VDA: AGNVQ, AVCE, AVS: Advanced in Art & Design Access to HE or Year 0 provision: In Art, Pass International Baccalaureate: 24 points required 1 Pass in an Art or Design based subject. 120 Irish / Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers: Tariff points. Mature students without formal qualifications will be considered by portfolio of relevant Work Experience: artwork Other HE qualifications / non-standard awards Experience in the Arts, accompanied by portfolio or experiences: of recent artwork This must be applied for before the start of the programme. Please refer to Plymouth University APEL / APCL possibilities: Academic regulations All students are expected to attend an interview where possible. Interviewees should bring a portfolio of their work – trial pieces and evidence of idea generation are more important at this stage than finished pieces. E-portfolios Interview / Portfolio requirements: are acceptable for students unable to attend personally, it will also be necessary for the student to provide additional written material, sent online, to back up their E-portfolio application. Independent Safeguarding Agency (ISA) / Not initially. However it may be required for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance some work-based learning placements. required: PS11. Academic Standards and Quality Enhancement The Programme Leader/Manager (or the descriptor) leads the Programme Committee in the Plymouth University’s annual programme monitoring process (APM), as titled at the time of approval. APM culminates in the production, maintenance and employment of a programme level Action Plan, which evidences appropriate management of the programme in terms of quality and standards. Any formally agreed changes to this process will continue to be followed by the Programme Leader/Manager (or other descriptor) and their Programme Committee. Elements of this process include engaging with stakeholders. For this definitive document it is important to define: Subject External Examiner(s): An Interim visit by External Examiner (EE) (usually between January and February) will review work that has been marked, consult students and feed back to the programme manager and module leaders and course team. Subject Assessment Panel (SAP) reviews the assessment marking and is scrutinised by the subject EE. Representatives of the team review and present their module marks for each student on the programme.
VDA: AGNVQ, AVCE, AVS: Advanced in Art & Design Access to HE or Year 0 provision: In Art, Pass International Baccalaureate: 24 points required Irish / Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers: 1 Pass in an Art or Design based subject. 120 Tariff points. Work Experience: Mature students without formal qualifications will be considered by portfolio of relevant artwork Other HE qualifications / non-standard awards or experiences: Experience in the Arts, accompanied by portfolio of recent artwork APEL / APCL possibilities: This must be applied for before the start of the programme. Please refer to Plymouth University Academic regulations Interview / Portfolio requirements: All students are expected to attend an interview where possible. Interviewees should bring a portfolio of their work – trial pieces and evidence of idea generation are more important at this stage than finished pieces. E-portfolios are acceptable for students unable to attend personally, it will also be necessary for the student to provide additional written material, sent online, to back up their E-portfolio application. Independent Safeguarding Agency (ISA) / Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance required: Not initially. However it may be required for some work-based learning placements. PS11. Academic Standards and Quality Enhancement The Programme Leader/Manager (or the descriptor) leads the Programme Committee in the Plymouth University’s annual programme monitoring process (APM), as titled at the time of approval. APM culminates in the production, maintenance and employment of a programme level Action Plan, which evidences appropriate management of the programme in terms of quality and standards. Any formally agreed changes to this process will continue to be followed by the Programme Leader/Manager (or other descriptor) and their Programme Committee. Elements of this process include engaging with stakeholders. For this definitive document it is important to define: Subject External Examiner(s): An Interim visit by External Examiner (EE) (usually between January and February) will review work that has been marked, consult students and feed back to the programme manager and module leaders and course team. Subject Assessment Panel (SAP) reviews the assessment marking and is scrutinised by the subject EE. Representatives of the team review and present their module marks for each student on the programme.
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