Please complete this template for each course to be validated
Faculty (For integrated joints this should be the managing faculty)
For Integrated Joint Courses only (State the subject areas and faculties involved.)
Course Code
Name of Final Award / Course
List Interim Awards (or note None)
Previous Course Title (For course title changes only)
Mode of study (Tick  all that apply)
Full-time
Sandwich
Closed course (Tick  )
Part-time
Distance Learning
Yes No
Intakes
Standard delivery - (Tick  all that apply)
Semester 1 Semester 2 Semester 3
Tick  here if there will be custom (non-standard) delivery of this course. Please note a calendar should be submitted for approval which includes all intakes for the first year of delivery. ( calendar template )
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Location of delivery Tick  all that apply
Burton
City
Stafford
Telford
University Centre Telford
Walsall
Collaborative (see below)
Name of Collaborative
Institution
Type
Category of Partnership
Academic Regulations
Where it is proposed that the course be exempt from any University Academic Regulations, include the details here using the Clause Number and the change proposed. (Please note: If the proposed course regulations deviate in any way from current University Academic
Regulations then a rationale must be presented to the Academic Registrar for approval by
Academic Frameworks and Regulations Sub-Committee before validation proceeds and t his section should be updated if the exemption is not approved.)
Educational aims of the course *
This section is to be written for students and potential students as it will be used in marketing materials and course guides. This section should incorporate employment and further training opportunities for graduates and any distinctive features of the course.
Reference points
To include consideration of professional body requirements and QAA Subject Benchmarks.
This section is to inform students of the national reference points for their course and will be
made available through the Course Guide.
Quality Code - Part A: Setting and Maintaining Academic Standards . Including :
Qualifications Frameworks
Characteristics Statements
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Credit Frameworks
Subject Benchmark Statements - list
Quality Code - Part B: Assuring and Enhancing Academic Quality
University Policies and Regulations
Equality Act (2010)
Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PSRB) *
This section is to be written for information of the student and should be made available through the Course Guide. Give name of PSRB and outline the level of accreditation and relationship with the PSRB and any specific details relating to the implications of Professional requirements that students need to be informed of, such as requirements for attendance and
professional practice; or state NOT APPLICABLE.
Entry requirements *
To include any provision for RPL and English competency standards.
Course Learning Outcomes (Maximum of six) – Complete the sections below as appropriate. If the course also has interim awards either accept the generic learning outcomes listed or delete them and write course specific learning outcomes. If this course does not include some or all of the interim awards listed, they should be noted as N/A.
At the end of level 4 you, the student, will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the underlying concepts and principles associated with your area(s) of study, and an ability to evaluate and interpret these within the context of that area of study
2. Demonstrate an ability to present, evaluate and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, in order to develop lines of argument and make sound judgements in accordance with basic theories and concepts of your subject(s) of study.
3. Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems related to your area(s) of study and/or work
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4. Communicate the results of your study/work accurately and reliably, and with structured and coherent arguments
5. Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring the exercise of some personal responsibility
At the end of level 5 you, the student, will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of the well-established principles of your area(s) of study, and of the way in which those principles have developed with an understanding of the limits of your knowledge, and how this influences analyses and interpretations based on that knowledge.
2. Demonstrate the ability to apply underlying concepts and principles outside the context in which they were first studied, including, where appropriate, the application of those principles in an employment context
3. Demonstrate knowledge of the main methods of enquiry in the subject(s) relevant to the named award, and ability to evaluate critically the appropriateness of different approaches to solving problems in the field of study
4. Use a range of established techniques to initiate and undertake critical analysis of information, and to propose solutions to problems arising from that analysis
5. Effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms to specialist and non-specialist audiences, and deploy key techniques of the discipline effectively
6. Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, requiring the exercise of personal responsibility and decision-making and undertake further training, developing existing skills and acquire new competences that will enable them to assume significant responsibility within organisations.
At the completion of 60 level 6 credits you, the student, will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of your field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline with an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge
2. Demonstrate an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline and apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply your knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out projects.
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3. Demonstrate conceptual understanding that enables the student:

