Programme development

The programme development procedure ensures that all proposals to develop new programmes of study or to change previously approved programmes are scrutinised thoroughly. This scrutiny ensures that each programme of study offered by Queen Mary is designed to the highest possible academic standards and offers students the best possible teaching and learning experience. It also ensures that resource implications are identified and resolved at the earliest stage.

Detailed guidance relating to the procedures for the approval, amendment and withdrawal of programmes, including process flowcharts, can be found below.

All programme / module developments will be considered and/or reported at Taught Programmes Board (TPB), and should take account of the schedule of timescales for approval, amendment and withdrawal.

Curriculum Manager Programme Guidance

User guides provide a step by step guide, with screenshots, for completing the process in Curriculum Manager. The Quality guidance provides detail on completing the proposal document and programme specifications.

Please note - user guides, quality and standards guidance, and process workflows, are still being developed and will be added to this page when available.

Attachments required for programme proposals:

Attachments required for programme approvals:

Collaborative programmes

Please note that the guidance provided on these pages does not include full information about proposals involving a collaborative partner. Guidance on developing collaborative proposals is available on the Collaborative Provision page.

Internal sources to be used in programme development include:

• Academic Regulations
• Academic Credit Framework [PDF 133KB]
• Framework for Professional Doctorate programmes [PDF 544KB]

External sources to be used in programme development include:

• QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications
• QAA Subject Benchmark Statements
• HECoS Codes

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