ASQRC Chair’s Action 19th August 2010
CURRICULUM MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Curriculum Management (CM1) forms approved by Chair’s action on behalf of ASQRC:
FACULTY OF ARTS LAW AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
CHAIR’S
COMMENTS/CONDITIONS
REF
AWARD
TITLE
NATURE OF CHANGE
ALSS
22/10
FdA
Public Service
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Extend existing provision at Harlow College to include PT
Students not affected
With effect from September 2010 (will not be run until September
2011)
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
ALSS
23/10
FdA
Sports Journalism
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Extend existing provision at Harlow College to include PT
Students not affected
With effect from September 2010 (will not be run until September
2011)
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
ALSS
24/10
FdA
Public Service
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Extend existing provision at University Centre Peterborough to
include PT
Students not affected
With effect from September 2010
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
Pathway deletions
These pathways have not been recruiting well for some years and
share many of the Media Studies modules
A revised Media Studies degree will be a simplification and
rationalisation of the curriculum
No further recruitment to these pathways, propose to cease
recruiting to these pathways after September 2010 and run out the
current students over the next 3 years
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
Change of delivery mode
Cease part-time face to face delivery of the pathway
No students have been recruited on to the part-time course for a
number of years
Students not affected as there are no part-time students on the
taught LLM programme
With effect from September 2010
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
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ALSS
25/10
BA
(Hons)
Communication Studies
English Language and
Communication Studies
English Literature and
Communication Studies
ALSS
26/10
LLM
Law (International
Business Law)
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ASQRC CM1 Form changes 19 August 2010
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Strategic Planning & Policy Unit
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
EDUC
07/10
BA
(Hons)
Primary Initial Teacher
Education
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Change of pathway titles
Curriculum rationalisation, the Department will offer one pathway
instead of three, with options for specialist focus
Old titles:
o BA (Hons) Primary Education (Initial Teacher Training)
o BA (Hons) Early Primary Education (Initial Teacher
Training)
o BA (Hons) Primary Education with Modern Foreign
Language (Initial Teacher Training)
New title:
o BA (Hons) Primary Initial Teacher Education
Existing year one and two students have been given the option to
keep the original award title, option only available to 2012
Those who have indicated no preference will be transferred to the
new pathway on re-registering for 2010/2011
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
Change of pathway titles
Curriculum rationalisation and review of Department’s PG teacher
training provision: Primary and Secondary
 ‘Education’ is redundant in the titles as they are PGCE awards,
and ‘Initial Teacher Training’ is also outmoded
 Old titles:
o PGCE Primary Education (Initial Teacher Training)
o PGCE Primary Education with Modern Foreign Language
(Initial Teacher Training)
o PGCE Secondary [Subject] Education (Initial Teacher
Training)
Subjects include: English, History & Citizenship, Modern Foreign
Language, ICT, Mathematics, Art & Design and Science
 New titles:
o PGCE Primary
o PGCE Secondary [Subject]
Subjects include: English, History & Citizenship, Modern Language,
ICT, Mathematics, Art & Design and Science
(Biology/Chemistry/Physics)
 No transitional arrangements necessary, existing students with
outstanding assessment in September 2010 will continue on their
original pathway until completion. Only applies to new students.
 With effect from September 2010
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
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EDUC
08/10
PGCE
PGCE
Primary
Secondary [Subject]
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Strategic Planning & Policy Unit
FACULTY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
FST 34/10
MSc
Computing and the
Internet
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Chair’s Action on behalf of ASQRC (Prof Lesley Dobree)
ASQRC CM1 Form changes 19 August 2010
Deletion of pathway at Cambridge and Amity Global Varsity, India
(currently inactive)
Department decided that the pathway content is now too similar to
that of MSc Computer Science hence proposal for deletion
A transitional PSF has been validated to run out existing students
using modules on other MSc awards
With effect from September 2010
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Date
Approved by Chair 19/8/10
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Strategic Planning & Policy Unit