Quality and Standards Framework – Collaborative Provision The Basics

1. Quality and Standards Framework – Collaborative Provision The Basics Janet Pearce, University Quality Officer

2. Objectives • Gain an understanding of: • University’s quality and standards framework as it applies to collaborative provision • The key processes relating to collaborative provision • Key roles and responsibilities • How and where to access relevant parts of the framework • Questions

3. Standards • ‘Academic standards are a way of describing the level of achievement that a student has to reach to gain an academic award (for example, a degree). It should be at a similar level across the UK.’ (QAA) • Standards are absolute • University retains responsibility for standards

4. Quality • ‘Academic quality is a way of describing how well the learning opportunities available to students help them to achieve their award. It is about making sure that appropriate and effective teaching, support, assessment and learning opportunities are provided for them.’ (QAA) • University ensures that quality and standards for CP are comparable to on-campus

5. Enhancement of quality • Quality can be: • Assured – evidencing/making transparent (public confidence) • Enhanced • UoHdefinition of enhancement: • taking deliberate steps to improve our systems and processes designed to manage academic quality and standards

6. Key elements of the framework • Regulations • University programmes regulations (governing award of credit and progression to the award) • Unfair means • Complaints by students • Codes of practice • Programme approvals • Monitoring and Review • Assessment Procedures • The Collaborative Provision handbook

7. Process – Programme Approval • Stage 1 • Development Consent • Role of JDB • Application via Faculty/Department • Role of Academic Contact • Deadlines - October • Educational Partnerships Committee

8. Process – Programme Approval • Stage 2 • Planning Permission • Role of academic contact/faculty/department • Faculty PPC • Deadlines (one month from 1 Feb) • Permission to advertise

9. Process – Programme Approval • Stage 3 • Full Approval • Submit programme specification – 1 May • Draft due one month after PPC decision • Independent externality • CPAC secretary organises FAPs • FAPs at partner institutions • FAP makes recommendation to CPAC

10. Process – Amendments, withdrawals and suspension • Major amendments requiring development consent • New location • New mode • Major amendments not needing DC • Change of title, award, entry criteria, et al (see QH: H3) • Minor amendments • Faculty level decision

11. Definitions • Validated – Directly funded programmes • Funding to partner institution • Franchised – Indirectly funded programmes • Funding to university • Hybrids

12. Administration 1Recruitment & Admissions • Marketing and Recruitment • College responsibility • UoH checks marketing materials • Applications • Devolved – authority to make offers • Non-devolved – offers only from UoH • Registration • Electronic • Paper

13. Administration 2Assessment • Assessment • Moderation of tasks • Moderation of output • External examiner • Boards of examiners • Module boards • Programme boards • Unfair means • Mitigating circumstances

14. Administration 3Results and Graduation • Results – grids • Pass lists • Transcripts • Graduation • Appeals • Complaints

15. Monitoring and Review • Annual review of programmes/processes • AMRs • PQER • JBOS • JDB • Periodic review of subjects • Partner audit • IQER

16. How to find out..... • Collaborative Provision Handbook • Quality Handbook • Quality and Standards Update • UQO website • Ask........................

17. UQO contacts • The collaborative team • Ms Janet Pearce University Quality Officer (Collaborative Provision) j.pearce@hull.ac.uk 01482 46 6598 • Ms Liz Pearce University Quality Officer (Collaborative Provision) e.pearce@hull.ac.uk 01482 46 6703 • Mrs Cecilia Periera-Yates University Quality Officer (International Provision) c.periera-yates@hull.ac.uk 01482 46 2098