Dear All Is there anybody out there - especially those with responsibility for providing academic courses in criminology - who is developing Programme Specifications for the new QAA, particularly using "benchmark statements" available from QAA. If so, how are you getting on applying such benchmarks to criminology courses? We're beginning the process and would be interested in swapping notes in the discipline's collective best interests. Tim Hope Head of the Department of Criminology Keele University ---------------------- Professor Tim Hope Department of Criminology Keele University Keele STAFFS ST5 5BG 01782-584166 [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%