APPROVAL OF NEW DELIVERY SITE AT EXISTING VALIDATED CENTRES
Courses are normally approved for delivery at one location within a Centre.
If Centres have multiple locations then each location is subject to separate approval.
In some instances the University Verifier or other member of the University,
representing the Academic Standards and Quality Committee, will undertake a visit to a
proposed delivery centre in order to consider whether that centre is in an appropriate
location and has appropriate resources for the delivery of the course(s).
The checklist is intended to facilitate the University’s member of staff and is completed
by the University (not the Validated Centre). The Delivery Site Checklist is included in
this section.
In other cases it may be necessary for a panel to visit a proposed new delivery centre.
The outcomes of the visit, completed Delivery Site Checklist and supporting
documentation provided by the centre will ultimately be submitted to the VSSC for
consideration of approval.
Please contact Julie Page in the first instance – the same process as ‘Reporting Changes’
is followed. It is most likely that a Collaborative Business Evaluation form should also be
completed as there will be financial implications if the verifier is required to visit a
different campus. The CBE form to be completed for this is CBE-A5 and A6.
This
should be completed alongside the Reporting Changes form. The Business Evaluation
process¹ should be completed and sign off granted prior to academic approval of the
additional site.
Julie Page in CPO will send you the appropriate forms for completion.
The University will not support the Centre approving a further provider: serial franchising
or sub-contracting is not allowed.
¹Please refer to Section 19 for further details on business evaluation and sign off.