Teaching and learning lexicon

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University of Manchester Staff Association (UMSA) is open to all members of staff. As well as providing a social club with bar, dining and recreational facilities on the main campus, the club organises trips and activities. Visit the University of Manchester Staff Association website.

UCAS stands for the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.

Unistats is the official site to search for, and compare, data and information on university and college courses from across the UK. The HESA website draws together comparable information on those areas that students have identified as important in making decisions about what and where to study.

Unit Specification summarises essential information about a course unit in a single document.

Unit Surveys  (formerly known as Unit Evaluation Questionnaires) are part of the University's commitment to listen to students and to seek annual improvements in student satisfaction. The surveys invite students to say how far they agree or disagree with a number of statements and free text responses to questions about the unit and the lecturer, for every unit they study. The questions are derived from research in several countries. Schools may add a number of additional School-specific questions if they wish, and students are invited to add free text comments. See 'Examples of Unit Survey questions' below. Find out more about unit surveys here. 

Unitu is an award-winning online platform that helps universities and students' unions to collect and analyse student data in real time, and deliver faster improvements to the student experience. See the Unitu webpage.

University Centre for Academic English (UCAE) provide a wide range of courses and services to the whole of The University of Manchester. See the UCAE website.

University College for Interdisciplinary Learning presents an opportunity for students at The University of Manchester to broaden their educational horizons, offering course units that showcase the breadth and depth of research and knowledge found at the University. Visit the University College for Interdisciplinary Learning website.

University College Academic Board is a University group which oversees the development of assessment principles and guidance to inform curriculum development as well as oversight of the course commissioning process for inclusion in the College.