Regulation XI. DIPLOMA IN INDUSTRIAL STUDIES, AND
DIPLOMA IN PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AND DIPLOMA IN
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (GRADUATE APPRENTICESHIP PATHWAY)
1. |
In this Regulation "Department" shall be taken to mean a Department of the University responsible for a programme of which professional training forms a part. |
2. |
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3.1 |
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3.2 |
The professional training shall be carried out in locations and organisations which are acceptable to the Department. |
3.3 |
The professional training shall be of at least 45 weeks' duration exclusive of industrial holidays (except when it takes place in an educational organisation, in which case it coincides with the length of the academic year) and it shall be completed before the end of the academic programme. |
3.4 |
The nature of the professional training shall be determined by the Department in collaboration with the organisation within which the training takes place. |
3.5 |
Each student receiving professional training shall be supervised by: a. a tutor who shall be a member of the Academic Staff of the Department responsible for his/her programme b. an External Tutor who shall be a member of the professional staff of the organisation in which professional training is being carried out, who shall be appointed with the agreement of the Department. |
4.1 |
The assessment of a student's performance in professional training shall derive from the following: a. an assessment by the External Tutor in co-operation with the Departmental Tutor of the student's professional training b.
a dissertation of about 5,000 words, or such other length as
may be determined by the Department,or, in the case of
the Diploma in Professional Development, a project report,
written by the student on a subject or subjects to be given by the
Departmental Tutor in consultation with the External Tutor, which will be
assessed by the Departmental Tutor in collaboration with the External Tutor
and c.
a progress assessment which will be a report or reports by
the student on his/her period of industrial experience and, in the case
of the Diploma in Professional Development, based on evidence gathered during
the degree programme and periods of industrial experience,
assessed by the External Tutor and/or his/her Departmental Tutor in
collaboration and in the case of the Diploma in Professional
Development, assessed against national industry standards regimes
and key skills requirements. d. such other exercises as may be decided by a Faculty Board to be appropriate to the professional training in a designated programme of study. |
4.2 |
i. In order to qualify for the award of a Diploma, a student is required to receive a satisfactory assessment in each part of his/her professional training. ii. A student will have the opportunity of endeavouring to remedy an unsatisfactory performance in his/her dissertation or project report or progress assessment (4.1(b) and 4.1(c) above). His/her Departmental Tutor shall stipulate a date by which the amended exercises shall be completed, which shall not be later than the commencement of Final Degree Examinations following the professional training. |
(remade June 1997
March 2002)