On the other hand, there will be a flowering of attractive and innovative subsidiary modules. Aimed at grabbing ftes, maybe, but the strategy only works if the modules are popular and well-taught. There are benefits as well as costs to an internal market.
Also, you will need to devise approaches to timing problems. For example, interdisciplinary masters courses where the choice of location of the dissertation is left very late, and out-of-cycle course commencing in, say, June.
Andrew Hindmarsh
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Dr Andrew Hindmarsh
Planning Officer
Policy & Planning Unit
The University of Nottingham
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Nottingham NG7 2RD
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Don't do it. You get into a situation where the "fte grab" is the primary
policy of virtually all academic departments. Short termism dominates.
People focus on minute detail and take their eyes off any sort of coherent
policy led thinking.
I could give you forty pages of closely reasoned argument about why this is
a very bad idea. Don't have time at the moment, but am prepared to expand
on it early July (not the full forty pages though - unless a large fee is
involved).
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From: "A.M.Grey" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2001 2:19 PM
Subject: Resource allocation at module level
> Dear all,the university is currently reviewing the way in which
> HEFCE income is distributed to departments. The current
> proposal is to move to a system where money follows
> students, that is departments get money on based on the
> number of students on modules, rather than programmes.
> Does any one have any words of wisdom that they like to
> share with me, before we start? In particular are there
> any pitfalls we should be aware of? Also if you currently
> running a modular based system and have chosen to abandon
> it, could you say why?
>
> It makes sense logically and provided the student data is
> accurate should be relatively straight forward, but I just
> have a feeling that I'm missing something really obvious.
> I realise that we do need to make some policy decision
> first, such as do we give the 'home' department an
> allowance for the work involved in recruitment/student
> support and also when should the extract of data be taken.
> But anything else I've missed?
>
> Many thanks in anticipation.
>
> Anna
>
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> Planning and Quality Office
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