THE SENATE PATHWAY APPROVAL REPORT (Dual Award) A confirmed report of the event held on 23rd June 2009 to consider the approval of the following pathway: MA Global Communication Ashcroft International Business School Delivery of Pathway at Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School) partner college Quality Assurance Division SECTION A – OUTCOME SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The purpose of the event was to consider the delivery of the MA Global Communication dual award at Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) and Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus. 1.2 For curriculum management purposes the pathway will be located in the Postgraduate Programme within the Ashcroft International Business School. The pathway is a dual award with graduates eligible for the BBS’ Diploma in Communication of International Organizations and the Anglia Ruskin MA in Global Communication. 2. CONCLUSIONS 2.1 The Panel recommends to the Senate the approval of delivery of the following pathway at Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) and Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus: MA Global Communication. Approval, once confirmed, will be for an indefinite period, subject to Anglia Ruskin’s continuing quality assurance procedures. Delivery will be solely on a full-time basis with one intake annually in September, commencing in September 2009. There will be an initial minimum cohort of 5-10 students. Subsequent cohorts will be a minimum of 10 students and a maximum of 30 students. 2.2 The Panel recommends to the Senate the approval of two new modules for delivery. The full titles of all new modules are provided in section D of this report. 2.3 Conditions Approval is subject to the following conditions which were set by the Panel. A copy of the response must be lodged with the Executive Officer by the date(s) detailed below: 2.3.1 2.3.2 2.3.3 Details of Condition Deadline Response to be considered by The Proposal Team shall agree to a maximum of one intake per academic year annually in September, commencing in September 2009. Delivery shall be based solely on a full time basis (paragraphs 2.1 & 4.10); The Proposal Team shall clarify the details regarding the dual award with BBS’ Diploma in Communication of International Organizations, outlining the separate requirements of BBS’ Diploma and Anglia Ruskin’s MA Global Communication by providing a detailed mapping of the two pathways against each other and the requirements for the dissertation/Postgraduate Major Project of each pathway (paragraph 4.6); The Proposal Team shall submit an electronic 17th July 2009 Panel Chair 17th July 2009 Panel Chair 17th July 2009 All Panel Quality Assurance Division 2 Confirmed 2.3.4 2.3.5 2.3.6 2.4 version of the revised Pathway Specification Form (PSF) taking account of the strong recommendation of the Panel that the proposed designate modules for Semester 1 lacked coherence and should be replaced with the transfer of the proposed Intercultural Management module (an existing AIBS module) from Semester 2 to Semester 1. This module would be of considerable benefit to students at all delivery points for the MA, e.g. the variant delivered at Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), and would have the added value of enabling BBS students to take a marketing module at BBS in Semester 2 (paragraph 4.9 and Appendix 1); The Proposal Team shall submit electronic versions of the revised Module Definition Forms (MDFs) for the new modules submitted for approval, amended in accordance with the Panel’s comments (paragraph 4.9 and Appendix 1); The Proposal Team shall review the current curriculum management arrangements for overseeing delivery of Anglia Ruskin’s MA in International Business pathway at BBS in order to establish a single Anglia Ruskin Curriculum Management Committee to oversee the management of the academic standards and quality of all Anglia Ruskin pathways delivered at BBS (including the MA in Global Communication) and particularly to co-ordinate, implement, inform and enhance curriculum delivery and development. The Director of the Academic Office will provide proposals for the terms of reference and membership of the committee. There must also be student representation on this or a related committee to provide a mechanism for formal feedback to students on any issue raised by students (paragraph 7.2); The Proposal Team shall identify a member of staff to undertake the role of Student Adviser for all students registered at BBS on Anglia Ruskin pathways whose responsibilities shall include those set out in Anglia Ruskin’s Academic Regulations (paragraph 6.6). members 17th July 2009 All Panel members 17th July 2009 Panel Chair 17th July 2009 Panel Chair Recommendations The following recommendations for quality enhancement were made by the Panel. A copy of the responses to the recommendations listed below must be lodged with