Stage 1: Faculty Board Level

APPENDIX PV14A

Stage 1: Faculty Board Level

Programme Team identified by the relevant School(s)
with guidance from Faculty Board
The School(s) and Faculty(ies) identifies an individual member of staff to lead the Programme Team
to take responsibility for preparing the documentation
to liaise as appropriate with the Academic Office
Making use of an existing module
Consult the Programme Team(s) for other programmes which make use of the same module
The relevant Faculty Board, in consultation with the Academic Office
is responsible for determining the detail of the process by which the documentation is prepared, checked and approved at local level prior to submission to AQSC for validation
Draft Programme Written
Use of relevant University templates (Appendices PV2 and PV3)
Written reports from two External Advisers
Written reports from at least one member of the University’s academic staff
from another faculty
Written reports from officers/departments and a summary of actions in response to any comments received
must be included in the validation documentation presented at Faculty and University level;
Written confirmation from specified University officers and/or departments that the programme is consistent with requirements and that any significant issues identified during the programme development process have been resolved: Form PV6 (Appendix PV6) to be included in the validation documentation
Written summary of the first stage process
Confirmation of the ways in which the Programme Team has sought to obtain the views of students and other stakeholders on the proposal.

EITHER
New Programme or Major Revisions / Draws on Existing Modules
A Faculty-based event is likely to be required if the Programme is wholly new or major revisions / In other cases, it may be appropriate to conduct the process by correspondence e.g. draws to a significant extent on existing modules.
In all cases, the Faculty Board must ensure that an appropriate and auditable paper trail of the first stage process is maintained. Draft Faculty validation schedules (Appendix PV17), including details of and justification for the process to be used for each proposal will be presented to AQSC for consideration and approval at its first meeting of the academic year (see paragraph 4.2.8).
Approval of the Dean of Faculty
The documentation must be accompanied by written confirmation from the Dean that the Faculty approval process has been completed satisfactorily and that all required documentation is included in the submission.
Submission of the Faculty of approved documentation to AQSC
via the Academic Office
Document Moves to Stage 2

September 2016