Cognate Faculty Liaison for Partner Programmes
Academic Liaison Person role duties
The ALP Role
The role of the ALP provided is designed to provide benefits to the following:
1. the partnership programme
2. the cognate faculty
3. Academic Partnerships
This document defines the role requirements as needed by Academic Partnerships
(AP), which includes the reporting of Standards and Quality for AP assurance
purposes. It does not include any further reporting an ALP may be required to make
to their School and Faculty.
The two types of ALPs:
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Cognate-Subject Specialist/Progression Route ALP: where there is a
progression route to a programme at the University there is clear cognatesubject alignment. The programme managers for those progression routes
ultimately have the closest relationship with alignment and progression issues,
and are therefore best placed to receive the benefits of early communication
with, and understanding of the activities of the partner programme teams. It is
therefore recommended that these ALPs be the progression route programme
manager/lead.
All Aims/Objectives listed below are relevant to this role.
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Cognate Faculty ALP: where these is no progression route to the University
(i.e. the programme only exists as an exit qualification, progression is within
the partnership itself or to other HEIs, or the partner programme is either at
level-6 or post graduate) then the key activities of this role is to keep the
cognate faculty informed of the activity in the partnership and, from this
standpoint, to offer ‘critical friendship’ to the partner.
Aims/Objectives 1, 2 and 6 are the more relevant to this role.
The Procedures:
1. Annual – Autumn Term: ALP to communicate with partnership PM(s) to arrange
the minimum of one hosted visit to each partnership programme per year. This
should occur at a time that is mutually convenient.
This meeting should enable aims and objectives 1–5 to be met.
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2. Annual – Spring and Summer Terms: ALP to review any appropriate programme
proposal and change proformas that may arise, when passed from the Faculty
Partnership Manager (FPM).
3. Continuous: ALP to act as contact point for partnership PM(s)’s subject specific
and progression related ad-hoc queries.
4. Annual – End Summer Term: ALP to produce a report, following the attached
template, for their FPM.
Aims and Objectives:
1. Aim: Maintain an informed understanding of how specific programmes in the
partnership ‘extend the subject-area brands’ of the cognate school/faculty.
Objective: Annually discuss with partner Programme Managers (PM) delivery and
assessment within the parameters of programme structure and DMRs.
2. Aim: Maintain an informed understanding and represent the cognate
school/faculty standpoint in respect to new and existing partnership programme
developments.
Objective: Act as contact point for early discussion and UPC document review,
aiding the informing of ADT&L or Dean sign-off at timed points in the annual cycle.
3. Aim: Informing partnership programme PMs of cognate programmes, school and
faculty changes.
Objective: Annually meet with partnership programme PMs to discuss changes
and the impact on those programmes, with due consideration of existing/legacy
students and each college’s needs to prepare for their coming year’s intake of
level-4 students.
4. Aim: Act as initial contact for collegiate discussion and expansion of HE ethos in
specific subject area, enabling development of where partnership programmes
‘extend the subject-area brands’ of the cognate school/faculty.
Objective: Annually meet with partnership PMs to facilitate mutual exchange of
knowledge and concepts through critical friend discussion and identification of
opportunities for closer working. Additionally provide point of contact for more
immediate and ad-hoc developments.
5. Aim: Act as initial contact for progression agreement and logistics, including
Honours project preparation. Improving the ALP’s understanding of expected
numbers and potential issues, as these invariably end up on their desk anyway.
Objective: Annually meet with partnership PMs to inform/clarify arrangements for
the current year, and act as point of contact for those PMs throughout the year.
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6. Aim: To inform Annual Programme Monitoring process for each partnership
programme through cognate programme/school/faculty reflection on the above.
Objective: Annually provide a written report to the relevant FPM, for FPM
discussion with partnership PMs and subsequent FPM review of resultant Action
Plans.
Commitment Required from Faculties:
In response to provision of programme lists relevant to each school, Head of
Schools to ensure comprehensive provision of ALPs to cover all programmes
delivered by partner institutions.
ALP Reporting Template:
Below is the template to be followed to enable each ALP to inform APM through the
Faculty Partnership Manager.
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Cognate Faculty Academic Liaison Person (ALP) Report
College: Click here to enter text.
Programme: Click here to enter text.
ALP: Click here to enter text.
Report Date: Click here to enter text.
Visit Date(s): Click here to enter text.
Ad Hoc Communications: Click here to enter text.
This report will also be passed to the partnership programme manager. The spirit of this
report is to document and evidence the cognate faculty’s ALP representative’s professional
viewpoint and the extent of collegiate, critical-friend communication to ensure all parties are
well informed.
1. View of the Programme in its Current State:
a) Overview comment: Click here to enter text.
b) Any specific comments: Click here to enter text.
c) Details of any specific discussions with programme manager/leader: Click here to
enter text.
2. View of College’s Development of Programme (portfolio of programmes in this area):
a) Overview comment: Click here to enter text.
b) Any specific comments: Click here to enter text.
c) Details of any specific discussions with programme manager/leader: Click here to
enter text.
3. Changes in your cognate school/faculty that are expected to affect the partnership
programme:
a) Overview comment: Click here to enter text.
b) Any specific comments: Click here to enter text.
c) Details of any specific discussions with programme manager/leader: Click here to
enter text.
4. Progression and Hons Project (if applicable):
a) Overview comment: Click here to enter text.
b) Any specific comments: Click here to enter text.
c) Details of any specific discussions with programme manager/leader: Click here to
enter text.
5. Subject Area Current State or Developmental:
a) Overview comment: Click here to enter text.
b) Any specific comments: Click here to enter text.
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c) Details of any specific discussions with programme manager/leader: Click here to
enter text.
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