the Executive Officer. The Faculty Board for the Ashcroft International Business School will consider the responses at its meeting of 7th October 2009: 2.4.1 Details of Recommendation The Proposal Team is encouraged to identify and develop opportunities for collaborative research initiatives between Anglia Quality Assurance Division 3 Deadline 18th Sept. 2009 Confirmed 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.5 Ruskin, BBS and MICA (paragraph 6.5); The tripartite Pathway Team is recommended to consider their marketing position and marketing actions in relation to the pathway (paragraphs 4.3-5); The Proposal Team is encouraged to build upon the expertise and approaches to collaborative working practices developed for the MA International Business and apply a similar approach to this dual award pathway (paragraph 6.5). 18th 2009 Sept. 18th 2009 Sept. Issues Referred to the Senate (or appropriate standing committee) The Panel did not identify any institution-wide issues as requiring the attention of the Senate or an appropriate standing committee of the Senate. Quality Assurance Division 4 Confirmed SECTION B – DETAIL OF DISCUSSION AND PANEL CONCLUSIONS 3 RATIONALE 3.1 The Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) has been a collaborative partner of Anglia Ruskin’s Ashcroft International Business School (AIBS) since 1995. The BBS has four campuses across Budapest and two satellite centres in Hungary delivering finance courses. The BBS has approximately 18,000 undergraduate students, 3,650 Foundation Degree students, 1,300 postgraduate students and 386 Masters students. The BBS delivers 18 Foundation Degrees, 8 undergraduate pathways with 21 specialisations, and 6 Masters degrees which are taught in Hungarian, English, French and German. It has collaborative arrangements with 130 institutions across four continents. Its ERASMUS exchanges are particularly strong. The ERASMUS exchange programme had enabled BBS staff to shadow colleagues in AIBS. 3.2 The BBS has approximately 35 students currently registered on its franchise of AIBS’ MA International Business. The BBS is pursuing a strategy of reviewing its existing collaborative arrangements and seeking to find opportunities for additional projects with its collaborative partners. 4 CURRICULUM DESIGN, CONTENT AND DELIVERY 4.1 The Proposal Team confirmed that the BBS would teach and assess the pathway in English, in common with the pathway deliveries at Anglia Ruskin’s Cambridge campus and at the Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA). 4.2 The Panel queried the involvement of AIBS within the current franchise of the MA International Business to BBS. The Proposal Team confirmed that the Director of Studies (Cambridge) checks applications forms and visits Budapest to induct the students at the beginning of each delivery of the pathway addressing issues such as academic rigour, the use of the Student Handbook, access to the digital library resources as well as introducing the Research Methods for Managers module. The BBS students’ scripts are doublemarked by AIBS’ tutors and while there are occasional disparities over the marks awarded these have always been resolved in an appropriate manner. A sample of scripts is then included in the sample scrutinised by the External Examiners. The Postgraduate Major Project was supervised by BBS, first marked by BBS, second marked by colleagues in Cambridge and again, sent within the sample to the External Examiner. The Director of Studies (Cambridge) confirmed that the BBS students’ English was excellent, their engagement in teaching sessions was good and that their academic ability was strong. 4.3 Demand for a multi-disciplinary pathway in international business, entrepreneurship and leadership necessary for global communication had been suggested by MICA and AIBS’ research. The Panel noted the use of the QAA’s Business & Management Subject Benchmark Statements but queried whether any professional bodies’ benchmarks had also been used to inform the development of the pathway. It was noted that a range of disciplines were incorporated within the concept of ‘communication’ from IT to sociology. However, the Proposal Team explained that they had chosen to concentrate on international theories and had developed a practice-based pathway. They had looked at labour and academic markets in a broad way and were not anticipating that future graduates would be specialists within a niche market. Additionally the Proposal Team believed strongly that an individual could not claim mastery of global communication if they had real experience of only one country and culture. Such an individual must be exposed to other cultures. The Faculty was therefore seeking to establish a network of highlyreputable international partners to co-deliver the pathway. Quality Assurance Division 5 Confirmed 4.4 The Proposal Team advised that postgraduate awards in communication were already established in