Programme Design and Approval

The arrangements for securing outline approval to develop a programme that leads to a University award or to make modifications to an approved taught programme are given here:

• Strategic and Academic Approval Process

 Once the proposal has been approved via Academic Strategic Development Approval (ADSA), the arrangements for securing approval for a new programme that leads to a University award are given here:

• Programme Approval Process
• Higher and Degree Apprenticeship Approval Process

The approval forms require financial plans to be presented and the following spreadsheet can be used to generate the financial information to be included with the Approval Forms at Appendix 1:

• Financial Planning for Approval Process

 An up to date programme specification and a set of up to date module specifications are required in order to support a proposal for approval of a new or modified programme. The specifications should be developed in the programme and module databases, located here:

• Programme Specification Database
• Module Database

Guidance on completing programme and module specifications and designing the curriculum are available at:

• Curriculum Design Guide
• Guidelines for Preparing a Programme Specification
• Guidelines for Preparing a Module Specification

The UK Quality Code contains the main reference points for use in programme design and development.