CMT 12th May 2014
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
Planning approval is sought for the following proposals:
INSTITUTIONAL APPROVAL PROPOSALS
Outline proposal forms are to follow once the appropriate risk assessment has been confirmed by the Head of Quality Assurance, Academic Office. Copies of the outline
proposal forms may be found in Appendix A.
TITLE AND ADDRESS OF INSTITUTION
PARTICIPATING
FACULTY(IES)
PROPOSED
START DATE
London School of Commerce, Malta Ltd
(a subsidiary of Globe Education (GB) Ltd)
Lord Ashcroft
International
Business School
Delivery from
August 2014
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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Floor 3, Europa Centre
St Anne Street, Floriana FRN9020, Malta
Tel no: +356 212 26200
Web: www.lsclondon.co.uk
(Maltese website pending)
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Contact: Gregor Douglas, Registrar
Gregor.douglas@lsclondon.co.uk
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Academic Office reference: INST 13/04
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DECISION
Proposal for a franchise agreement
Proposal is to offer the already approved and
validated MBA and BA (Hons) Business Studies
These courses are already validated to run at the
Peterborough campus by Globe Education and
franchised to the London campus of the School of
Business and Law
Proposed student numbers of up to 350 per entry
point; three entry points a year
London School of Commerce Malta (LSCM) has
been licensed by the National Commission for
Further and Higher Education (NCFHE) in Malta as a
registered higher education institution
NCFHE has accredited LSCM’s MBA and PG
Business Management
LSCM does not have links with other HE awarding
bodies at this time
LSCM intend to seek approval to deliver further
Anglia Ruskin courses in the future
Approved
Academic Office
TITLE AND ADDRESS OF INSTITUTION
PARTICIPATING
FACULTY(IES)
PROPOSED
START DATE
British School of Commerce Colombo
(Private) Ltd
(trading as British School of Commerce (BSC)
Colombo, a subsidiary of Globe Education (GB)
Ltd)
Lord Ashcroft
International
Business School
Delivery from
August 2014
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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19 McLeod Road, Colombo 4, Sri Lanka
Tel no: +94 11 2595995
Web: www.bsccolombo.edu.lk
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Contact: Gregor Douglas, Registrar
Gregor.douglas@lsclondon.co.uk
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Academic Office reference: INST 13/05
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General Sir John Kotelawala Defence
University
Faculty of Health,
Social Care and
Education
Delivery from
June 2014
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Kandawala Road
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia
Sri Lanka
Tel no: +94 11 2635268
Web: www.kdu.ac.lk
Contact: Colonel Doctor Thamasi Makuloluwa
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DECISION
Proposal for a franchise agreement
Proposal is to offer the already approved and
validated MBA and BA (Hons) Business Studies
These courses are already validated to run at the
Peterborough campus by Globe Education and
franchised to the London campus of the School of
Business and Law
Proposed student numbers of up to 350 per entry
point; three entry points a year
BSC Colombo offer degree programmes validated by
Cardiff Metropolitan University, as is the London
School of Commerce (LSC)
LSC’s sister college School of Business and Law
offer degree programmes validated by the University
of Gloucestershire
BSL is an approved Associate College of Anglia
Ruskin, planning approval has been granted for
franchise delivery of the MBA and BA (Hons)
Business Studies (INST 13-02)
Proposal for an Outcentre Delivery (Category A)
Agreement
Proposal is to offer the already approved and
validated PG Cert Learning and Teaching (Higher
Education)
Proposed student numbers of 30-40 per annum; one
intake per year
The agreement is currently proposed for one year
with a long term plan to potentially explore a
franchise agreement
Approved
Not approved
Business case
not agreed
Academic Office reference: INST 13/06
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Academic Office
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
The suite of new courses proposed to be delivered by RDI Ltd under a validation arrangement is as follows. Planning forms with Faculty support which are to be
considered for approval by CMT are listed below. Copies of the planning forms may be found in the attachment to this paper.
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3.
4.