Hungary but that none were taught in English currently and they were delivered by universities with a strong theoretical basis. To date Hungarian curricula in this area had been based upon organisational communication or business communication. Hungary’s entry to the European Union had marked a considerable change in multicultural influences and an understanding of intercultural management had become increasingly important. Access to global media had changed Hungarian society markedly over the past fifteen years or so. The Proposal Team asserted that media and communication were easily linked. BBS considered that there was a clear market for a practical communication pathway as there was evidence of a lack of communication and media experts among public and civil organisations and non-governmental organisations. This was evidenced currently by a number of job advertisements seeking communication managers and public relations managers, which were new professions in Hungary and very popular currently among students and new graduates. 4.5 The Panel noted that the MA Global Communication modules delivered by the BBS would be unique to the pathway and that the BBS would not be able to gain any economies of scale in module enrolments with other pathway cohorts. The BBS confirmed that a minimum cohort of between five and ten students would be required in the initial year to enable the pathway to run and ensure viability. However, the development had come at an apposite time: the first cohort of the BBS’ BA Communication & Media course was due to graduate at the end of this academic year and it was believed that some these graduates would be interested in progressing to the MA Global Communication/Diploma in Communication of International Organisation dual award. The BBS was confident that a viable cohort could be registered in September 2009 although no advertising had been undertaken to date [c.f. paragraph 7.1]. 4.6 The Panel noted that the BBS’ postgraduate award was a Postgraduate Diploma and queried its equivalence therefore with a UK Masters degree and the appropriateness of a dual award of MA Global Communication and PG Dip Communication of International Organizations. The Proposal Team confirmed that a Hungarian Postgraduate Diploma requires a dissertation to be completed successfully in order for the award to be conferred, while a Hungarian Masters award is a two-year, full-time study programme. Entry to Hungarian postgraduate study requires language ability [Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment (CEFR) Level B2] and a first degree, or Masters award, although not necessarily in the discipline in which the applicant is intending to study. The second semester of a Hungarian Postgraduate Diploma must conclude with submission of a 15,000 word dissertation. The MA Global Communication requires submission of a 25,000 word dissertation, which would also be acceptable to the BBS to confer their Postgraduate Diploma. Alternatively, students may decide to complete a 15,000 word dissertation and receive only the BBS’ Postgraduate Diploma. A similar arrangement had been agreed with MICA. 4.7 The Proposal Team confirmed that the Postgraduate Major Project would be managed using the same processes and procedures in place for the MA International Business. Students would be supervised during their Major Project by academic staff at their recruiting HEI and their project would be second marked by an appropriate tutor from the other HEI. The Proposal Team sought to be as flexible as possible in allocating project supervisors by drawing upon discipline experts for additional guidance if and where necessary. Experience suggested that the lead supervisor would be involved in monitoring the process of Major Project researching and writing rather than scrutinising the subject content. The Proposal Team acknowledged that the pathway had the potential to draw upon an external supervisor from MICA if required. The co-ordination of the module would be the responsibility of the Module Leader. With regard to the current delivery of the MA International Business franchise at BBS Jonathan Knowles and Kolláth Katalin co-ordinate the Postgraduate Major Project across the two sites. Quality Assurance Division 6 Confirmed 4.8 The Panel queried the international dimension within the BBS’ proposed delivery of the pathway. The Proposal Team explained that through the pathway’s delivery in the English language there was an international communication component by default. Additionally, the BBS anticipated that students would be recruited from a number of foreign countries so through the teamwork required within some modules an international dimension to the delivery would again be provided. The activities led by tutors would also be international in their context. Enquiries with the BBS’ current postgraduate students identified a clear interest due to the requirement to study in a native English speaking country and the practical nature of the pathway. 