to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline

to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline
4. Demonstrate the ability to manage your own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline) and communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
5. Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution - or identify a range of solutions - to a problem
6. Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring:

the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility

decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts

the learning ability needed to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.
At the end of level 6 you, the student, will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a systematic understanding of key aspects of your field of study, including acquisition of coherent and detailed knowledge, at least some of which is at, or informed by, the forefront of defined aspects of a discipline with an appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge
2. Demonstrate an ability to deploy accurately established techniques of analysis and enquiry within a discipline and apply the methods and techniques that they have learned to review, consolidate, extend and apply your knowledge and understanding, and to initiate and carry out projects.
3. Demonstrate conceptual understanding that enables the student:

to devise and sustain arguments, and/or to solve problems, using ideas and techniques, some of which are at the forefront of a discipline

to describe and comment upon particular aspects of current research, or equivalent advanced scholarship, in the discipline
4. Demonstrate the ability to manage your own learning, and to make use of scholarly reviews and primary sources (for example, refereed research articles and/or original materials appropriate to the discipline) and communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences.
5. Critically evaluate arguments, assumptions, abstract concepts and data (that may be incomplete), to make judgements, and to frame appropriate questions to achieve a solution - or identify a range of solutions - to a problem
6. Demonstrate the qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment requiring:
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
the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility

decision-making in complex and unpredictable contexts

the learning ability needed to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.
At the end of level 7 you, the student, will be able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Teaching, Learning and Assessment Strategy (linked to Constructive Alignment)
Include here the learning activities, assessment methods (formative and summative) and support for learning which will support the achievement of the learning outcomes listed above.
Course Structure
Within each row include the module code, module title and credit value of each module. Add an additional row for each option module and note any grouped options.
Undergraduate Level 4
Semester 1
Core /
Option 1
20 Core /
Option
Semester 2
20
1 Please delete as applicable for each module
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Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Undergraduate Level 5
Semester 1
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Undergraduate Level 6
Semester 1
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Postgraduate Level 7
Semester 1
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
20
20
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Tab to add rows
20
20
20
Semester 2
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Tab to add rows
20
20
20
Semester 2
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Tab to add rows
20
20
20
Semester 2
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Core /
Option
Tab to add rows
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20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20

Overview of Assessment of Course Learning Outcomes in core and option modules
In column 1 note the module codes listed above. The purpose is to demonstrate that all the course outcomes are assessed in the course. Use the table below to identify:
 which core or option modules will assess which learning outcomes. Please tick as appropriate
 which assessment methods are being used.
Level 4
Module
Codes
Level 5
Module
Codes
Level 6
Module
Codes
CertHE
CLO 1
CertHE
CLO 2
CertHE
CLO 3
CertHE
CLO 4
CertHE
CLO 5
CertHE
CLO 6
Summative assessment methods employed
DipHE
CLO 1
DipHE
CLO 2
DipHE
CLO 3
DipHE
CLO 4
DipHE
CLO 5
DipHE
CLO 6
Summative assessment methods employed
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 1
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 2
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 3
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 4
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 5
BA/BS c(H)
CLO 6
Summative assessment methods employed
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Level 7
Module
Codes
MArts/
Sci
CLO 1
MArts/
Sci
CLO 2
MArts/
Sci
CLO 3
MArts/
Sci
CLO 4
MArts/
Sci
CLO 5
MArts/
Sci
CLO 6
Summative assessment methods employed
* Accurate at the point of validation, updated annually through Course Guide.
Large private company 1000 NHS
Small or medium enterprise (SME)
Overseas education provider
2000 Other public sector organisation
3000 Charity
Other UK education provider - private
Other UK education provider – public sector
4000 Other
5000 Multiple collaborators of different types
Post validation changes – Officer to complete
6000
7000
8000
9000
9900
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Date Amendment
Version
Approved date
Review date
4
January 2016
July 2016
Officer
Author
Approved by
Comment
ASQ
ASQ
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