Accreditation
Accreditation is the second stage in the approval process and involves the submission of a detailed programme proposal to an Accreditation Board. This board includes a group of academics, and as appropriate, other professional experts from outside the University. The role of the Accreditation Board is to consider whether the programme meets the nationally and internationally accepted requirements for the award(s) to which it is designed to lead.
The first stage of the programme approval process is Validation. Information on those procedures and processes can be accessed here.
Summary of the Accreditation Approval Process
Date for Accreditation Board meeting agreed
Submission of accreditation proposal
Meeting of Accreditation Board
Outcome communicated to Programme Proposer and other involved colleagues
Accreditation report submitted to Academic Council
If approved, submission of finalised documentation and preparations for launch