4.9 The Proposal Team explained that a broad student profile was anticipated with not all applicants holding a business-related first degree. The modules in the first semester were therefore generic considering the business environment, entrepreneurship, and leadership to provide a broad international context. The Panel noted that some revisions to the existing pathway structure were proposed in addition to the pathway’s proposed delivery by BBS. The Proposal Team confirmed that the Approval Panel at the initial Approval Event in MICA had recommended that there should be greater emphasis on inter- and multicultural issues in the pathway. This recommendation had been supported by feedback received from the initial student cohort. It was therefore proposed that the 30 credit business environment module within the first semester be replaced by a 15 credit business environment module. This would enable 15 credits to be available for a selection of designate modules which students had requested to enable them to make individual choices based upon their personal interests and backgrounds. Additionally, the Intercultural Management module, which is already franchised to BBS through the MA International Business, had been added to Semester 2 of the Global Communication pathway. The Panel expressed a number of concerns about the proposed curriculum revisions. Firstly, the Panel queried the appropriateness of the designate modules proposed for inclusion in Semester 1 both for the relevance of their content to a Global Communication pathway and because they had primarily been recommended by students progressing to MICA, whose curriculum in Semester 2 was not the same as that offered by BBS. Secondly the inclusion of the existing Intercultural Management module in Semester 2 of the BBS variant precluded its availability to MICA students. Since student feedback had identified the particular need for greater emphasis on intercultural issues, it was more appropriate for this module to be located in Semester 1, thereby enabling all students to take it. The Panel agreed that the coherence and relevance of the proposed Semester 1 modules should be reviewed, taking account of the strong recommendation from the Panel that the Intercultural Management module should be offered in Semester 1 for the reasons stated above. 4.10 The Panel noted that the proposal submitted sought approval for full-time, part-time and block delivery of the pathway. The Proposal Team confirmed that longer-term planning envisaged part-time delivery. This aspiration had been informed by the successful expansion seen with the franchise of the MA International Business to BBS. The part-time mode was not sought for immediate delivery. The Panel agreed that the logistics of the international learning experience for a part-time student was currently prohibitive especially where part-time students were in full-time employment. However, the Proposal Team explained that they could see the potential for block delivery for those in the labour market in due course. The Panel considered that part-time and block delivery would create significant logistical issues which the Proposal Team had not yet considered and which would require greater student support: therefore such a delivery pattern must be the subject of a separate approval process at a future date when the proposal could be carefully considered based on the experience of a standard delivery pattern and could be informed by firm evidence of market demand. Quality Assurance Division 7 Confirmed 5 ASSESSMENT STRATEGY 5.1 The Proposal Team presented the Panel with a conversion table for marking schemes between AIBS and BBS. AIBS colleagues confirmed that the full range of marks was used by BBS colleagues and the fine-graded marking scheme worked well. 5.2 The Proposal Team confirmed that the BBS’ academic calendar concludes in June. However, it was anticipated that the BBS’ marks and students’ progression could still be ratified through the Faculty’s existing Department Assessment Panel and Awards Board schedules. The Proposal Team confirmed that students’ scripts would be first marked by BBS’ tutors, second marked by AIBS’ tutors and submitted within the sample of scripts to the External Examiner. The Panel drew the Proposal Team’s attention to the 20 working day deadline for providing feedback on assessment to students. The Proposal Team was confident that this could be achieved, as it is for the MA International Business. 6 STAFFING, LEARNING RESOURCES AND STUDENT SUPPORT 6.1 The Panel was invited to tour the facilities at the BBS’ Diósy Lajos utca campus, which accommodates 4,000 students. The School is situated in two buildings which are connected together on the first floor. The second floor of each building contains tutors’ offices. However, not all tutors teaching on the School’s courses are sited at the Diósy Lajos utca campus and commute from the School’s other campuses for their teaching sessions. The buildings are open from 7 am to 9.30 pm on weekdays and also on Saturday while classes are being taught. The School intends to build a gym on the campus in due course. 