Cert HE, Dip HE, BA (Hons) Law and Criminology (ALSS 13/07)
Cert HE, Dip HE, BA (Hons) Business and Law (LAIBS 13/27)
PG Cert, PG Dip, MA Strategic Marketing (LAIBS 13/28)
PG Cert, PG Dip, MA Strategic Human Resource Management (LAIBS 13/29)
Planning forms under review by the Faculty of Science and Technology are listed below for reference. The Faculty of Arts, Law and Social Sciences and Lord Ashcroft
International Business School have given support for the joint subject undergraduate course proposals. Copies of the planning forms may be found in Appendix B.
APPROVED AT CMT 12th MAY 2014
5. PG Cert, PG Dip, MSc Strategic Engineering Management (FST 13/28)
6. PG Cert, PG Dip, MSc Strategic Project Management FST 13/29)
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8.
9.
10.
Cert HE, Dip HE, BA (Hons) Business and Computing LAIBS 13/39)
Cert HE, Dip HE Human Resource Management and BA (Hons) Human Psychology and Human Resource Management (FST 13/30)
Cert HE, Dip HE, BA (Hons) Human Psychology and Law (FST 13/31)
Cert HE, Dip HE, BA (Hons) Human Psychology and Criminology (FST 13/32)
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF
ALSS
13/07
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START &
INTAKE
October
2014
Quarterly
intakes
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
Cert HE,
Dip HE,
BA
(Hons)
Law and Criminology
Distance learning
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
Possibility of blended
learning
Resource
Development
International Ltd
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120 credits @ L4
120 credits @ L5
120 credits @ L6
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DECISION
Proposal for a new validated undergraduate course
Tuition fee as per the academic agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment 24 fte
RDI currently has an undergraduate portfolio
encompassing business, human resource management,
law, psychology and computing
Providing joint subject courses allows an increase in the
portfolio using existing validated modules
The course will offer four intakes a year to attract
international students
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard quarterly delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL & FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF
LAIBS
13/27
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START &
INTAKE
October
2014
Quarterly
intakes
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
Cert HE,
Dip HE,
BA
(Hons)
Business and Law
Distance learning
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
Possibility of blended
learning
Resource
Development
International Ltd
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Proposal for a new validated undergraduate course
Tuition fee as per the academic agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment 24 fte
RDI currently has an undergraduate portfolio
encompassing business, human resource management,
law, psychology and computing
Providing joint subject courses allows an increase in the
portfolio using existing validated modules
The course will offer four intakes a year to attract
international students
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard quarterly delivery pattern
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120 credits @ L4
120 credits @ L5
120 credits @ L6
DECISION
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Approved
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
REF
LAIBS
13/28
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START &
INTAKE
October
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
PG Cert,
PG Dip, MA
Strategic Marketing
Distance learning
Quarterly
intakes
Possibility of blended
learning
Resource
Development
International Ltd
60/120/180
credits @ L7
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NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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DECISION
Proposal for a new validated postgraduate course
Tuition fee as per the academic agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment 40 fte
Accreditation will be sought from the Chartered
Institute of Marketing
RDI currently offer a marketing route through the MBA,
this proposal will offer a specialist marketing award
The course will offer four intakes a year
17% new modules, likely to be two 15 credit modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard quarterly delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL continued
REF
LAIBS
13/29
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START &
INTAKE
October
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
PG Cert,
PG Dip, MA
Strategic Human
Resource
Management
Distance learning
Quarterly
intakes
Possibility of blended
learning
Resource
Development
International Ltd
180 credits @ L7
LAIBS
13/30
September
2014
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Semester 1
& 2 intakes
per year
BA (Hons)
Accounting & Finance
[dual award]
BA (Hons)
Business Management
[dual award]
BA (Hons)
Marketing [dual award]
MBA
MBA [dual award]
Full time, part time
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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Face-to-face
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First City University
College (formerly
KBU International
College)
BA A&F 405 credits
BA BM 390 credits
BA M 390 credits
MBA 202.5 credits
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DECISION
Proposal for a new validated postgraduate course
Tuition fee as per the academic agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment 40 fte
Accreditation will be sought from the Chartered
Institute of Personal Development
RDI currently offer a human resource management
(HRM) route through the MBA, this proposal will offer a
specialist HRM award
The course will offer four intakes a year
17% new modules, likely to be two 15 credit modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard quarterly delivery pattern
Approved
