Partner quality assurance procedures 2020/21

Key partner quality assurance procedures, form and guidance for taught programmes
Partner quality assurance procedures 2020/21

Included below are details of partner quality assurance procedures including the procedures themselves and any related documents or links that they refer to.

Included are:

  • Annual Review (Academic Partnerships) procedure
  • Annual Monitoring (University of Plymouth International College (UPIC)) procedure
  • Approval of a new higher or degree apprenticeship procedure 
  • Approval and review of articulation arrangements
  • Approval of a new programme/award (Academic Partnerships) procedure
  • Approval of a new programme (University of Plymouth International College (UPIC)/Navitas) procedure
  • Approval procedure for new UK partnerships in health and education
  • Discontinuation procedures for taught provision collaborative arrangements
  • Institutional oversight of Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP)/Foundation Degree Awarding Powers (FDAP) applications made by University partners
  • Introduction to the Register of Collaborative Provision and the Taxonomy (formerly Typologies)
  • Periodic review procedure (including review for UK and International partnerships)
  • Planning and approval of a new collaborative partner procedure.

Annual review (Academic Partnerships) process 2020-21

Link to Academic partnerships processes and scroll down to Joint Board of Studies including Annual Review for details of the annual review procedures for University of Plymouth awarded higher education (HE) programmes delivered in partnership by (predominantly) further education (FE) institutions through the University of Plymouth's Academic Partnerships’ office.

Annual Monitoring (University of Plymouth International College (UPIC)) procedure 2020-21

The purpose of annual monitoring is to ensure that the academic standards and quality of the provision offered by the College is maintained and enhanced. The procedure is explained below

Approval of a new higher or degree apprenticeship 2020-21

Apprenticeships are relationships formed and managed for the delivery of Higher or Degree Apprenticeship standards (HA/DA). This procedure outlines approval for these arrangements.

Approval and review of articulation arrangements 2020-21

Approval of a new programme/award (Academic Partnerships) procedure 2020-21

Approval of a new programme (University of Plymouth International College (UPIC)/Navitas) procedure 2020-21

Approval procedure for new UK partnerships in health and education 2020-21

The University has a number of UK partnerships in the areas of Health and Education where programmes/modules can only be delivered in conjunction with an NHS Trust or organisation involved in the delivery of health and social care, or Primary/Secondary Schools due to national requirements. This procedure details the stages of approval for these arrangements.

Discontinuation procedures for taught provision collaborative arrangements 2020-21

The procedure below outlines the stages to be taken to discontinue a specified programme/programmes (but with the institutional partnership continuing for other provision). Additionally it explains the procedure for discontinuation of the institutional partnership as a whole (and, hence, all programmes offered under that partnership). Any forms/links referenced in the procedure are given below.

Institutional oversight of Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP)/Foundation Degree Awarding Powers (FDAP) applications made by University partners 2020-21

Procedures approved by Academic Board which outline the approach that the University must adopt towards any of its partners who have applied/are applying for Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP) or Foundation Degree Awarding Powers (FDAP).

Introduction to the collaborative provision register and the taxonomy 2020-21

Introduction to the Register of Collaborative Provision and the Taxonomy - related links:

Wider Information page

Periodic Review

We manage the Periodic Review procedure and related events, across University of Plymouth and our partner institutions.

Find out more about how we maintain our taught programmes, academic standards and student achievements.

Periodic Review procedure and outcomes
Student writing

Planning and approval of a new collaborative partner procedure 2020-21

This procedure covers the establishment of partnerships for all collaborative taught provision arrangements. Any associated documents, forms and guidance referenced within the procedure are listed below.