The Regulations and Code of Practice for Educational Partnerships (approved by Senate on 23 February 2009) set out the general principles that underpin the University’s approach to educational partnership arrangements and explain the internal approval process more fully, including guidance about how to develop an Institutional Agreement. Open and print the Regulations and Code in pdf format (PDF, 91.9kB)
Other sources of information:
QAA Code of Practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher education: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/AssuringStandardsAndQuality/quality-code/Pages/default.aspx
Quality Code - Chapter B10: Managing higher education provision with others http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/Quality-Code-Chapter-B10.pdf
It is important that staff who wish to develop an educational partnership have the full support of their department and faculty and are therefore encouraged to consult their respective Faculty Education Directors at an early stage.
Details of the University's current educational partnership arrangements can be found in its Register of Educational Partnerships (PDF 21.4kB)
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