Approval, Monitoring and Review of Partnership Activity
Partnership activity represents an important aspect of the implementation of the 咪咪视频’s strategic plan, providing opportunities to widen participation in higher education, extend the academic portfolio and develop links with compatible institutions in regional, national and international arenas.
The 咪咪视频 recognises its responsibility for the quality and academic standards of all arrangements delivered in partnership with others, in accordance with the expectations, practices, advance and guidance contained within the .
Information on existing partnerships can be found on our partnerships page.
The 咪咪视频’s procedures for the approval, monitoring and review of partnership activity (the Partnerships Handbook) provide a risk-based framework for engagement in partnership activity, both within the UK and internationally.
Approval of New Partnerships
- Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
- Progression or articulation agreement
- Delivery of a 咪咪视频 module at a partner institution
- Flying faculty partnership arrangement
- Co-delivery of a course in partnership with a professional organisation
- Validation arrangement
- Franchise arrangement
- Dual, multiple or joint award
- Exchange agreement (including Erasmus)
Existing partner institutions are subject to review at institutional level on a maximum of a five year cycle, in accordance with the institutional review procedure of the 咪咪视频's partner institutions. The review process serves to ensure that the partner institution remains suitable for the conduct of higher education programmes leading to 咪咪视频 awards. It also provides an opportunity for both the 咪咪视频 and the relevant partner to reflect on whether the partnership continues to operate effectively and whether there is scope for future enhancement of collaborative working.
Find out more about institutional review:
The 咪咪视频's procedure for the validation of new courses at partner institutions outlines our approach to the approval of new partner courses. More information (including forms and templates) can be found on the course validation page.
Partner courses are subject to review and re-approval on a maximum of a five year cycle, in accordance with the 咪咪视频's procedure for the re-approval of existing courses. More information (including forms and templates) can be found on the course re-approval page.
The 咪咪视频 adopts a continuous, risk-based approach to monitoring the quality and academic standards of provision within the 咪咪视频 and its partner institutions, as outlined in the Procedure for Risk-Based Monitoring and Enhancement (or RiME). More information can be found on the RiME page.
To support 咪咪视频 monitoring activity, partner institutions are normally required to complete an annual monitoring report (AMR) for each course or groups of cognate courses delivered in partnership with the 咪咪视频 (see Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): Partner Institutions), which is submitted to the relevant Partnership Management Group and the 咪咪视频's Quality Committee for consideration. Regional partner colleges (East Coast College, Suffolk New College and West Suffolk College) alternatively complete an annual college RiME report.
The 咪咪视频 normally appoints a link tutor to act as the primary point of academic contact with the partner institution. The link tutor works closely with the Partnerships team to manage and support the partnership arrangement. More information on the link tutor role is available within the Partner Link Tutor Guide.
You can find out more about how the 咪咪视频 manages partnership provision in our framework for operational management of partnership provision.
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