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Listing of Programme Review and Accreditation Activity

This information has been obtained from records of past reports to the Scottish Funding Council and additional consultation with schools regarding any new programmes not considered in past reports. The information is presented in two tables:

  1. on a School-by-School basis; and
  2. on a year-by-year (cycle-by-cycle) basis
Programme reviews are intended to take place every 5 years, so 'cycle' in this sense refers to the following review dates:

  • Cycle A: 2006-07; 2011-12; 2016-17; and so on
  • Cycle B: 2007-08; 2012-13; 2017-18; and so on
  • Cycle C: 2008-09; 2013-14; 2018-19; and so on
  • Cycle D: 2009-10; 2014-15; 2019-20; and so on
  • Cycle E: 2010-11; 2015-16; 2020-21; and so on

For the current AY, 2010-11, we are therefore operating on cycle E.

Schools should ensure that all taught programmes are covered within these tables.

The 'Status' column in the tables refers to the last date the information was revised or confirmed by school by the school(s) concerned. 'Unconfirmed' indicates that the information is derived solely from information received from schools about past and projected programmes reviews, as reported to annually SFC. The table will be updated as new information is received from schools (date of last update at head of table). Any new degree programmes should be reviewed on the 5-year anniversary of their introduction and would thereafter fall into the relevant cycle of activity.

For clarity:

  • degrees and programmes are often amalgamated into a single review; the title given under 'programme' in the tables is generally the one used in the relevant reports to SFC, from which details of relevant degrees may be obtained
  • PSRB accreditation events are included in the tables, whether 'joint' or parallel with internal programme review (most are joint: see Programme Review in the context of Accreditation of Programmes by Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Bodies)
  • all 'distance learning' and taught postgraduate programmes should have been included
  • in the case of joint degrees, the 'lead school' (see Policy on the Quality Assurance for Joint Degrees and Jointly Taught Programmes and Modules) is the one listed in the table
  • Certain schools have changed name and/or merged during various reorganisation events. Some have moved between colleges. The tables account for this, giving the appropriate (new) school name as at the start of AY 2010-11.
  • New programmes introduced following Cycle A in 2007-6 are (or should be) included with the proviso that programme review will be expected five years after the first cohort of students has been matriculated and not five years after Senate approval (Note that it is expected that the programme monitoring for the first year of operation should be relatively intensive - see New Programme and Module Approval - Outline of Processes).