PROCEDURES FOR THE VALIDATION OF MODULES AND PROGRAMMES

Validation or revalidation of programmes involves four stages:

• Programme teams fill in a Programme Proposal Form (Appendix A), with the advice of Quality Office. These are approved individually within Faculty, and the Dean ‘signs them off’ as fitting within the Faculty Plan. The forms are also scrutinised by the Vice Rector Academic to ensure they conform to the University’s overall strategy for taught courses, and the Vice Rector Administration and Finance to confirm resources. Permission is given to proceed.
• Programme teams fill in a Module Descriptor Form (Appendix B) for each module on their proposed programme. These are discussed with Quality Office, considered by the Department in conjunction with the Programme Proposal Forms, and given preliminary approval.
• Programme teams fill in a Programme Specification Form. This is considered at a University-level Board attended or advised by an external adviser, and the module catalogue for the programme and the c.v.s of staff are also made available to the meeting.
• If provisional approval is given, Senate receives a summary report of the course and the proceedings and gives final approval.

[Validation of single modules involves only Stages 2 and 4 above but also require VRA approval at Stage 2.]

7. Academic Quality Committee receives the reports from Validation Panels and, later, annual quality monitoring reports from Faculties.

Members of the Quality committee

-Chairperson: Vice Rector Academic

• Secretariat: -Director of Quality Assurance
• Members

- Departmental Quality assurance Co-ordinators

- Dean of Students

- Registrar

- One senior member of staff academic staff from each faculty approved by the faculty board.

• Faculty QAE Coordinators (Vice Deans quality)
• One student (KISTAS)

This Committee will receive a shortened Programme Description and reports from the