1. QAA COLLABORATIVE PROVISION AUDIT DRAFT REPORT

2. QAA CPA Process Submission by the University of Self Evaluation Document (SED) (December 2005) Selection by QAA audit team of partner institutions to visit (January 2006) Briefing visit by QAA audit team to KU – meetings with University and partner staff and students from partner institutions (20-22 March 2006) Visits to partner institutions (27 March-25 April 2006)

3. QAA audit team visit KU to meet University staff and students (8-12 May 2006) Draft report (10 July 2006) Confirmed report (29 September 2006) Publication of report on QAA website (13 October 2006)

4. Partner institutions visited College of Integrated Chinese Medicine: BSc Hons in Acupuncture Design Museum: MA in Curating for Contemporary Design Kingston College: Foundation Degree in Early Years (Senior Practitioner) Royal Military School of Music: BMus in Music

5. Outcome of the audit Broad confidence in the University’s management of the academic standards of its awards made through its CP Broad confidence in the University’s capacity to satisfy itself that the learning opportunities for students through its CP are managed effectively and meet its requirements

6. Features of good practice The effectiveness of the University’s management of employer links for informing curriculum development and enhancing students’ learning opportunities The University’s close engagement with its local partner colleges in the development, delivery and enhancement of its collaborative provision

7. The University’s capacity to reflect critically upon practice and to design innovative quality assurance processes, such as internal subject review and internal quality audit The use of formal liaison documents for the establishment of specific communication arrangements between each partner and their University Liaison Officer

8. Recommendations for action Advisable actions: –make explicit the additional quality assurance requirements for courses that are delivered and assessed in a language other than English

9. Desirable actions: –develop the capacity to take an institutional overview of the operation and comparative performance of all of our collaborative partnerships –enhance the institutional framework for appointing, developing and supporting Liaison Officers, particularly those responsible for: overseas partnerships; courses offered by multiple partners and at different teaching sites; and partnerships involving collaboration with more than one faculty

10. increase the support for staff responsible for the annual monitoring of collaborative courses, to ensure that suitable levels of reflection and self-evaluation are consistently demonstrated

11. Learning support resources for students in CP Across CP learning resources were found to be generally adequate and appropriate across the range of provision (para 139) The Library (paras 142-144): –has good and well-managed links with partners –conducts resource checks prior to institutional approval and validation

12. –works together with subject teams on establishing VLE modules and indicative reading lists –elicits feedback from users through user- surveys –uses CP visit logs for documenting resource visits to UK partners, with an amended version for overseas partners

13. –KU subject librarian raises learning resource issues on behalf of partner library with relevant University staff –clear evidence of staff development provided by KU for partner staff through the Library Service –Support from Library staff is highly valued by partner institutions. The audit team agreed that this support was particularly effective