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 a 'Periodic Review'.

The links below provides further information and guidance relating to the Periodic Review process:

Periodic Review of Programmes (revised October 2018)
Form for the nomination of an external member of a Periodic Review Panel

Form for the nomination of a student member of a Periodic Review Panel

Standard template for Periodic Review reports (revised November 2016 and effective for Period Reviews taking place from the Spring Term 2017 onwards)

Standard Template for the Response to the Report of the Periodic Review

Standard template for Periodic Review 'one-year follow-up' reports

Self-Evaluation Document (SED) for Periodic Review: Guidance notes and template (revised November 2016 and effective for Period Reviews taking place from the Spring Term 2017 onwards)

Questions for the School/Department and Periodic Review Panel (revised November 2016 and effective for Period Reviews taking place from the Spring Term 2017 onwards)

Future Periodic Reviews

Information on periodic reviews planned from 2020-2023 is available below:

Planned Periodic Reviews 2020-2023 by academic year (approved July 2020)

Claiming Expenses and Travel Costs

The form for claiming expenses, designed for the payment of external reviewers, is available by contacting: Richard Sandford r.j.sandford@reading.ac.uk

Outcomes of Periodic Review

The outcomes of Periodic Reviews which have taken place in recent years can be accessed below as PDF documents:

• Agriculture, Policy and Development (2016)
• Archaeology (2018)
• Art (2017)
• Biological Sciences (2017)
• Chemistry (2019)
• Classics (2013)
• Computer Science (2019)
• Construction Management and Engineering (2019)
• Economics (2017)
• English Language and Applied Linguistics (2016)
• English Literature (2014)
• Film Theatre and Television (2015)
• Food and Nutritional Sciences (2018)
• Geography and Environmental Sciences (2019)
• Post-Experience Postgraduate Programmes in Henley Business School (2018)
• Pre-Experience Postgraduate Programmes in the Henley Business School (2017)
• History (2020)
• History of Art (2015)
• Institute of Education (2018)
• Institution Wide Language Programme (2016)
• International Foundation Programme (2017)
• Law (2015)
• Mathematics and Statistics (2015)
• Meteorology (2015)
• Modern Languages and European Studies (2016)
• Pharmacy (2018)
• Philosophy (2016)
• Politics and International Relations (2014)
• Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (2017)
• Typography & Graphic Communication (2017)
• Undergraduate Programmes in Henley Business School (2016)

Previous Periodic Reviews are available on request by contacting Richard Sandford r.j.sandford@reading.ac.uk