Resources – you may have a limit on the number of students if they all have to use particular resources. In this case, if your recruitment is substantial you may have to create more than one group, which reduces your profitability. Certification – costings for this may vary in accordance with your agreement with PU please contact the AP PD Co-ordinator Pam Whisker for further information and guidance. Travel – if your staff have to travel to another venue (NB you may need to include the cost of their travel time as well) Hospitality – refreshments Room Hire – if not at your institution venue. Even if you are delivering at your institutions venue, there may be an internal charge for this. Marketing, including website costs and e-marketing A contribution to your institutions overheads. This will establish the minimum amount you can charge, and a minimum cohort to break even. Ask your Institution’s Finance Department if you are unsure about how to do this. You will need to do a reality check at this stage to make sure you are competitive with other providers, including private ones. Approval through the University Will the students required accreditation? Although the employers may not be concerned about accreditation, individuals will often want the recognition of the achievement of a qualification. This will also enable them to count the credits towards other higher level qualifications. Approval through the University for stand alone modules (‘short courses’) has been streamlined recently so the process can be carried out electronically. This means that there are no specific deadlines to meet as approval can be done at any time, although during the summer might be more difficult as the relevant members of staff may not be available. If the module is a part of an already approved Foundation Degree, then you do not need to get any further approval. If you are devising a new module, you will need to complete: A MR ( Module Record) available on the Plymouth portal under Academic Partnerships community. Points for completion:
Resources – you may have a limit on the number of students if they all have to use particular resources. In this case, if your recruitment is substantial you may have to create more than one group, which reduces your profitability. Certification – costings for this may vary in accordance with your agreement with PU please contact the AP PD Co-ordinator Pam Whisker for further information and guidance. Travel – if your staff have to travel to another venue (NB you may need to include the cost of their travel time as well) Hospitality – refreshments Room Hire – if not at your institution venue. Even if you are delivering at your institutions venue, there may be an internal charge for this. Marketing, including website costs and e-marketing A contribution to your institutions overheads. This will establish the minimum amount you can charge, and a minimum cohort to break even. Ask your Institution’s Finance Department if you are unsure about how to do this. You will need to do a reality check at this stage to make sure you are competitive with other providers, including private ones. Approval through the University Will the students required accreditation? Although the employers may not be concerned about accreditation, individuals will often want the recognition of the achievement of a qualification. This will also enable them to count the credits towards other higher level qualifications. Approval through the University for stand alone modules (‘short courses’) has been streamlined recently so the process can be carried out electronically. This means that there are no specific deadlines to meet as approval can be done at any time, although during the summer might be more difficult as the relevant members of staff may not be available. If the module is a part of an already approved Foundation Degree, then you do not need to get any further approval. If you are devising a new module, you will need to complete: A MR ( Module Record) available on the Plymouth portal under Academic Partnerships community. Points for completion: