relevant documents are listed below.