Continuous Monitoring

Collaborative partners are expected to engage in continuous monitoring for any programmes which culminate in a University award and the findings should be reported through the relevant University School Committee (and then through the relevant Faculty Committee).  The Faculty Committee is responsible for identifying any issues of concern, taking them up with the School, evaluating their responses, and monitoring the implementation of action plans.   

The University’s guidelines on continuous monitoring should be referred to with regards to this (see section 4).  The University sees continuous monitoring as a process of reflection on the previous academic year and action planning for the coming academic year.  It should therefore be driven by the reflection of the staff delivering a programme or group of cognate programmes.  The University’s approach to continuous monitoring is based on a “conversational, not confrontational” approach; honest evaluations based on evidence of what has worked well and what has worked less well.  The overall purpose of continuous monitoring is to ensure that the standard of programmes is being maintained and to improve the experience of students as appropriate.

If, in its consideration of continuous monitoring documentation, the School or Faculty perceive that quality and/or standards of the award are threatened and the partner institution is unable or unwilling to take remedial action, it should immediately notify Teaching and Learning Delivery (TLD) who will then liaise with the Dean of Faculty and the Vice-President (Teaching, Learning and Students).  TLD will conduct a full investigation of the matter and if the threat is confirmed, and subject to safeguards for students, the Vice-President (Teaching, Learning and Students) on the advice of TLD and the Dean of Faculty may recommend that the agreement should be suspended pending remedial action, or that it should be terminated.