University of Wolverhampton Business School Final Record of Approval Courses Code Title (in collaboration with partner if appropriate) Modes of delivery MK003P01UVD MK003P31UVD MSc Marketing Full-time Part-time (day/evening) MK014P31UV PgC Marketing Part-time (day/evening) BE002P31UV MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship Part-time (day/evening) See Appendix 1 Course Specification for module diets Next Review Date: (if this is less than the normal 6 year period please state reason) 2016-17 Deletions: Courses Code Title List all awards to be deleted Modes of delivery Last recruitment date Final completion date for students Deletions: Modules Module code Module title Credits Date to be deleted NONE Exemptions (Please specify course which exemption relates to. If none, please state NONE. Use official wording from ARSC feedback.) 1. NONE Approval date (s): 2. Approval date (s): 3. Approval date (s): External Adviser(s) (Note name, job title, Institution and identify course(s) reviewed, if necessary.) 1. (Note final sign off statement see appendix?) Approval date (s): Page 1 of 11
PSRB(s) Approval (Please specify course which PSRB relates to. To include record of meetings held and outcome of consideration. Note official outcome and statement of accreditation). NONE CIM Professional Qualification syllabi Professional Diploma and Professional Postgraduate Diploma (students who undertake the full time MSc Marketing are entitled to become affiliate members of the CIM during their time at the University of Wolverhampton) Students who undertake the Postgraduate Certificate in Marketing course will have gained sufficient credits in Marketing to progress on to the Chartered Institute of Marketing Chartered Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (level 7) stage. This is the first step towards the Chartered Marketer status. Students will be eligible to become Affiliate-studying members of the CIM during their time at the University of Wolverhampton. By completing the MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship, students will have completed all the requirements of the CMI Level 7 Award, Certificate and Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership. Students will be entitled to that award by separately applying to the CMI, and paying to them the appropriate fees. (Note: this only applies to courses where PSRB accreditation is required for the course to run. Please state NONE if not applicable). Collaborative Approval (Please specify the named collaborative partner and related course. Outline process for approval e.g. meetings, resource visit and detail the approved mode of delivery and support). NONE (Note: this only applies to courses where collaborative provision has been considered. Please state NONE if not applicable). General comments on the process (such as the nature of student/employer/industry engagement) See comments made in Appendix 1 and 2 by the External Adviser and Validation Lead The School considered there to be a market for a PgC Marketing and this was therefore added to the validation schedule albeit at a late stage in the process. Curriculum Development Timeline Draft(s) available for comment Course Specification Module Specification Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 09/11/10 CD meeting to discuss 1 st draft and 2 nd draft received 17/12/11 6/12/10 (1 st draft) 17/01/11 PG steering grp considered (2 nd draft) Meeting with EA 03/02/11 N/A 03/02/11 1 st drafts considered &considera tion of PgC Marketing Final ready for sign off Page 2 of 11
Draft(s) deadline response from team Course Specification Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May 10/1/11 On-going comments Module Specification 20/01/11 On-going comments Meeting and or 09/11/11 25/01/11 engagement with External N/A N/A Adviser (to have taken place by end of January, this could be at a collaborative partner if collaborative in nature) Training: e:vision, MX309 N/A 7/12/10 & 14/12/10 N/A N/A N/A Validation approval Date: Confirmed by External Adviser See Appendix 1 Confirmed by Validation Lead See Appendix 2 Confirmed by Officer See Appendix 2 Signed off by SQEC See Appendix 2 Additional items On-going comments On-going comments (Such as best practice that could be disseminated to a wider audience and any University wide issues) None Final ready for sign off Date submitted to UQEC for approval Date approved by UQEC Page 3 of 11
Record of Initial Planning Meeting (IPM) Date: 11 th October 2010 Present: Jenny Brown, Belinda Cross, Lesley Carder, Sue Rennie, Robert Harris (apology) Planning Approval Date (to include areas for consideration, where applicable, and whether SQEC or other) MSc Innovation and Enterprise to be confirmed MSc Marketing (Bucharest) to be confirmed SQEC Other UQP for Bucarest validation Short description of scope of validation / list of courses (e.g. SAD Undergraduate portfolio) MSc Marketing (home and Bucharest, ready for UQP validation) MSc Innovation and Enterprise Identify exemptions being proposed. (Please specify course which exemption relates to. If none, please state NONE) 1. NONE 2. 3. Collaborative Partner and nature of collaboration e.g. Supported Delivery. (Please specify course which collaboration relates to. If none, please state NONE) Bucharest. The nature of the collaboration is to be confirmed following completion of planning approval however this will be a UQP validation and not considered as part of the UWBS SQEC PGTR. Professional / Statutory / Regulatory Body (PSRB) and nature of PSRB to include level of involvement e.g. as part of the Developmental team or stand alone event. (Please specify course which PSRB relates to. If none, please state NONE) CIM (to be confirmed for MSc Innovation and Enterprise). No requirement by the PSRBs to be involved in the validation process. Nature of student engagement (to include a brief outline) Any further student/employer feedback to be sent to the QMD Officer and published on the WOLF topic for information. Nature of engagement with employers / industry / sector (to include a brief outline) New template issued in April 2011, this question at the time of initial planning meeting was not included. Page 4 of 11
