Appendix 17
Amendments to Approved Courses
For Minor Course Amendments (Category 2) or Major Course Amendments (Category
3a), please complete the details below and return to your IQC Secretary and to your AQU
Officer. For further details of requirements for amendments to courses see paragraphs 79-94
of the Course Planning and Approval/Reapproval Process.
Name of Proposer (e.g. Course Leader)
Institute
Course Title
Nature of Proposal
e.g. New module(s), amendment to mode of
attendance, delivery, assessment balance,
admission requirements, pathway title.
If new module, include status of module in
relation to course, i.e. Mandatory or Optional.
Rationale: This should include reference to
the learning outcomes of the module and
course assessment strategy as appropriate.
How do the new arrangements support the
Courses aims? Is the proposed change a
response to student, staff or External
Examiner evaluation?
Student consultation: Have students been
consulted about the proposed change?
Give details e.g. means of consultation,
outcome of discussion/feedback, or explain
why consultation did not occur.
Date change takes effect
Semester 1 or 2
Academic Year 2014/15 or 2015/16
Regulatory Framework
(e.g. URF / PGRF / Other)
Any collaborative elements?
Yes / No
Where will it be taught?
UW / Partner / Both
Whose staff will it be taught by?
UW / Partner / Both
Student Numbers allocated to?
UW / Partner / Other (please specify)
Link Tutor approval obtained?
Name of Link Tutor:
Date:
August 2015
(If yes give details)
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Any Professional Statutory Bodies
involved? (If yes, provide details)
Yes / No
Any work based learning/placements?
(If yes, provide details)
Yes / No
Any flexible or distributed learning?
(If yes, provide details)
Yes / No
Please specify the type of amendment proposed and complete details of External
Examiner and Adviser as appropriate:
Type of amendment:
Category 2 – requires comments from current External Examiner
Category 3a – requires comments from External Examiner and one Independent External
Adviser
Details of current External Examiner
(Category 2 or 3a)
* Details of Independent External Adviser
(Category 3a)
* Where an Independent External Adviser is required, these will need to be approved by the
Director of Quality and Educational Development before proceeding.
Agreed by Course Leader
Name:
Agreed by Head of Centre/Unit
(where applicable)
Name:
Agreed by Link Tutor (Collaborative only)
Name:
Agreed by Chair of IQC
or Head of Institute
Name:
For AQU use:
Date form received by AQU
Comments from Director of Quality and
Educational Development to be raised
prior to (or at) IQC meeting:
Following IQC approval, the module/course leader must ensure that the Module Specification
and Programme Specification/Award Map (where appropriate) are amended to incorporate
the changes and the “Date Module Specification Approved” or “Date and Record of Revisions”
and the “Date of Programme Specification preparation/revision” sections are completed.
The IQC Secretary will record the change and communicate the details, normally via the
revised documentation, to Registry Services, so that the Student Records system can be
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updated, and to AQU so that the revised Programme Specification/Award Map can be
uploaded to their website.
August 2015