Senate

Senate

Subject: Validation Procedure

Origin: Learning and Teaching Committee 15 February 2007 (unconfirmed minutes)

Learning and Teaching Committee considered revisions to the University validation procedure, and other proposals, on the recommendation of the Validation Working Group.

It was resolved to recommend to Senate that the revised validation procedure set out in the attached document be approved.

It was noted:

(i) that it was proposed to strengthen the initial stages of the validation procedure by requiring an outline proposal to be submitted to Operations Sub-Committee for strategic approval;

(ii) that the changes would also meet the request of LTC that it should have the opportunity of considering any matters of principle before a proposal was referred for more detailed consideration;

(iii) that it was intended the revised procedure should apply to proposals to validate additional programmes at an existing partner institution as well as proposals involving new validation partnerships;

(iv) that the opportunity had been taken to incorporate the already-approved arrangements for departmental support.

It was further noted:

(v) that the Working Group was proposing that procedures of a similar kind should be put in place for handling collaborative programme arrangements that did not involve validation, including relevant international partnerships, and that the procedures for handling all types of collaborative provision, including validation, should be drawn together;

(vi) that the Working Group also proposed that the Working Group itself be replaced with a standing committee on collaborative provision reporting to LTC.

It was resolved to endorse these further proposals and to invite the Chair to bring forward membership and terms of reference for a standing committee.

Author – Robert Bowyer

Date – February 2007