Approval pathways Proposal Action to be taken Action to be - EC – Faculty Re-titling of programme To approve, if appropriate. To note or, in the event of an To notify to the EC. issue/query, to refer back to the Faculty. Change of delivery mode To approve, if appropriate. To note or, in the event of an of programme To notify to the EC. issue/query, to refer back to the Faculty. Significant restructuring To approve, if appropriate. To refer to the ECSC for of a programme, which To submit to the EC. consideration and may (though not recommendation. necessarily) include the addition of a new pathway or the consolidation of existing pathways New non-major awards To approve, if appropriate. To refer to the ECSC for developed in response to To submit to the EC. consideration and calls from funding recommendation. agencies, e.g. Springboard Change, for a programme, To approve, if appropriate. To refer to the ECSC for from one NFQ level to To submit to the EC. consideration and another recommendation. Proposed new To approve, if appropriate, using To refer to the ECSC for programme the documentation and templates consideration and for validation of new programmes, recommendation. available at #ValAcc. The present form should not be used for proposed new programmes. Appendix 1
Approval pathways Proposal Action to be taken – Faculty Action to be - EC Re-titling of programme To approve, if appropriate. To notify to the EC. To note or, in the event of an issue/query, to refer back to the Faculty. Change of delivery mode of programme To approve, if appropriate. To notify to the EC. To note or, in the event of an issue/query, to refer back to the Faculty. Significant restructuring of a programme, which may (though not necessarily) include the addition of a new pathway or the consolidation of existing pathways To approve, if appropriate. To submit to the EC. To refer to the ECSC for consideration and recommendation. New non-major awards developed in response to calls from funding agencies, e.g. Springboard To approve, if appropriate. To submit to the EC. To refer to the ECSC for consideration and recommendation. Change, for a programme, from one NFQ level to another To approve, if appropriate. To submit to the EC. To refer to the ECSC for consideration and recommendation. Proposed new programme To approve, if appropriate, using the documentation and templates for validation of new programmes, available at #ValAcc. The present form should not be used for proposed new programmes. To refer to the ECSC for consideration and recommendation. Appendix 1