Dear All,
I wonder if anyone could help me?
We ara, in common with all other institutions I suspect, still
trying to neaten our procedures and processes for coping with
students who have some sort of prior learning.
Up until now, if a student wanted prior learning to be taken into
account, we have left it to Subject areas as to how much credit they
felt was appropriate for what the student was offering. This has
worked fairly well in many cases but there is a need for consistency
which is not guaranteed this way. There is also growing unrest
amongst academic staff who are beginning to feel that they are
'making decisions alone' and without necessarily having formal
management backing.
So the proposal is to have a formal Accreditation Committee with
appropriate membership to consider all cases.
So my questions are:
1. Do you have such a Committee at your institution?
2. If not, what do you do?
3. If yes, what external membership do you include (if any)?
4. Are students required to provide evidence such as a portfolio
of work - particularly for prior experiential learning?
5. If so, how is that work assessed - do you involve external
examiners?
Replies to me would be very much appreciated. I will compile results
if anyone is interested.
Thank you,
Julie Clayton
Academic Registrar, Newman College
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