Quality & Standards Committee Chair’s Action August 2012 CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Curriculum Management (CM1) forms approved by Chair’s action on behalf of the Quality and Standards Committee:
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF / AWARD / TITLE / NATURE OF CHANGE / CHAIR’S COMMENTS/CONDITIONSALSS 15/11
Page 1 / MA / Film Studies / · Proposal to withdraw pathway from sole delivery site Cambridge
· It was decided to withdraw this pathway in April 2011 due to low enrolment figures
· The pathway is currently suspended and not advertised as available for 2012-13 intake
· A small number of students will be taught to completion
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
ALSS 16/11
Page 6 / MA / Music Therapy / · Proposal to remove part-time delivery mode at sole delivery site Cambridge
· The pathway has not been available for part-time delivery since the Periodic Review of 2009
· No impact on students – no current part-time cohort
· With immediate effect / Approved
ALSS 17/11
Page 8 / BA (Hons) / Psycho-social Studies / · Proposal to withdraw pathway at Cambridge and Aegean Omiros, Greece (to continue at UCP and UCWA)
· Proposal is due to a steady decline in student numbers, student satisfaction on the pathway split across two faculties and gains in curriculum efficiency can be made
· No impact on students – new intake only
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION
REF / AWARD / TITLE / NATURE OF CHANGE / CHAIR’S COMMENTS/CONDITIONSFHSCE 34/11
Page 1 / MA / Learning Through Technology (Distance Learning) / · Proposal to withdraw pathway from all delivery sites – Cambridge and Chelmsford
· Proposal due to poor recruitment to the pathway
· No impact on students – no current students on pathway or applications for 2012-13
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FHSCE 35/11
Page 3 / MTL / Masters of Teaching and Learning / · Proposal to withdraw pathway from sole delivery site Chelmsford
· Proposal due to poor recruitment to the pathway resulting from withdrawal of government funding
· No impact on students – existing students will continue until completion
· Contract staff will teach remaining students
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FHSCE 36/11
Page 5 / MSc
PG Dip
PG Cert / Minimally Invasive and Robotic Surgery / · Proposal to offer additional delivery method of blended learning and to transfer responsibility for the pathway from the Interprofessional Learning programme to the Allied Health programme in the same Department of Allied Health and Medicine
· Proposal following student module evaluation and discussion with MSc MIRS to address the issue of student difficulties in requesting study leave
· Distance learning will be offered on two modules already approved for distance learning delivery
· The subject specialism sits better within Allied Health and will even out the distribution of masters level pathways between the programmes
· No impact on students – new delivery mode offering
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION continued
REF / AWARD / TITLE / NATURE OF CHANGE / CHAIR’S COMMENTS/CONDITIONSFHSCE 37/11
Page 8 / FdSc / Management of Social and Affordable Housing / · Proposal to change department responsibility for module EB230021S Project Management and Finance
· Module has been archived by Built Environment in FST, proposal is to move this to Family and Community Studies in FHSCE to be taught on the FdSc Management of Social and Affordable Housing
· No impact on students – first delivery of module on this pathway will be January 2013
· With effect from September 2012 – proposal submitted for Chair’s action in anticipation of a change to External Examiners / Approved
FHSCE 38/11
Page 10 / FdA / Early Years Playwork and Education / · Proposal to offer pathway by full-time at core Chelmsford and four of the five associate colleges, University Centre Peterborough, Cambridge Regional College and Huntingdonshire Regional College
· Pathway is currently validated for part-time, distance learning and only full-time through Higher Skills @ Work
· University Centre Harlow is already validated to deliver the full-time mode, University Centre West Anglia is not included in this proposal
· The full-time route will be delivered over two years by blended learning/ distance learning/ face-to-face delivery
· No impact on students – apply to new intakes
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FHSCE 39/11
Page 13 / Uni Dip / Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector / · Proposal to withdraw pathway from the Chelmsford delivery site
· Proposal due to low recruitment and uncertainty in the FE sector
· With effect from September 2012
· No impact on students – existing students will continue until completion
· Contract staff will teach remaining students
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REF / AWARD / TITLE / NATURE OF CHANGE / CHAIR’S COMMENTS/CONDITIONSFST 56/11
Page 1 / BSc (Hons) / Ophthalmic Dispensing / · Proposal to change pathway title
Old title – BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing
New title – BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing (Extended degree) and to retain the current three year BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing
· A previous change to the pathway title was agreed resulting from the April 2011 re-approval event when two pathways were streamlined into one the pathway of the current title
· Proposal intended to meet widening participation agenda and allow foundation science students to enrol on the pathway
· The entry tariff for the 4-year extended course will be 40 UCAS points similar to the other 4-year extended courses within the faculty
· No impact on students – applies to new intake only
· With effect from September 2012 / Approved
Chair’s Action on behalf of QSC (Prof Lesley Dobree) ___Approved via e-mail______Date __10th September 2012______
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