Collaborative Provision Annual Report for Research Degree Provision 2016-17

Collaborative Provision Annual Report for Research Degree Provision 2016-17

The purpose of this report is to confirm the overall health of individual PGR collaborative partnerships by evaluating theirability to manage the academic standards and quality of learning opportunities of provision leading to a University of Southampton award.

This form must be completed by the Collaboration Sponsor and should relate to provision in the period 1 July 2016 – 30 June 2017.A separate doctoral programme annual report should be completed for each programme. For collaborative arrangements involving more than one Faculty, the lead Faculty should take the lead on the completion of the report liaising with the other Faculty(s) as necessary; only one report per collaborative partner is required.

The report should be discussed by the firstmeeting of the Faculty Programmes Committeeof the academic year and any action required logged onto the Faculty Education Action Plan. The Faculty should submit the report to QSAT () together with the doctoral programme annual report by 16th November 2017 to allow the Collaborative Provision Subcommittee to meet and discuss the reports and report to AQSC in December 2017.

Programme(s)/Award(s)
Partner Institution(s)
Faculty/ies
Report form completed by:

Type of Collaboration -please see definitions in the Collaborative Provision Policy(please tick)

Erasmus Mundus programme
Joint PhD
DoublePhD
Split-site PhD
CDT/DTC/DTP
Other

1. Review of the Action Plan for the previous academic year.

Taking the action plan from your last collaborative provision annual report, please summarise how any objectives have been addressed.

Please note: any non-achieved objectives must be taken forward into the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Action Plan in Section 8.

Objective / Person Responsible / Success Criteria / Date Achieved / Outcome and benefits to the partnership

Please provide an evaluative commentary on the following:

2. Management of the Partnership

Describe and reflect on the effectivenessof liaison arrangements with the partner during the last academic year, including comments on areas for improvement. Comment in particular on:

• Frequency of communications and visits (provide details of dates, purpose of visit, people involved, append minutes of any joint committees held).
• Communications concerning administration, management and academic matters, assessment, admissions, liaison between supervisors.
• Any changes to the partner’s management structure or to the management of the partnership.
• Any changes made to staffing on the collaboration.
• How student progress is recorded and monitored by the partner.

3. Research Environment

Comment onthe quality of the research environment at the partner and provide a summary of key issues and details of any improvements either proposed or implemented.

4.Student Recruitment, Retention and Progression

Please provide information on student numbers and performance and whether these are in line with expectations and targets set. Please highlight any areas of concern.

5. Student engagement and representation

Provide information about how student views are gathered and how students are engaged in the formal student representation at UoS. Comment on the effectiveness of these arrangements.

6. Public Information

Please confirm (provide date) when the partner’s marketing materials and website were last checked. Was the information relating to the partnership an accurate reflection of the arrangement and the use of the University’s brand in line with the MoA?
If the information was not accurate please provide details below and briefly summarise any action taken/planned.

7. Good Practice and Areas for Enhancement

Please provide details on areas of good practice and areas for enhancement in the partnership:

Good Practice
Features of good practice and its identified impact / Feedback and source of comment / Steps taken to disseminate identified good practice
Areas for Enhancement
Areas requiring enhancement / Feedback and source of comment / Steps taken to address identified enhancement

8. Quality Assurance and Enhancement Action Plan

Please set out the objectives for the forthcoming academic year in regards to the collaborative partnership, linked to commentary in the sections above.

Objective / Person Responsible / Target Date / Success Criteria
Please tick as appropriate. / Yes / No
Are you confident the collaboration is still appropriate for the University of Southampton? If not, add details below.
Do you have plans to extend or terminate the collaboration? If yes, add details/rationale below.
Signature of Associate Dean (Education and Student Experience)
Date:
Date of consideration by Faculty Programmes Committee

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