Strategic Approval Challenges in Academic Course Management

STRATEGIC APPROVAL

Your market research is queried by the planning team and you need to revisit the evidence you collected. OPTION 2 Go back and consult further OPTION 1 Just rewrite the research to make it clearer 0 + 6 0 1

The DVC notices similarities with provision in another faculty and asks you to consult with them in more detail. Stay where you are. OPTION 2 Spend an afternoon writing a clear explanation of how the courses differ and couldn't be combined OPTION 1 Spend time negotiating a synergistic melding of your courses 0 + 6 0 1

You've missed the deadline for Faculty Management to look at your proposal this term. OPTION 2 Talk sweetly to the group Chair and persuade them to take Chair's action OPTION 1 Wait for the next meeting - 4 + 2 0 0

This course has been running successfully for years, with excellent performance indicators, and this is a regular review. OPTION 2 Use as an opportunity to review and update the course anyway OPTION 1 Make no changes to the documentation whatsoever + 8 0 1 0

The course is due for six yearly review, but there are imminent retirements on the team. OPTION 2 Push through a review as soon as possible OPTION 1 Request an extension - 4 + 2 0 1

You can’t work out how to offer a combined honours option for the programme. OPTION 2 Spend time with colleagues revisiting this idea from scratch to come up with an effective solution OPTION 1 Drop the idea of a combined honours option + 6 0 1 0

The programme will be run with a partner but they are dragging their heels over the Collaborative Partnership agreement. OPTION 2 Put aside time to negotiate a contract which combines the skills and expertise of both partners effectively OPTION 1 Impose a cut-and-paste solution from a previous contract + 4 0 1 0

The Vice-Chancellor suggested this programme. OPTION 2 Aim to make this programme as good as it possibly can be OPTION 1 Put together any old rubbish knowing that it will get approved + 6 0 2 0

Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of 120 compared to the current 90, with no extra staff. OPTION 2 Live with it OPTION 1 Write an impassioned response, detailing why this is not a feasible solution - 4 - 2 0 0

You already have strong support from the relevant Professional Body. OPTION 2 Make regular contact with them to appraise them of progress OPTION 1 Pat yourself on the back + 4 0 1 1

You will need a considerable additional resource in the library to run this programme as you want it. This isn’t available and there is no budget. OPTION 2 Produce a plan showing how it will be funded from additional fee income OPTION 1 Compromise on the resource + 6 0 1 0

Your Dean is embarrassed at an important dinner by some industry executives complaining about the lack of courses in a particular area, so calls you in to write a new course. There’s no extra time for you for this activity, and it has to be up and running in six months. OPTION 2 Negotiate a longer deadline OPTION 1 Accept the challenge as it is + 12 + 4 -1 1

You meet up with some colleagues from another department in the local after-hours ‘common room’ and discover that you are running similar courses in the two disciplines. OPTION 2 Decide that the differences are too great to be addressed OPTION 1 See if you can combine them into one cross-disciplinary programme to allow students to benefit from the synergies 0 + 2 0 1

Faculty Management says that you must have an intake of 120 compared to the current 90, and you can have one extra member of staff when the first students start. OPTION 2 Complain like mad and dig your heels in OPTION 1 Accept this + 8 - 4 0 0

You are asked to engage with learning and teaching specialists to support the strategic course design. OPTION 2 Don't bother, but imply that you did OPTION 1 Make an appointment straight away 0 + 4 0 1

You discover that the institutional infrastructure is not available to support your fully online distance course. OPTION 2 Negotiate with service providers across the institution to see what solutions can be reached OPTION 1 Redevelop the course as a traditional face-to-face offering - 2 - 4 1 0

The library has no budget to purchase all the new books required for your course. OPTION 2 Prepare to use a more limited selection of books supported by online resources OPTION 1 Prepare to write all the materials yourself - 8 - 2 1 0

Your NSS results are in the bottom decile for the subject nationally (this isn’t good) and Faculty Management has decided that the course needs a major review. OPTION 2 Do as little as possible to make it go away as quickly as possible OPTION 1 Embrace the opportunity for thorough review + 2 + 8 0 1

The professional body that approves your course has discovered e-learning and wants all of your courses to contain a significant element of it so that more students can do the course part-time. OPTION 2 Embrace the opportunity for thorough review OPTION 1 Start the process, but expect them to move on to another fad soon + 6 + 2 1 0

Student evaluation gives you a great idea for development but you've missed this year's strategic deadline. You'll have to wait a year. OPTION 2 Pester the Dean to make an exception OPTION 1 Fit in with the institutional schedule and wait - 8 + 8 1 0

Strategic Approval Challenges in Academic Course Management

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