Table of contents
The concept of programme specification and its application in the new quality assurance framework
Norman J. JacksonThe article introduces the idea of programme specification and background to the development of policy by the Quality Assurance Agency. Programme specification will promote an…
Tackling programme specification at Leeds Metropolitan University
Malcolm ShawThis article shows how an external policy imperative can be assimilated into the process of managing change within a university. It describes a project‐based approach to develop…
Creating programme specifications for different audiences
Margaret HarrisonThis article takes as its starting point the notion that information has to be customised for different user groups and shows how different types of programme specification might…
Making the benchmarks explicit through programme specification
Norman Jackson, Geoff Parks, Margaret Harrison, Chantal StebbingsThe article introduces the concept of benchmarking as a referencing process to support self‐regulation of quality and outcome standards in higher education programmes. It examines…
Programme specification in a flexible, multidisciplinary curriculum environment: an Open University perspective
Chris Dillon, Linda HodgkinsonThe article examines the implications of programme specification for the distinctive multidisciplinary curricular environment of the Open University. It concludes that, for…
Programme specifications for multidisciplinary programmes: the BA Arts and Social Sciences Pass Degree, University of Strathclyde
Mark EllisThis article considers the issue of programme specification in the context of a faculty‐based multidisciplinary programme. It argues for the creation and articulation of a…
Developing programme specifications with professional bodies and statutory regulators in health and social care
R. Michael Pittilo, Graham Morgan, Sue FergyThis article describes a collaborative and ambitious project involving academics and colleagues in the health‐ and social care professional body and statutory regulatory body…
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0968-4883e-ISSN:
1758-7662ISSN-L:
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hybridEditors:
- Dr Jeffrey W Alstete
- Dr Heidi Flavian
- Dr Krassie Petrova