CMT 7th April 2014
CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS
Planning approval is sought for the following proposals:
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF
ALSS
13/05
START &
INTAKE
September
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
MA
Fashion Design
Full time and part time
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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Face-to-face
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Semester 1
and 2
intakes per
year
Cambridge
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180 credits @ L7
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ALSS
13/06
September
2014
Page 16
Semester 1
and 2
intakes per
year
PG Cert
Applied Linguistics
and TESOL
Full time and part time
face-to-face
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Part time distance
learning
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Cambridge
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PG Dip
PG Cert: 60 credits @
level 7
PG Dip: 120 credits @
level 7
CMT Proposals 7th April 2014
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DECISION
Proposal for a new postgraduate course
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £6,500
international/non-EU tuition fee £10,300
Anticipated annual recruitment 20 students
The course is designed to accommodate the needs of
contemporary fashion designers on a global level
The course will offer two intake points to attract
international students
Links with Tsinghua University Beijing and Beijing
Institute of Fashion Technology including a visiting
sabbatical arrangement bringing a minimum of six
students for the new course
33% new modules, two new 30 credit modules
Significant investment in additional workshop space and
some library resource will be required
Standard trimester delivery
Approved
Proposal to validate two interim awards for an existing
already approved Masters course to become intended
awards for students to be recruited onto
Proposed home/EU tuition fee pro rata MA fee of £5,665
international/non-EU tuition fee pro rata £10,000,
distance learning £5,950 (Band 1)
Anticipated annual recruitment 15 fte
The course will offer two intake points and face-to-face
mode of delivery to attract international students
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REF
FST
13/25
Page 20
START &
INTAKE
September
2014
AWARD
TITLE
MODE-LOCATIONCREDITS
MSc
Project Management
Distance learning
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Distance learning
mode of delivery
Already approved for full
time & part time face-toface delivery
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Trimester 1
and 2
intakes per
year
NATURE OF PROPOSAL
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Chelmsford
180 credits at Level 7
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FST
13/26
September
2014
Page 26
Semester 1
intake only
per year
BSc
(Hons)
Bioscience (top up)
Full time and part time
Face-to-face
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University Centre
Harlow (UCH)
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120 credits at Level 6
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DECISION
Proposal to introduce a distance learning mode of
delivery to an existing already approved Masters course
Proposed standard distance learning tuition fee of
£5,950
Anticipated annual recruitment 20+ fte
The approved full time and part time delivery modes are
accredited by the Association for Project Management;
accreditation will be sought for the distance learning
mode of delivery
Proposal to enable practising managers and
professionals, especially internationals to undertake the
course; two intake points will be offered
The delivery of the course has been developed in
conjunction with Learning Development Services
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Standard trimester delivery pattern
Approved
Proposal for a new top up for franchise to UCH
Proposed home/EU tuition fee of £7,000
Anticipated annual recruitment 20 fte
The course will provide a progression route for the FdSc
Bioscience
21 students were recruited to the FdSc Bioscience in
September 2013
UCH has recruited three new staff to the FdSc at the
end of the 2013 who are suitably qualified to deliver the
top up (one with a relevant MSc and two with relevant
PhDs)
100% existing modules
No significant capital spend
Standard semester delivery pattern
Approved
Academic Office