Request for Approval of a New Delivery Site

for an Existing Partner

Please refer to the Procedure for the Approval of a New Delivery Site for an Existing Partner. This template should be completed by the Chair of the Visiting Panel for approval by the School Academic Committee.

VISIT REPORT TEMPLATE for the school academic committee

[To be completed by the Chair of the Visiting Panel]

Name of Partner:
Proposed Delivery site: / [Provide full address]
Date of Visit:
Staffordshire University Visiting Panel:
[Name] / [Designation i.e. Chair]
[Name] / [Designation i.e. Link Tutor]
[Name] / [Designation i.e. Link Tutor]
  1. Introduction

This report is based on a visit to [name of partner and name of additional delivery site]. In addition to a tour of physical resources, the visit included meetings with senior management, academic staff, support staff (library and administrative) and students.

  1. Purpose of Visit

The purpose of the visit was to confirm that the management of academic standards, the quality of the student experience, and resources at the proposed delivery site are comparable to those provided by the partner at their other approved site and meet the requirements of Staffordshire University.

  1. Meetings

Meetings were held with the following groups:

3.1Senior Staff

[List names and designations]

3.2Staff involved in student support

[List names and designations]

3.3Teaching staff

[List names and designations]

3.4Students

[list programme and level]

  1. The new delivery site
  2. Management structures [how the new delivery site is managed]

4.2Planned academic provision at the new site

4.3Support for the student journey: [NB: if arrangements are the same as for the other approved site, it will be sufficient to indicate this]

  • arrangements for recruitment,
  • admissions,
  • induction,
  • management of the student record,
  • communication,
  • tracking of student progression,
  • student academic and pastoral support,
  • assessment feedback,
  • complaints and appeals
  • equality of opportunity for all students

4.4Quality Assurance arrangements at the new site: [NB: if arrangements are the same as for the other approved site, it will be sufficient to indicate this]

  • Curriculum development,
  • Teaching, learning and assessment arrangements,
  • Processes for annual monitoring,
  • Module evaluation,
  • Opportunities for student representation,
  • Student engagement and student voice.

4.5Recruitment and monitoring of teaching staff at the new site [Describe arrangements]

4.6Staff development [Describe arrangements]

4.7Resources and tour of facilities at the new site:

  • Appropriateness of teaching staff and teaching facilities
  • Appropriateness of IT and other facilities
  • Library and access to other learning centres
  • Learning materials
  1. Recommendation to School Academic Committee
  2. The visit team recommends to the School Academic Committee that approval is given to [name of site] of [name of partner]. Approval should be subject to the following conditions to be met by [DATE]: [List conditions]

5.2The panel makes the following recommendations regarding the new site: [List recommendations]

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