Faculties and Departments should be open and transparent about their quality assurance processes. The Freedom of Information Act places a burden on the University as a whole to supply, on request, information which may be of public interest (this covers most University information). Moreover, other external regulators (Office for Students, Competition and Markets Authority) require publication of key information. The provision of information on publicly-accessible websites will, in many instances, obviate the need for specific requests. Further information about Freedom of Information is provided by the Registrary's Office.
Ideally, all information should be freely accessible to allow for ease of reference. The General Board expects faculties and departments to make the following resources available (electronically where possible via CamTools, Moodle or the web) to students and supervisors:
- course costs borne by students over and above the payment of the Composition Fee (this should be publically accessible);
- course handbook and/or lecture handouts;
- faculty or departmental statement on transferable skills provision;
- marking and classing criteria for examinations, including details of marking schemes;
- plagiarism statement and subject-specific guidance on referencing;
- agreed norms for numbers of supervisions and numbers of students per supervision for undergraduates;
- examination data retention policies
- external examiners reports and feedback from examiners' reports, as appropriate;
- problem sheets and answers if available;
- reading lists;
- past examination papers;
- the name and contact details of the Course Organiser and Departmental/Faculty Teaching Administrator;
- details of title, time, place and lecturer for all lectures given as part of the Tripos or Master's programmes.
Programme specifications for all taught courses are published on the University's CamDATA website. Faculties and departments are encouraged to provide a link to 'CamDATA: course information and statistics' from their own websites.