6.2 The Panel visited the cafeteria area and were shown an IT suite. The IT suite is equipped with an Intelligent Board and 20 PCs networked to the tutor’s PC at the front of the room. The Proposal Team confirmed that though not all IT suites are equipped with Intelligent Boards each is equipped with Microsoft Office in French, Russian, Spanish and English. Open access IT suites are available to enable students to use IT equipment outside their teaching sessions; however, the main IT suite can be booked by students also. Timetables are posted on the suites’ doors so that students can check their availability for booking. The Proposal Team confirmed that 180 computers are available to students across nine rooms. The central building areas are wi-fi enabled and students often have their own laptop, in particular the international students. The campus is linked via a network to the rest of the BBS’ campuses. The Panel was shown two language laboratories and was advised that modern foreign languages are still timetabled within the BBS’ provision and students may choose between English, German, French, Italian, Spanish or several Far Eastern languages including Korean and Japanese. 6.3 The Panel was shown a number of teaching rooms which were equipped with PowerPoint projectors. The furniture could be moved to enable a variety of teaching and learning styles to be accommodated. The lecture theatres are equipped with televisions, computers and projectors. Seminar rooms with a capacity for 33 students are also available. 6.4 The Panel was invited to tour the BBS Library, which usually accommodate 500 students per day. Lockers are provided for students’ bags and possessions, which, with the exceptions of pens and paper, may not be taken into the library to ensure that books are not damaged or removed without Library’s knowledge. Four reading rooms are available, one for each specific category of book. The Panel queried how the Proposal Team would ensure that BBS Library has appropriate stock to support delivery of the proposed pathway. The Librarian confirmed that the BBS would compare the MDFs against their existing stock and that purchases of five copies would be made where texts were not already held. Texts are held in Hungarian, German and English. English texts are purchased through a local supplier but are notably more expensive than the Hungarian versions. The Library is Quality Assurance Division 8 Confirmed equipped with 39 PCs together with terminals to access the Library’s catalogue. Students have access to databases on any PC within the School or through the wi-fi. The Library’s catalogue is available to students at home through their student log-in. Texts can be reserved on-line and financial penalties are imposed for late returns. The Library’s open hours are shorter than those of the campus but the Panel were informed that European Document Centre is open beyond the Library’s hours. The journal collection is held in a separate room to the main Library and holds journal collections in Hungarian, English, French and Spanish. Electronic journals are also available. 6.5 The Proposal Team confirmed that the Pathway Leader and pathway administrative support had already been identified. Staff development would be extended from the activities already provided for the franchise of the MA International Business. The Pathway Leader would liaise with their counterpart in AIBS, particularly with regard to extension requests. Three-way video-conferencing had already been discussed by the Proposal Team as a medium for tutors at BBS, Cambridge and MICA respectively to discuss the delivery of the pathway. Should the pathways become sufficiently large at each site, the Proposal Team hoped to hold student conferences at each site. Research collaborations between tutors at BBS and MICA had already been established and opportunities for further research between the delivery teams would be welcomed. 6.6 The Panel queried the role of the Student Adviser and who fulfils that role at the BBS. The Proposal Team explained that the AIBS Student Adviser on the Cambridge campus supports the BBS’ franchise of the MA International Business. The Panel felt that the BBS’ provision would expand substantially with the introduction of this pathway and that a local colleague should be identified to act as Student Adviser to continue to ensure consistency of advice, engagement with Anglia Ruskin and familiarity with the latest Academic Regulations. 