External Adviser nomination (to include brief outline of experience, institution and number proposed by School) To be confirmed, possibly to approach Keifer Lee, Sheffield Hallam University. Developmental Team (please list details of participants and role e.g. Developmental Lead, Validation Lead etc) Developmental Lead Course Leader, MSc Marketing Course Leader, MSc Innovation and Enterprise Validation Lead SQEC Chair QMD Officer ILE LIS UWBS School Manager Registry Sue Rennie Gill Lyons Fedor Herbatschek / Paul Buszard Robert Harris Jennifer Brown Belinda Cross Paul Brett David Clare Lesley Carder Phil Whittingham Curriculum Development Documentation Checklist (Please and/or specify details if required) Proposal Plan for MSc Innovation and Enterprise. Required by Jenny Brown 20 th October 2010 Course Specification Module Specification Collaborative agreement (please To be advised re type of agreement by UQP Officer for specify) Bucharest CVs (collaborative only) To be advised re type of agreement by UQP Officer for Bucharest PSRB Record Template N/A Other (please specify) N/A Proposed Developmental Timeline Draft(s) available for comment Course Specification Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar w/c 8 th to be discussed at CD meeting (1 st draft) carried out Module Specification 6/12/10 (1 st draft) w/c 24 th (2 nd draft) w/c 24 th 18/02/11 (final for sign off) N/A 4/03/11 (final for sign off) N/A Draft(s) deadline response from team Course Specification 10/1/11 Prior to 18/02/11 Module Specification 10/1/11 Prior to 4/03/11 Page 5 of 11
Meeting with External Adviser (to have taken place by end of January, this could be at a collaborative partner if collaborative in nature) Training: e:vision, MX309 (drop-in sessions for MLs to input Module Specifications) w/c 8 th to attend CD meeting or provide feedback 17/11/10 pm or 19/11/10 am w/c 24 th N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (Note: the months highlighted show the potential developmental timeframe for the team this does not however, imply that drafts will necessarily be submitted each month e.g. a draft submitted in October might not be re-drafted until December. This is at the discretion of the IPM.) Other comments, actions and items to follow up after the initial planning meeting New courses/cross-school collaboration It was noted that there was to be cross-school collaboration with SAD and possibly STech, although the latter was yet to be confirmed, for the MSc Innovation and Enterprise course. It was also pointed out that the department had been approached to provide modules for other schools. Action: Developmental Lead to confirm with the Associate Dean, Quality Enhancement: the involvement of STech in the proposal for MSc Innovation and Enterprise; cross-school modules being developed for other schools courses. Response: Confirmed that there would be no involvement from other Schools. Curriculum Design Meetings These will be held w/c 8 th November 2010 and will include discussion of Learning and Teaching / Assessment / engagement with students etc. The meetings should include all members of the Developmental Team, where possible and be chaired by the Developmental Lead. The External Adviser should be invited to this meeting and if unable to attend asked to contribute by correspondence. It was noted that Developmental Leads should also engage ILE/LIS/Registry in curriculum development activities. ILE in particular were keen to offer advice/staff development. Action: Developmental Lead to inform the Officer of the date of the meeting in order to include in the contract letter to the External Adviser. Developmental Leads to approach ILE for any advice/staff development needs. Training on e:vision / WOLF Training sessions on e:vision will be held on 17 th and 19 th November 2010. It is the intention that these will be drop-in sessions for Module Leaders to input module details onto e:vision. Framework Option 2, delivering 20 credit modules in 3x 9 week blocks to be submitted to Academic Board in November 2010. The dissertation would be 60 credits, of which an element, i.e. 20 credits, could be taught, possibly Research Methods. How the dissertation would fit into the framework was yet to be confirmed, but a possible scenario was that work on the dissertation would begin in block 2, (students undertaking the taught element at this point, with block 3 for supervision from the tutor and the summer period to complete). This should be taken into consideration when designing courses. Page 6 of 11
Appendix 1: Course Specification(s) Section 9 MSc Marketing 9 Indicative Course Structure (Postgraduate) Core (C) or Option (O)* Module Code Module title Credits Delivered in block C 7MK002 Marketing 20 1 Management C 7MK004 Delivering Customer 20 1 Value through Marketing C 7MK005 Developing Marketing 20 2 Capability C 7Mk003 Global Marketing - 20 2 Strategy and Practice C 7MK007 Marketing Strategy for 20 3 Business C 7MK006 Contemporary 20 3 Marketing C 7MG001 Independent Business 60 1-4 Analysis Project Comments *Options group together the modules you wish the students to choose from Enter module codes only in the following tables to reflect the proposed structure for your course. Please shade in the blocks in which your students will undertake the masters dissertation. (example of a completed post graduate section 9) Full-time structure - October 7MK002 7MK005 7MK007 7MK004 7MK003 7MK006 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Full-time structure - January Block 1 N/A 7MK005 7MK007 7MK002 N/A 7MK003 7MK006 7MK004 N/A 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 1 - October 7MK002 7MK005 7MK007 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 2 - October 7MK004 7MK003 7MK006 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Page 7 of 11
