Quality Assurance Handbook
The Quality Assurance Handbook contains:
- Introduction
- A New Qualifications
- B Portfolio Planning
- B Annex 1 - Process Map - Suspension of Applications
- C Validation
- D Professional, Statutory & Regulatory Bodies
- E Changes to Courses
- F Annual Academic Monitoring
- G External Examiners
- H Periodic Review
- I Accreditation of Prior (Experiential) Learning (APEL/APL)
- J Collaborative Provision
- Annex 1- Quality Strategy
- Annex 2- Academic Committee Structure
- Annex 3- Committee Terms of Reference
- Annex 4- Glossary of Acronyms used in Quality Assurance
- Annex 5- Definitive Course Documentation
- Annex 6 - Student Engagement Strategy
It has been written to comply with the UK Quality Code for Higher Education
Downloads:
- A1 Form - New Qualification proposal form
- B1 Form - New Course Proposal
- B1.2 Form - ASDG Costing
- B2 Form - Proposal to Suspend Recruitment to a Course
- B3 Form - Proposal to Withdraw a Course
- B4 Form - Proposal to Change or Add a Start Date to an Existing Course
- B5 Form - Proposal to suspend applications to a course mid-cycle
- C1 Template - Validation Proposal Document
- CP1 Appendix 1 Template - Draft Agenda Pre-validation Visit of Collaborative Partnerships Overseas
- CP2 Appendix 2 Template - C3 Validation of Collaborative Partnerships Overseas, Overseas Pre-Event Visit Report
- D1 Form - Accreditation or Recognition by Professional Statutory or Regulatory Bodies
- E1 Form - Proposal to Change a Course Title
- E2 Form - Proposal to Introduce or Change a Course Mode of Delivery
- E3 Form - Proposal to Change a Course Delivery Location or School
- E4 Form - Proposal to Change the Material or Non-material Information of a Course
- E4 Form - Proposal to Change the Material or Non-material Information of an OCA Course
- E5 Form - Proposal to Change Course Entry Criteria from Standard Requirements
- E6 Form - Individual Consent Declaration SPP Form
- G1 Form - External Examiner Nomination Approval Form
- G2 Form - External Examiner Extension to Tenure/Remit Form
- G3 Form - External Examiner Report
- H1 Template for Contextual Review Document
- J1 Form - business case (new collaborative partner proposal)
- J2 Form - risk sensitivity matrix
- J3 Form - due diligence report template
- J4 Form - Partner institutional annual monitoring report
- J5 Form - overview report on collaborative partners
- J6 Form - business case for renewal
- J7 Form - Partner performance summary report (for Institutional Re-approval)
- J8 Template - Validation agreement
- J8 Template - Subcontractual agreement
- J9 Template - Link Liaison Document
- J10 Form - Partner proposal to extend provision
Annex 5 Definitive Course Documentation for 2021/22 (refer to Table 1 in Annex 5)
- Annex 5 Template A1 (UG Academic Plan Course Information )
- Annex 5 Template A2 (PG Course Information)
- Annex 5 Template B1 (UG Academic Plan Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template B1 including February intake at Level 4 (UG Academic Plan)
- Annex 5 Template B2 (UG Business School Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template B3 (PG Business School Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template B4 (UG CPROV Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template B5 (PG Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template B6 (PG Academic Plan Course Diagram)
- Annex 5 Template C1 (UG Academic Plan Unit Descriptor)
- Annex 5 Template C2 (PG Academic Plan Unit Descriptor)
- Annex 5 Template C3 (OTH Unit Descriptor for all other UCA courses)
- Annex 5 Template C4 (CPROV Unit Descriptor)
- Annex 5 Template D1 (UG Academic Plan International Study Unit Descriptors)
- Annex 5 Template D2 (UG Professional Practice Year Unit Descriptors)
- Annex 5 Template E1 PLE Digital Outcome Descriptor Level 4
- Annex 5 Template E2 PLE Digital Outcome Descriptor Level 5
- Annex 5 Template E3 ATOM Descriptor Level 4
- Annex 5 Template E4 ATOM Descriptor Level 5
- Annex 5 Template E5 EDI Unit Descriptor Level 4
- Annex 5 Template E6 EDI Unit Descriptor Level 5
- Annex 5 Template E7 UG AP Launch and Opportunity Descriptors
- Annex 5 Template E8 UG AP Subject Benchmark Mapping
- Annex 5 Template F1 PG AP Launch and Opportunity Descriptors
- Annex 5 Template F2 PG AP Stakeholder Input Form
- Annex 5 Template G Mapping against subject benchmark statement
- Annex 5 Template H Migration Strategy