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QSC 29 June 2011 CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Plan CM1 forms have been submitted for the following for approval by QSC:
ASHCROFT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL
REF
AWARD
TITLE
AIBS 19/10
MA
Page 1.
PG Cert
Global Communication
[joint award with Mudra
Institute of
Communication,
Ahmedebad (MICA) only]
PG Dip
AIBS 20/10
BA (Hons)
Page 3.
Cert HE
Management and
Leadership
Dip HE
AIBS 23/10
BA (Hons)
International Business
Strategy
Page 5.
(2 year accelerated and 3
year delivery)
QSC Plan CM1 Changes 29 June 2011
NATURE OF CHANGE
OUTCOME
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS

Proposal to delete pathway delivered in collaboration with MICA

The partnership with MICA has concluded

The pathway remains as a newly-approved single award for
delivery at the Cambridge campus

The dual award with Budapest Business School remains subject to
a successful intake in September 2011

No students impacted, all of those registered with MICA have
already concluded the pathway

With immediate effect

Proposal to deliver standard trimester pattern instead of current
semester pattern

Delivery sites are Cambridge and all corporate clients

The proposal will help meet corporate clients’ demand to deliver
the pathway more frequently

No transitional requirements apply

With effect from July 2011

Proposal to reduce the annual intakes at Cambridge from two to
one intake a year
Not approved

The proposal will improve resource efficiency by creating one
larger class and reduce double delivery of modules where possible
CRIC have students wishing
to register on both intakes

Amity Singapore are franchised for September and February starts
for this pathway, the faculty shall continue to support the partner
with their two intakes a year

Applies for new intakes only so no transitional requirements apply

With effect from September 2011
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Approved
Approved subject to
confirmation of which
corporate clients will be
impacted
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AIBS 25/10
MSc
International
Entrepreneurship
Page 8.
AIBS 26/10
MA
Page 10.
PG Dip
Leadership

Proposal to delete pathway

Registrations have been relatively low and the Faculty also has an
MSc Corporate Entrepreneurship

No further students will be registered to this pathway with
immediate effect

Current Students will continue on the pathway to graduation

With effect from September 2011

Proposal to delete pathway delivery mode part-time and face to
face

Registrations have been relatively low and the Faculty has
developed an online delivery which would be offered to applicants
wishing to study part time

No further students will be registered to this delivery mode with
immediate effect

Current Students will continue on the delivery mode of the
pathway to graduation

With effect from September 2011
PG Cert
Approved
Approved
FACUTLY OF EDUCATION
REF
AWARD
TITLE
FOE 14/10
BA (Hons)
Education
Page 12.
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NATURE OF CHANGE
OUTCOME
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS

Proposal to offer pathway at full time mode

Progressing students have requested a full time route, this will
also aid the department in achieving its FT recruitment targets

This change will apply to new students only

No additional timetabling will be required

With effect from September 2011
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Approved
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FACULTY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
REF
AWARD
TITLE
FHSC 34/10
MSc
Counselling
Page 15.
FHSC 35/10
Module
DN230008S
Overseas Nurses
Programme Level 2
Page 17.
Module
DN215008S
Overseas Nurses Protected
Learning Level 2
QSC Plan CM1 Changes 29 June 2011
NATURE OF CHANGE

OUTCOME
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
Change of pathway title for exit award only
Old pathway title:
New pathway title:
PG Cert Counselling
PG Cert Counselling Studies

Proposal is to meet the PSRB British Association of Counsellors
and Psychotherapists recommendation from the approval event
to distinguish the award from the final MSc award

No transitional requirements as this is a newly approved
pathway and has not been recruited to yet

To be delivered at Chelmsford only

With effect from September 2011

Change of department responsibility
Approved
Approved
Old department:
New department:
Primary and Public Health
Acute Care

The Overseas Nursing Programme will sit only in two Acute
Care pathways and has an acute care focus so is more
appropriately placed in the Acute Care department

The current external finishes her term this year, processes are in
place to appoint an external examiner for this pathway to Acute
Care

No transitional requirements necessary, all current students will
be able to complete without any changes to their study

With effect from June 2011
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FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
FST 51/10
BSc (Hons)
Business Information
Systems

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BSc (Hons)
MSc
Network Infrastructure
and Security
Information Technology
Management
MSc
Network Security
MSc
Network Management
BSc (Hons)
Multimedia, Animation
and the Web
QSC Plan CM1 Changes 29 June 2011
Proposal to transfer 5 pathways from the Computing programme
at Chelmsford to the Design and Engineering programme:
o
BSc (Hons) Business Information Systems
o
BSc (Hons) Network Infrastructure and Security
o
MSc Information Technology Management
o
MSc Network Security
o
MSc Network Management

Proposal to transfer BSc(Hons) Multimedia, Animation and the
Web from Design and Engineering at Chelmsford to the
Computing Programme at Chelmsford (this will have its final intake
in Sept 2011)

The pathway deletions have already been approved for these
pathways

All students are effected but the only material difference shall be
the change to Programme Subcommittee Meetings

With immediate effect
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Not approved
Rationale to move pathways
between programmes is not
strong enough to justify the
negative impact on our ability
to demonstrate performance
through pathway and
programme statistics
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