Part-time structure Year 1 - January Block 1 N/A 7MK005 7MK007 7MK002 N/A 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 2 - January Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 1 7MK003 7MK006 7MK004 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 PgC Marketing (Postgraduate) Core (C) or Option (O)* Module Code Module title Credits Delivered in block C 7MK002 Marketing 20 1 Management C 7MK003 Global Marketing 20 2 Strategy and Practice C 7MK006 Contemporary Marketing 20 3 Comments *Options group together the modules you wish the students to choose from Enter module codes only in the following tables to reflect the proposed structure for your course. Please shade in the blocks in which your students will undertake the masters dissertation. (example of a completed post graduate section 9) Part-time structure Year 1 - October 7MK002 7MK003 7MK006 Part-time structure Year 1 - January Block 1 N/A 7MK003 7MK006 7MK002 MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship 9 Indicative Course Structure Each box represents a 20 credit module unless you indicate otherwise. Module titles should be meaningful and indicate the focus of the module. Try to avoid numbering modules e.g. Research 1, Research 2 etc. Within each row include the module code, module title and credit value of each module. Add an additional row for each option module. Core (C) or Option (O)* Module Code Module title Credits Delivered in block Comments C C 7MK006 7AC002 Contemporary Marketing Accounting and Financial Management 20 Year 1 Block 3 20 Year 1 Block 2 Page 8 of 11
Creativity and 20 Year 1 C 7BE003 Innovation in Business Block 1 Year 2 C 7BE002 Strategic Management 20 Block 1 Year 2 The Entrepreneurial 20 Block 2 C 7BE005 Change Agent C C 7BE004 7MG001 Innovation and Enterprise in Action 20 Independent Business Analysis Project 60 Year 2 Block 3 Year 1-2 (1-4 / 1-3) *Options group together the modules you wish the students to choose from Enter module codes only in the following tables to reflect the proposed structure for your course. Please shade in the blocks in which your students will undertake the masters dissertation. (example of a completed post graduate section 9) Part-time structure Year 1 - October 7BE003 7AC002 7MK006 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 2 7BE002 7BE005 7BE004 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 1 - January Block 1 N/A 7AC002 7MK006 7BE003 N/A 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Part-time structure Year 2 - January Block 2 Block 3 Block 4 Block 1 7BE005 7BE004 7BE002 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 7MG001 Page 9 of 11
Appendix 2: External Adviser approval External Adviser Report Template Name of external adviser Institution of external Process Record Reference Number Named validation Mr Kiefer Lee Sheffield Hallam University 21007 PgC Marketing MSc Marketing MSc Innovation and Entrepreneurship General Comments The course and module specifications are generally well-considered and wellpresented. The standards with which these courses are benchmarked against are consistent with postgraduate studies at Masters Level. The module information is sufficient to provide an overview of course content, which is helpful in articulating and communicating how each module would be delivered. There is a clear and well-articulated Learning, Teaching and Assessment approach that incorporates a variety of learning and assessment activities. The use of blended learning is consistent across modules. Further, it is clear how employability and professional skills are embedded. The overall design of curriculum is conducive to encourage deep learning in students and lead students to relate theory to practice. For the provision included in the above process record, I can confirm that academic standards are set at the appropriate levels and that the course structure, content and available resources are such that standards can be met. Furthermore the provision has benefitted from external views during the planning and development process. Signed Kiefer Lee Date 3 rd May 2011 Page 10 of 11
Appendix 3: Validation approval Validating Team Report Template Name of Lead School / department Mr Robert Harris UWBS Process Record Reference Number 21007 For the provision included in the above process record, I can confirm that due process has been the provision conforms to relevant regulatory requirements the provision conforms to relevant external requirements the provision has benefited from external views during the planning and development process General Comments The process was comprehensively conducted and the views of all relevant stakeholders were considered and debated. As a result several changes were made which will undoubtedly improve the academic provision through the Awards. A robust procedure was followed and staff effectively engaged with the process. The views of external stakeholders and the wider business community were fed into the debate which should ensure that the awards are fit for purpose, from the client perspective. Overall I am happy that a rigorous, professional and fair process was undertaken and that the views of all relevant stakeholders were accommodated. Please use this section to highlight good practice and feedback on the developmental process (This may include engagement with staff and the use of the University s online systems eg. WOLF and e:vision) Effective use of online support which streamlined the production of documentation. Engagement of key academic staff in the process. Excellent support from knowledgeable administrative staff Date confirmed by Lead 12 th May 2011 Date confirmed by Officer 12 th May 2011 Method of SQEC approval Date this report was approved by SQEC for forwarding to UQEC Chair s action 19-09-13 Page 11 of 11