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Publication Scheme: Categories and Classes 12.1 to 12.18


A publication scheme is a document outlining the information to be made available by a public authority either now or in the future. Rather than being a list of actual publications, it is a guide to the "classes" or types of information the institution is making a formal commitment to publish.

Edinburgh Napier University has adopted the model publication scheme developed for Scottish Higher Education Institutions and is therefore committed to publishing the information we list. Its purpose is to save duplication of effort in producing individual schemes and to assist the public in accessing information from across the sector.

Categories and Classes 

The menu which appears on the right hand side of this webpage breaks down the Publication Scheme into its component categories.  The section below breaks this information down further for ease of reference and identifies the classes (or subjects) covered under the various categories.  Clicking on each heading will take you to a more detailed breakdown of the information identified below.

12.1 General Information

  • Name and address
  • Principal Officers
  • Contact information
  • Location opening hours
  • Academic year dates
  • Holidays
  • Complaints
  • Document serving (i.e contact details for serving legal documents)
  • Freedom of Information contact
  • Publication scheme contact

12.2 Access to Information

  • Freedom of information contact
  • Information legislation policies

12.3 Governance 

  • Governance structure
  • Governance precepts (ie compliance with good rules of conduct)
  • Conflict of interests
  • Register of interests
  • Institutional structure
  • Major committees
  • Relationship with the General Council (Edinburgh Napier University does not have a General Council)
  • General Council
  • Subsidiary companies
  • Honorary degrees

12.4 Financial Resources

  • Financial statements
  • Budgetary processes
  • Budgets overview
  • Financial regulations
  • Insurance
  • Senior staff remuneration
  • Investments

12.5 Corporate Planning

  • Edinburgh Napier University's Mission Statement
  • Our Corporate Plan
  • Strategies
  • Performance indicators
  • Planning procedures

12.6 Procurement

  • Procurement policies
  • Procurement procedures
  • Procurement contracts
  • Planned procurements
  • Tender documentation
  • Supplier contracts
    Tender documentation
  • Supplier contracts

12.7 Management of Research

  • Research funding
  • Research quality
  • Research strategies
  • Research management structures
  • Research support arrangements
  • Research ethics
  • Research staff
  • Research students

 12.8 Commercialisation and Knowledge Transfer

  • Support arrangements 
  • Contract information
  • Commercialisation funding
  • Commercialisation resources
  • Commercialisation outcomes
  • Consultancy services

12.9 Human Resources

  • Staff profile
  • Recruitment policies
  • Employment terms
  • Performance management
  • Promotion
  • Pensions
  • Discipline
  • Grievance
  • Employee relations
  • Public interest disclosure
  • Staff development
  • Staff records
  • Staff facilities

12.10 Physical Resources

  • Description of our estate
  • Estate development plans
  • External funding
  • Buildings under construction
  • Accessibility of buildings and services
  • Tender documentation
  • Maintenance Estates indicators
  • Environmental policies

12.11 Health and Safety

  • Policies
  • Annual reports
  • Monitoring
  • Statistics
  • Support structures
  • Emergencies
  • Contact information

12.12 Equality and Diversity

  • Equal opportunities
  • Equal opportunities consultation

12.13 Support for Disabled People

  • Disability policies
  • Support structures
  • Contacts
  • Strategies
  • Statistics

12.14 Student Administration and Support 

  • Course information
  • Recruitment and admissions
  • Fees and charges
  • Scholarships and bursaries
  • Registration
  • Induction
  • Examinations
  • Progression
  • Learning support provision
  • Student liaison
  • Student records
  • Student discipline
  • Student accommodation
  • Graduation arrangements
  • Student complaints
  • Student facilities
  • Relationship with Students Union/Association
  • Students Union/Association

12.15 Teaching Quality

  • Programme approval
  • Assessment
  • Student satisfaction
  • Institutional internal reviews
  • Professional accreditation of courses by external bodies
  • Validation
  • Assessments of Edinburgh Napier University's provision by the Quality Assurance Agency

12.16 Information Services

  • Library facilities
  • Computing facilities
  • Other information facilities
  • Major strategy documents
  • Collections
  • Collection strategy
  • Open archives
  • Archive facilities and special collections

12.17 External and Community Relations

  • Alumni
  • Community relations
  • Development activities
  • Public relations

12.18 Government and Regulator Relations

  • Funding body statistical reports and returns
  • Other statutory reports
  • Information on student admission, progression and completion

More information is available in the Commissioner's Guide to Publication Schemes, available from the Scottish Commissioner's website

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