7 QUALITY ASSURANCE AND ENHANCEMENT 7.1 The Proposal Team provided the Panel with information regarding the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC) and its processes and schedules for accrediting new provision within Hungarian HEIs [http://www.mab.hu/english/a_regulations.html]. The Panel queried whether HAC approval would be required for the proposed MA Global Communication dual award. The Proposal Team confirmed that HAC would only require its registration as the HAC does not scrutinise PG Diplomas [the award that the BBS would be conferring upon successful students]. The BBS had already completed the proposal’s registration with the HAC so that advertising could begin immediately upon a successful franchise approval by Anglia Ruskin. 7.2 The Panel queried the opportunities for student feedback in the management and delivery of the pathway. The Proposal Team confirmed that the BBS holds a Pathway Committee for the MA International Business, which is usually organised to coincide with a visit by the Director of Studies (Cambridge). The Panel recommended that the Panel expand the existing Pathway Committee to encompass all Anglia Ruskin curriculum delivered by the BBS to identify common issues in the collaborative partnership. 8 PROFESSIONAL, REGULATORY AND STATUTORY BODY REQUIREMENTS 8.1 The Panel noted that the pathway was not subject to the requirements of any professional, regulatory or statutory body [c.f. paragraph 7.1]. Quality Assurance Division 9 Confirmed 9 DOCUMENTATION 9.1 The Panel recommended that the Proposal Team review the Student Handbook in accordance with the latest guidance informed by the recent Quality Enhancement Audit. 10 MISCELLANEOUS 10.1 The Panel thanked the Proposal Team for their engagement in detailed discussions regarding the proposed curriculum. The Panel drew AIBS’ attention to the need to include their collaborative partners within the curriculum review scheduled for 2009/10. 11 CONFIRMATION OF STANDARDS OF AWARDS 11.1 The Panel confirmed that the proposed dual award of MA Global Communication with the Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) satisfied the University’s Academic Regulations with regard to the definitions and academic standards of Anglia Ruskin awards and, hence, the QAA’s Framework for Higher Education Qualifications. DRAFT UNCONFIRMED CONFIRMED FILE REF OFFICE FILE REF Quality Assurance Division 10 20 July 2009 20 August 2009 2 October 2009 J:\Services\Academic Office\Quality Assurance Division\Events\2008-09\AIBS\BU17 Approval of pathway at Budapest Business School\Reports\BBS MA Glob Comm full report lad-mfm (2).doc AIBS/PG/89/MA Global Communication at Budapest Business School Confirmed SECTION C – DETAILS OF PANEL MEMBERSHIP AND PROPOSAL TEAM Internal Panel Members: Prof. Lesley Dobrée (Chair) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Alison Feist Co-ordinator, Department of Teacher Education Faculty of Education Malcolm Morrison Director Academic Office External Panel Members: Prof. Jennifer Rowley Professor of Information & Communications Dept. of Information & Communications Faculty of Humanities, Law & Social Science Manchester Metropolitan University Executive Officer: Claire Moorey Faculty Quality Assurance Officer (Ashcroft International Business School) Quality Assurance Division, Academic Office Technical Officer: Helen Sismey Academic Regulations Assistant Quality Assurance Division, Academic Office Members of Proposal Team: Dr Katalin Illes Director of International Partnerships (Cambridge) Ashcroft International Business School Dr Hidasi Judit Dean of Faculty of International Management & Business Studies Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) Dr Kolláth Katalin Deputy Dean for Academic Matters Faculty of International Management & Business Studies Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) Dr Banone-Falk Klára Lecturer Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) Alan Griffiths Reader in Economics and BA (Hons) Business Management Pathway Leader (Cambridge) Ashcroft International Business School Jonathan Knowles Director of Studies (Cambridge) Ashcroft International Business School Quality Assurance Division 11 Confirmed SECTION D – OUTCOME DATA Programme Department Faculty Collaborative Partner New/amended Awards Approved (nb intended awards Cambridge Cambridge Ashcroft International Business School Budapesti Gazdasági Főiskola (Budapest Business School (BBS)) Title(s) of Named Pathway(s) Attendance mode and duration only, not intermediate awards) MA Global Communication Validating body (if not Anglia Ruskin University) Professional body accreditation Proposal Team Leader Month and Year of the first intake Standard intake points Maximum and minimum student numbers Date of first Conferment of Award(s) Any additional/specialised wording to appear on transcript and/or award certificate Date of next scheduled Periodic Review Awards and Titles to be deleted (with month/year of last regular conferment) Full-time; one year Not applicable Not applicable Dr Katalin Illes (Cambridge) Dr Hidasi Judit (Budapest) September 2009 September 30 max.;10 min.1 September 2010 None 2010/11 None NEW MODULES APPROVED