Quality & Standards Committee Chair’s Action August 2012
CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Curriculum Management (CM1) forms approved by Chair’s action on behalf of the Quality and Standards Committee:
FACULTY OF ARTS, LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
REF
AWARD
TITLE
ALSS
15/11
MA
Film Studies
Page 1
ALSS
16/11
MA
Music Therapy
Page 6
ALSS
17/11
BA
(Hons)
Psycho-social Studies
Page 8
QSC CM1 Form changes August 2012
CHAIR’S
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
NATURE OF CHANGE

Proposal to withdraw pathway from sole delivery site Cambridge

It was decided to withdraw this pathway in April 2011 due to low
enrolment figures

The pathway is currently suspended and not advertised as available
for 2012-13 intake

A small number of students will be taught to completion

With effect from September 2012

Proposal to remove part-time delivery mode at sole delivery site
Cambridge

The pathway has not been available for part-time delivery since the
Periodic Review of 2009

No impact on students – no current part-time cohort

With immediate effect

Proposal to withdraw pathway at Cambridge and Aegean Omiros,
Greece (to continue at UCP and UCWA)

Proposal is due to a steady decline in student numbers, student
satisfaction on the pathway split across two faculties and gains in
curriculum efficiency can be made

No impact on students – new intake only

With effect from September 2012
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Approved
Approved
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION
REF
AWARD
TITLE
FHSCE
34/11
MA
Learning Through
Technology (Distance
Learning)
Page 1
FHSCE
35/11
MTL
Masters of Teaching and
Learning
Page 3
FHSCE
36/11
MSc
PG Dip
PG Cert
Minimally Invasive and
Robotic Surgery

Proposal to withdraw pathway from all delivery sites – Cambridge and
Chelmsford

Proposal due to poor recruitment to the pathway

No impact on students – no current students on pathway or
applications for 2012-13

With effect from September 2012

Proposal to withdraw pathway from sole delivery site Chelmsford

Proposal due to poor recruitment to the pathway resulting from
withdrawal of government funding

No impact on students – existing students will continue until
completion

Contract staff will teach remaining students

With effect from September 2012

Proposal to offer additional delivery method of blended learning and to
transfer responsibility for the pathway from the Interprofessional
Learning programme to the Allied Health programme in the same
Department of Allied Health and Medicine

Proposal following student module evaluation and discussion with
MSc MIRS to address the issue of student difficulties in requesting
study leave

Distance learning will be offered on two modules already approved for
distance learning delivery

The subject specialism sits better within Allied Health and will even
out the distribution of masters level pathways between the
programmes

No impact on students – new delivery mode offering

With effect from September 2012
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QSC CM1 Form changes August 2012
CHAIR’S
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
NATURE OF CHANGE
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Approved
Approved
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND EDUCATION continued
REF
AWARD
TITLE
FHSCE
37/11
FdSc
Management of Social
and Affordable Housing
Page 8
FHSCE
38/11
FdA
Early Years Playwork and
Education
Page 10
FHSCE
39/11
Uni Dip
Teaching in the Lifelong
Learning Sector
Page 13
QSC CM1 Form changes August 2012
CHAIR’S
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
NATURE OF CHANGE

Proposal to change department responsibility for module EB230021S
Project Management and Finance

Module has been archived by Built Environment in FST, proposal is to
move this to Family and Community Studies in FHSCE to be taught
on the FdSc Management of Social and Affordable Housing

No impact on students – first delivery of module on this pathway will
be January 2013

With effect from September 2012 – proposal submitted for Chair’s
action in anticipation of a change to External Examiners

Proposal to offer pathway by full-time at core Chelmsford and four of
the five associate colleges, University Centre Peterborough,
Cambridge Regional College and Huntingdonshire Regional College

Pathway is currently validated for part-time, distance learning and only
full-time through Higher Skills @ Work

University Centre Harlow is already validated to deliver the full-time
mode, University Centre West Anglia is not included in this proposal

The full-time route will be delivered over two years by blended
learning/ distance learning/ face-to-face delivery

No impact on students – apply to new intakes

With effect from September 2012

Proposal to withdraw pathway from the Chelmsford delivery site

Proposal due to low recruitment and uncertainty in the FE sector

With effect from September 2012

No impact on students – existing students will continue until
completion

Contract staff will teach remaining students

With effect from September 2012
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Approved
Approved
Approved
Academic Office
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
REF
AWARD
TITLE
FST 56/11
BSc
(Hons)
Ophthalmic Dispensing

Approved
Proposal to change pathway title
Old title – BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing
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New title – BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing (Extended degree) and
to retain the current three year BSc (Hons) Ophthalmic Dispensing

A previous change to the pathway title was agreed resulting from the
April 2011 re-approval event when two pathways were streamlined
into one the pathway of the current title

Proposal intended to meet widening participation agenda and allow
foundation science students to enrol on the pathway

The entry tariff for the 4-year extended course will be 40 UCAS points
similar to the other 4-year extended courses within the faculty

No impact on students – applies to new intake only

With effect from September 2012
Chair’s Action on behalf of QSC (Prof Lesley Dobree)
QSC CM1 Form changes August 2012
CHAIR’S
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
NATURE OF CHANGE
___Approved via e-mail______________
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Date
__10th September 2012________
Academic Office