Collaborative Provision Regulations: Glossary

The Committee which oversees all Collaborative Provision activity on behalf of University Teaching and Learning Committee (UTLC)

The operational contract the University and Partner Institution sign following approval of a validation event by Academic Partnerships Board (APB).

Cotutelle is an agreement on joint supervision at doctoral degree level between the University and another organisation which leads to a single award from the University.

The Course Administration Collaborative Provision team are responsible for course and students’ academic records. This includes enrolments, suspensions, transfers, withdrawals, student marks and Course Assessment Meetings.

Designed and delivered is a programme of study developed by an external institution and presented for validation by the University as an award of the University. Once validated, the delivery of the award is undertaken by the external institution.

In 2018-19, the vast majority of colleges who offer University of Huddersfield awards via the Education and Training Consortium (ETC) run by the school of Education and Professional Development switched to this type of provision.

Dual/Double degrees are where students earn two separate degrees often in different fields of study from two or more institutions.

An activity where the University contracts a third party (such as another HEI, Sponsor or employer) to deliver provision for them on or off campus which generates in excess of £500,000. This will be a closed course.

Where University of Huddersfield staff travel to another institution to teach UoH courses and there is no teaching or support from that institution.

A franchise describes the arrangement whereby the whole, part of (for example one year of a two year course), or discrete parts (such as individual modules) of a course are delivered in an institution other than the University by academic staff not employed by the University.

A small number of colleges who offer University of Huddersfield awards via the Education and Training Consortium (ETC) are not SFE registered and operate under a franchise arrangement.

A joint award is a single course devised and delivered jointly between two or more institutions and leading to the conferment of a single award in the name of all partners. Arrangements for the validation of joint awards are detailed separately in the Quality Assurance Regulations.

If you are considering developing a joint award, contact the Head of Quality Assurance as soon as possible.

This describes an arrangement whereby a course validated by the University and taught by University staff is delivered at an off-campus location. It is the role of the partner institution to support student learning through provision of an appropriate range of learning resources, including library and computing facilities, and administrative, promotional and marketing services. The proportion of teaching by University staff must constitute at least one third of the total taught delivery for each module. The University of Huddersfield must produce all learning materials.

Any institution which enters into a Collaborative Provision arrangement with the University is referred to as a Partner Institution.

A member of the Reviews and Partnerships team who is assigned to partner institutions as additional support. The role is primarily to answer queries and to signpost the partner to the appropriate contact.

The Reviews and Partnership team are responsible for the collaborative provision approvals process and for all aspects of collaborative provision quality assurance.

Serial franchising is effectively sub-contracting by a PI to a third party. The University does not permit this under any circumstances and only allows its courses to be delivered collaboratively following formal validation directly by the University itself.