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Enhancing Higher Education Accreditation: OUVS Services and Benefits

Discover the comprehensive accreditation services provided by OU Validation Services at The Open University, ensuring quality assurance and promoting innovative institutional developments. Explore the various benefits and processes involved in accreditation. Join the community of institutions offering higher education and access developmental opportunities.

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Enhancing Higher Education Accreditation: OUVS Services and Benefits

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  1. Dr Kate Clarke Director Open University Validation Services (OUVS)

  2. The Open University in 2005 Over 2.5 million students since 1971 • 200,000+ students • 45,000 outside UK • Students currently registered for validated awards: 25,000

  3. OUVS – the present There are 45 accredited institutions There are 25,666 students currently registered for OU Validated Awards In 2003-4, this figure was 17, 427 In 2002-3, this figure was 12,879 In 2001-2, this figure was less than 10,000 Smallest AI = 16 students Largest AI = 8,360

  4. The OU in a global market • In 2002-3 a total of more than 25,000 students were studying with the OU outside the UK • More than 18,000 students currently registered for validated awards outside UK

  5. Institutions new to accreditation (last 3 years): • Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) • Arab Open University (AOU) • Association of University Administrators (AUA) • Lasalle College of the Arts, Singapore • New Bulgarian University • Manchester College of Arts and Technology (MANCAT) • Solihull College

  6. Other kinds of collaborative provision Curriculum partnerships Licensing learning materials Direct teaching Collaborative teaching Credit-rating Validation Services

  7. OUVS Characteristics • Independent Quality Assurance Body • Peer Review • Institutional Accreditation and Course Validation • Promote Institutional Responsibility for Quality Assurance • Partnership with Accredited Institutions • Promote Innovative Developments

  8. Institutional Requirements for Accreditation • Provision of an appropriate learning environment • Independence of Institutional ownership from the exercise of Academic Authority • Effective Academic Organisation • Effective and robust Quality Assurance Intellectual ownership • External Academic relations • Financial security

  9. Typical Process for Accreditation 1 • Initial meeting supported by brief documentation. Mutual agreement to proceed • Production of outline institutional (and course) documents for consideration. Formal agreement to move to next stage • Visit from OUVS officer and peer over 1 - 2 days to advise on the submission and the further work needed

  10. Typical Process for Accreditation 2 • Production of final submission documents • Accreditation / validation visit from peer group panel and recommendation as to approval • Endorsement of accreditation and course approval by OU Validating Committee

  11. 2004 / 2005 VQ activity VQ awards • Advice, Guidance & Counselling • Management • Learning and Development • ‘A’ and ‘V’ Units • Policing • Health and Social Care • Registered Manager • Engineering • Transportation • Intelligence Analysis • Democratic Services Customised ‘cluster’ qualifications Approved VQ Assessment Centres 34

  12. Foundation Degrees There are 7 OUVS accredited Colleges delivering validated Foundation Degrees There is a total of 13 validated Foundation Degrees

  13. Our approach to Foundation Degrees In advance of QAA qualification benchmark we have developed OU ‘precepts’, defining an OU F.Deg Progression to OU level 3 for honours Membership and leadership of national groups on F.Deg development (CVU)_

  14. Adding value • A community of institutions offering higher education • Access to developmental opportunities such as: - Active participation in OUVS activities • Receive regular communications and updates on relevant HE news • Creating an ‘extended family’ for institutions and students

  15. HE in FE Issues • Widening participation – synergy with OU mission • Critical mass of HE provision – can the College demonstrate that it can met accreditation requirements? • Academic Networking for those delivering HE in FE • FE Employment contracts • Planned development of OUVS model

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