Oxford Lifelong Learning at the Department for Continuing Education provides a range of policies and guidance to support students throughout their studies. These resources outline key regulations, procedures, and expectations, helping ensure a clear and consistent learning environment. This page brings together essential information on academic, administrative, and student-related policies, so you can easily find the guidance you need at every stage of your course.
University policies and guidance for all students
- Terms and Conditions: sets out the contractual basis of your relationship with the University and Oxford Lifelong Learning at the Department for Continuing Education.
- University regulations and policies: an A-Z list for guidance on and links to University regulations, codes of conduct and policies.
- University Statutes and Regulations: a formal record of the University’s Statutes and Regulations; includes a search tool for ease of use.
- University Student Handbook: general information and guidance to help you to make the most of the opportunities on offer at the University; it also provides a formal notification and explanation of the University’s codes, regulations, policies and procedures.
- University Examination Regulations: search tool to find the regulations for your course.
Policies and guidance for Oxford Lifelong Learning students
- Course handbook: specific to your course and refers to relevant policies and procedures, course regulations and conventions; available near the start of your course.
- Complaints and academic appeals
- Concurrent registration policy
- Conflict of interest policy
- Disciplinary regulations
- Educational recordings: supporting students with disabilities who are attending non-award-bearing courses
- Guidance for students seeking to bring children into the Department
- Hospitality and gifts policy and guidance
- Late submission policy
- Late submission of formative work
- Netiquette guidelines (online course environments)
- Non-payment of fees policy and procedure
- Preventing and responding to sexual misconduct
- Terms and Conditions (as ‘University policies’ above)
- Unspent criminal convictions of applicants to undergraduate courses policy and procedure