Proposal for four new dual (type B) awards
Tuition fees to be agreed as per the academic
agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment 70 across the
undergraduate courses and 40 on the MBA
KBU International College has been accorded
University College status by the Malaysian
Qualifications Authority (MQA) and is rebranding to
First City University College
The proposal is to replace the current course offerings
with dual awards, the current franchised courses will
be phased out over the next four years
The total value of credit per award is slightly above
Anglia Ruskin Academic Regulations requirements to
satisfy the MQA
100% new modules
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office
LORD ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL continued
REF
LAIBS
13/31
Page 31
LAIBS
13/32
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START &
INTAKE
August
2014
AWARD
TITLE
BA (Hons)
Business Studies
MBA
MBA
Trimesters
1, 2 & 3
intakes per
year
August
2014
BA (Hons)
Business Studies
MBA
MBA
Trimesters
1, 2 & 3
intakes per
year
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
BABS: Full time, part
time
MBA: Full time
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Face-to-face
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London School of
Commerce, Malta
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MBA: 180 FHEQ ‘M’
credits @ L7
BABS: 120 FHEQ
credits @ L4,
120 @ L5, 120 @ L6
BABS: Full time
MBA: Full time, part
time
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Face-to-face
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British School of
Commerce,
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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MBA: 60 FHEQ ‘M’
credits @ L7
BABS: 120 FHEQ
credits @ L6
CMT Proposals 12th May 2014
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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DECISION
Proposal to franchise two existing courses to a new
partner institution (see proposal INST 13/04)
Tuition fees to be agreed as per the academic
agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment MBA: 250 and
BABS:100 per entry point
The courses will be run cost effectively to enable
competitive course fees and there will be multiple entry
points to attract international students, the Maltese
Government Policy has set targets to increase the
number of international students studying in Malta
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard trimester delivery pattern
Approved
Proposal to franchise two existing courses to a new
partner institution (see proposal INST 13/05)
Tuition fees to be agreed as per the academic
agreement
Anticipated annual recruitment MBA: 250 and
BABS:100 per entry point
The courses will be run cost effectively to enable
competitive course fees and there will be multiple entry
points to attract international students
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Non-standard trimester delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION
REF
FHSCE
13/16
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START &
INTAKE
September
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
PGCE
Secondary Education x
8 subjects as below
Full time
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Face to face
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Billericay Educational
Consortium (via
Billericay SCITT)
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Semester 1
intake per
year
(Art and Design)
(Computer Science with
ICT)
(English)
(Mathematics)
(Modern Languages)
(Science with Biology)
(Science with
Chemistry)
(Science with Physics)
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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60 credits @ L6
60 credits @ L7
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DECISION
Proposal for eight new postgraduate courses that will be
delivered by subject specialists in Billericay schools
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £9,000 funded by the
School Direct scheme
Development on the existing franchise agreement with
Billericay Educational Consortium for the PGCE primary
course
Three subjects for the PGCE secondary course were
approved by CMT on the 24th of March 2014
All providers have to bid on an annual basis for training
places therefore numbers will vary from year to year
The courses will be accredited by the National College for
School Leadership
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REF
FST
13/27
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START &
INTAKE
September
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
MSc
Applied Positive
Psychology
Full time, part time
and blended learning
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Face to face and
blended learning
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Trimesters 1
& 2 intakes
per year
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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Cambridge and one
or more outcentres in
France
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180 credits @ L7
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DECISION
Proposal for a new postgraduate course
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £8,755,
international/non-EU tuition fee £11,300
Anticipated annual recruitment 20fte in first year, rising
to 35-40 in the second year
The course is being developed in collaboration with
Positran, Paris, France
The course is designed to develop students’ knowledge,
research and practical skills in positive psychology and
adult learning
The delivery structure and two intakes points are
designed to attract international students
100% existing modules, two modules from the new MSc
Research Methods
No significant capital spend
Non-standard delivery structure of six five-day long
study modules from a selection of approximately twelve,
some may be taken on-line
Standard 2-trimester delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office