HEAR

The Higher Education Achievement Report at Newcastle University.

Information updated 12th March 2013.

The Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) is a national initiative from 2010, which follows earlier reviews of the UK degree classification system led by Professor Burgess of Leicester University. The objective is to provide all students of UK universities with this document – as an exit document to accompany the degree parchment and also as an ongoing record throughout their studies. This is a development of the current student transcript and Diploma Supplement.

National guidance on the HEAR is available. That is:

At Newcastle University:

  • HEARs began to be issued issued to graduating bachelors students from July 2012. A sample is available.
  • In April 2010, the University's Learning, Learning and Student Experience Committee approved a policy document on what additional information should be collected on student achievement and reported on the HEAR. Since this date the Examinations and Awards team have been liaising with colleagues across the University to collate additional information and loading the data onto the University's main database for output to the HEAR under section 6.1. The content of section 6.1 is now being reviewed.
  • A Programme Summary for all undergraduate Programme Specifications for the purpose of the HEAR section 4 has been prepared. The programme summary for postgraduate programmes is now being developed. It is hoped that graduating masters students will be issued with HEARs from December 2013.
  • As HEAR guidance has included the requirement for an on-line version enabling drill down to component marks, the University is finalising work to synchronise databases and the HEAR is now available to graduates on the S3P - the Student Self Service Portal.
  • Graduates who would like a HEAR should refer to information available at www.ncl.ac.uk/students/progress/student-resources/documents/

For further information about the HEAR please contact: