This document is a mini glossary of common university terms, co-created by University of Leeds students and staff. It is intended for new or current students who need quick explanations of academic and administrative vocabulary. The glossary is organised alphabetically from A to W. It covers terms such as Additional Consideration, Appeal, Academic Personal Tutor, and Athena SWAN. It also…
This document is a mini glossary of common university terms, co-created by University of Leeds students and staff. It is intended for new or current students who need quick explanations of academic and administrative vocabulary.
The glossary is organised alphabetically from A to W. It covers terms such as Additional Consideration, Appeal, Academic Personal Tutor, and Athena SWAN. It also explains the Buddy Scheme, Bursaries, the Careers Service, and Compulsory Modules.
Further entries include Contact Hours, Credits, Departments, Disciplines, Discovery Modules, Essays, Examination Boards, Faculties, Formative Assessment, and Formative Feedback. The glossary also defines Global Opportunities, Guided Independent Study, Independent Study, and Joint Honours.
Later sections cover Learning Objectives, Lectures, the Leeds Harvard Style, Leeds University Union, Makerspaces and Helix, Marking Criteria, Minerva, Mitigating Circumstances, Module Handbooks, Office Hours, Padlet, Parent Schools, and Peer Assisted Study Sessions.
The glossary concludes with definitions for Placement, Plagiarism, Practicals, Programme Leaders, Reading Lists, Resits, Schools, Semesters, Seminars, Societies, Student Representatives, Summative Assessment, Support Services, Timetables, Tutorials, the University of Leeds Library search, Welcome Induction and Transition, and Workshops.