BC415066S Communication of International Organisations BC415067S Media Sociology 1 Initial cohort may have a minimum of 5 students. Quality Assurance Division 12 Confirmed FOR FRANCHISE APPROVALS ONLY: LIST OF MODULE TUTORS AND MODULE CODES & TITLES (FOR INCLUSION IN THE REGISTER OF TEACHING STAFF) Dr Bajomi-Lazar Peter Dr Banone-Falk Clara Dr Hidasi Judit Dr Katalin Illes* Robert Jones* Dr Kolláth Katalin Prof. Stuart Wall* BC415067S Media Sociology BC415009S Intercultural Management BC415066S Communication of International Organisations BC415057S International Leadership BC415006S Entrepreneurship and Innovation BC415021S Research Methods for Managers in an International Context BC415054S International Business Environment * Ashcroft International Business School staff delivering at the Cambridge campus Note: Hungarian family names precede the individual’s given name. Quality Assurance Division 13 Confirmed Appendix 1 Technical Report MA Global Communication 1) Module Definition Forms (MDF) Module Code Module Title New/Existing Credits Technical Notes/Amendments Level 4 BC415057S International Leadership Existing 15 Compulsory BC415054S International Business Environment Existing 15 Compulsory BC415006S Entrepreneurship and Innovation Existing 15 BC415009S BC415021S Intercultural Management Research Methods for Managers in an International Context Existing Existing 15 15 Compulsory Designate List C BD415041S Crafting Creative Communications Amended 15 Designate List B BD415042S Customer Oriented Integrated Marketing Amended 15 BC415056S Globalisation: Theory, Politics and Culture Amended 15 BC415033S Coaching Existing 15 BB415013S Decision Making and Problem Solving Existing 15 Designate List B Not J drive version – change to assessment, too many elements Designate List B Change to assessment from exam to report? Designate List A Designate List A BB415015S Information Strategy and E-business Existing 15 Designate List A BC415034S Neuro-Linguistic Programming at Work Existing 15 Designate List A BC415019S Project Management Existing 15 Designate List A BC460998S Postgraduate Major Project Existing 15 BC415***S Communication of International Organisations New 15 BC415***S Media and Society New 15 Compulsory Not in documentation. Designate List C Module code should be blank as this is a new module; 2a. For clarity it may be helpful to suffix Dr Hidasi’s name with ‘(BBS)’; 2b. Until confirmation of the Departments’ names this should read ‘Cambridge’; 2c. Should read ‘AIBS’; 6a. As this section is uploaded onto the module catalogue it should include a reference to the assessment method; 7. Re-number 1-4; 10.7 There is no additional delivery pattern so this should read ‘N’. Designate List C 2b. Until confirmation of the Departments’ names this should read ‘Cambridge’; 2c. Should read ‘AIBS’; Quality Assurance Division Compulsory Appendix 1 6a. As this section is uploaded onto the module catalogue it should include a reference to the assessment method; 7. Re-number 1-4; 10.7 There is no additional delivery pattern so this should read ‘N’. 2) Pathway Specification Form (PSF) 3) Award MA Pathway Title Global Communication Required amendments 8. 9. 10. 24.1 24.3 24.4 24.2 26. 26. 27. 27. Should read ‘Cambridge’; Should read ‘Mahmoud Al-Kilani’; Should read ‘Cambridge’; Consider amending the credits to 150 and adding BC415009S Intercultural Management and BD415042S Customer-Orientated Integrated Marketing to the compulsory modules; Consider removing BD415042S Customer-Orientated Integrated Marketing from this list so that it is delivered by BBS and MICA in Semester 2; Consider removing BC415009S Intercultural Management from this list so that it is delivered at Cambridge in Semester 1 to all students on the pathway; Consider removing this list of designate modules in favour of BC415009S Intercultural Management in Semester 1; Consider removing the designate module in the first semester and replacing it with BC415009S Intercultural Management; Consider replacing BC415009S Intercultural Management in Budapest’s second semester with BD415042S Customer-Orientated Integrated Marketing; Consider removing the designate module in the first semester and replacing it with Intercultural Management; Consider replacing Intercultural Management in Budapest’s second semester with Customer-Orientated Integrated Marketing. 3) Course Structure at Budapest Business School MA Global Communication The PSF currently has no option modules. The modules removed from the compulsory list now form 24.3 of the BBS proposal. 4) Synchronicity of Delivery Patterns MA Global Communication There does not appear to be any problem in terms of synchronising BBS delivery with that at Anglia Ruskin. The compulsory modules offered in Semesters 1 and 3 are consistent with the semester 1 and 3 offering at Anglia Ruskin. Helen Sismey, Academic Regulations Administrator & Claire Moorey, Faculty Quality Assurance Officer (AIBS) 26 June 2009