CMT 10thMarch 2014 CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS

Planning approval issought for the following proposals:

INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL PROPOSAL

Title and address of institution / participating Faculty(ies) / Proposed start date / NATURE OF PROPOSAL / DECISION
Suffolk One
Scrivener Drive
Ipswich, Suffolk, IP8 3SU
Tel: 01473 556600
Website:
Liaison Link at Outcentre: Jenny Milsom - Vice Principal
Academic Office reference: INST 13/03
Page 1 / Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education / March 2014 /
  • Proposal for a Category A Outcentre
  • Proposal is to offer the MA Education
  • The long standing partnership with Suffolk County Council offering postgraduate study to teachers and other educational professionals ended in August 2013 with the sale of the partnership base Belstead House in Ipswich
  • Suffolk One Sixth Form College has agreed to provide free temporary accommodation to host further MA Ed cohorts
  • There are 77 Suffolk students already on the postgraduate course who have been offered to continue their studies as core Anglia Ruskin students at the Suffolk One premises
  • Proposed additional numbers of 20 students per year
  • Suffolk One already has well-established links with Anglia Ruskin and are keen to strengthen their association with ARU
  • The proposal would include sharing logos on both parties’ websites and Anglia Ruskin staff to provide talks to Suffolk One students
/ Approved

FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION

REF / START &
INTAKE / AWARD / TITLE / MODE-LOCATION-CREDITS / NATURE OF PROPOSAL / DECISION
FHSCE 13/07
Page 7 / September 2014
Trimesters1, 2 & 3 intakes per year / BSc (Hons) / Nursing (post reg) / Part time
Blended Learning
MAHSA University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Admission with credit
120 credits @ L6
120 credits @ L5 /
  • Proposal for a type B dual award for delivery only by MAHSA in Malaysia
  • The proposal is similar to the arrangements made for the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy award approved by CMT in July 2013 (FHSCE 39/12)
  • Anticipated student recruitment of 1,000 part-time students in the first year
  • Tuition fees as per the academic agreement
  • The course will offer three intakes a year
  • 100% new modules, 24 new modules proposed
  • The new modules will be developed to meet Malaysian and MAHSA requirements but subject to Anglia Ruskin regulations
  • No significant capital spend
  • Standard trimester delivery
/ Approved
FHSCE
13/08
Page 11 / September 2014
Semesters 1 & 2 intakes per year / Dip HE / Midwifery / Full time
Face-to-face
MAHSA University College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Admission with credit
180 credits @ L5 /
  • Proposal for a type B dual award for delivery only by MAHSA in Malaysia
  • The proposal is similar to the arrangements made for the BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy award approved by CMT in July 2013 (FHSCE 39/12)
  • Anticipated student recruitment of 100+ students in the first year
  • Tuition fees as per the academic agreement
  • The course will offer two intakes a year
  • 100% new modules, 7 new modules proposed
  • The new modules will be developed to meet Malaysian and MAHSA requirements but subject to Anglia Ruskin regulations
  • No significant capital spend
  • Standard semester delivery
/ Approved

LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

REF / START &
INTAKE / AWARD / TITLE / MODE-LOCATION-CREDITS / NATURE OF PROPOSAL / DECISION
LAIBS 13/10
Page 15 / April 2014
Semesters 1 & 2 intakes per year / Prof Doc / Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) / Part-time
Blended Learning
HELP University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia /
  • Proposal to franchise an existingProf Doc course
  • Proposed tuition fees 70,000 MYR
  • Anticipated annual recruitment of 10-15 students
  • The course has two intake points and students on the course will be international
  • The ARU DBA is research based which distinguishes it from the dominant US DBA taught model in Malaysia
  • A longer term initiative is to establish a branch of the International Institute for Management Practice (IIMP) at HELP
  • No new modules
  • No significant capital spend
  • Standard semester delivery
/ Approved

Academic Office Note

CMT approved the following department structure change at the meeting of 10th March 2014.

Department of Life Sciences

The proposal is to split the Department of Life Sciences with effect from September 2014 into two new departments by combining two course group areas in each as follows :-

  1. Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences;
  2. Department of Life Sciences (containing the areas of Animal and Environmental Science and Sports Science and Sports Coaching).

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LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL

Decision: Approved

New Course Planning Approval Proposals to be considered by CMT for delivery from September 2014
New Courses / Delivery Location / Replacing the Following Courses
  1. BSc (Hons) International Business Management (3 year standard)*
Plus 2 year accelerated option / Cambridge /
  1. BA (Hons) International Business Strategy (3 year standard)
Plus 2 year accelerated option
  1. BA (Hons) International Management
  2. BA (Hons) International Business
Plus one year study abroad options in Berlin, Clermont-Ferrand, Landshut and Maastricht
  1. BSc (Hons) Business & Human Resource Management*
/ Cambridge /
  1. BA (Hons) Human Resource Management

  1. BSc (Hons) Business Management & Finance*
/ Chelmsford /
  1. BA (Hons) Business Management

  1. BSc (Hons) Business Management & Leadership*
/ Chelmsford / n/a
  1. BSc (Hons) Business & Finance (Top Up)
/ Chelmsford / n/a
  1. BSc (Hons) Business Administration (Top Up)
/ Cambridge / n/a
* These six courses will also be offered with an optional work placement year.
Proposal to offer an optional work placement year on seven approved courses to be considered by CMT, courses will be re-validated with new curriculum
Approved Course / Delivery Location
  1. BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance
/ Delivery at Chelmsford & University Centre Peterborough
  1. BSc (Hons) Finance & Economics
/ Chelmsford (CMT planning approval 14th January 2014, course to be validated)
  1. BA (Hons) Marketing
/ Delivery at Cambridge
  1. BSc (Hons) Business Management
/ Delivery at Cambridge
  1. BSc (Hons) Business Economics
/ Delivery at Cambridge
  1. BSc (Hons) Tourism Management
/ Delivery at Cambridge
  1. BSc (Hons) Accounting & Finance
/ Delivery at Chelmsford
For Information Only – already approved course, no approval required
  1. BSc (Hons) Accounting & Financial Management (Top Up)
/ Delivery at Chelmsford
For Information Only – additional course deletion submitted to the Academic Regulations Subcommittee for approval
  1. BA (Hons) Enterprise & Entrepreneurial Management (deleted)

Refer to Appendix One for related planning forms LAIBS 13/03 – LAIBS 13/08

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