Centre for Inclusion and Collaborative Partnerships (CICP)
Template for programme descriptions (validation)
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This template should be completed and circulated in advance of a planning meeting
to consider new programme proposals. Please complete a form for each proposed
programme.
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Title
1.1
The title and nature of the programme (e.g. BSc Hons Computer Science).
1.2
Outline programme structure, including relationship (e.g. shared units) with other
programmes.
2
Access and attendance mode(s)
2.1
Target audience:
2.2
The size of intake anticipated:
2.3
The likely market (following investigation/survey):
2.4
Other competitors for this market:
3
Proposed start date
4
Description of proposal
4.1
The content of the study involved (by year).
4.2
The ways in which the proposal may be distinctive and is likely to recruit students:
4.3
Employer/professional body involvement
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4.4
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Relevant subject benchmark(s)
Financial viability
Consideration of the financial viability of the proposed programme in the light of funding
issues and anticipated student numbers.
6
Resource implications
Confirmation from appropriate resource managers that the proposal can be staffed and
otherwise resourced from existing budgets or whether it requires additional expenditure
(staff, laboratories, capital equipment, revenue, computer/library expenditure etc.)
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The effect on other programmes
The effect on other programmes on the Institution e.g. demand by students, in terms of
sharing units/resource, of reducing staff input to other programmes or activities to resource
the proposed programme.
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The relevance of the proposal to the institution’s development
Name of paper's author:
Date:
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