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Quality Assurance and Enhancement Processes

The TU Dublin has developed Quality Assurance and Enhancement policies, processes and procedures that support our staff to continuously improve the TU Dublin Student Experience and enhance the University's Quality Culture. 

The TU Dublin Quality Assurance and Enhancement policies are approved within, and by, the TU Dublin's governance framework  The processes associated with these policies are underpinned by the University's Principles Underpinning the Academic Quality Framework

 

Programme validation policy, processes and procedures must be followed when a new programme is designed and intended for delivery as a TU Dublin programme.  A new programme cannot be delivered without undergoing a validation process in accordance with the Programme Validation Process. 

The University's approved programme validation process  must be followed for approval of all programmes: minor, special purpose, supplemental, or major.  The exact pathway to approval to be followed depends on how the award is classified as per the University's University Award Framework and Nomenclature Policy. 

The programme validation route may also be considered under circumstances where existing (previously-validated) programmes are merged into a single, unitary programme; where a programme has been retired for a number of years and reinstatement is sought; the total number of ECTS credits for the programme changes. Other circumstances may also apply.

You should consult with your Faculty Head of Teaching and Learning, and your Faculty Academic Quality Advisor, to guide you regarding the most appropriate type of QA event, as well as the approval pathway that applies to the programme that you want to validate.

To validate a programme, the following steps must be followed:

Step 1: Propose the programme

The programme must be formally proposed using a Programme Proposal Form, and approved through the University governance structures.

A Programme Proposal Form must be completed and submitted for 

Student Disciplinary Procedures are available here Student Disciplinary Procedures and Student Disciplinary Complaints Form

The University recognises that situations may arise whereby students consider that the management and/or delivery of their programme of study is not in accordance with agreed procedures. In this regard the University provides a pathway to allow students to raise such concerns and complaints. The Student Complaints procedures is available here: Student Academic Complaints Procedure

Before lodging a formal complaint under this procedure, the student should seek to discuss any issue that arises in relation to the delivery or management of a programme informally with the lecturer concerned or with their Year Tutor, Programme Co-ordinator, class representative, or relevant Head of Discipline. In this way the issue will likely be resolved amicably and faster.

If a student then decides to submit a Formal Complaint, the Student Complaints Form should be submitted to the relevant Head of School.

 

The Quality and Qualifications Act 2012 defines collaborative provision as “arrangements whereby two or more providers are involved by formal agreement, nationally or internationally, in the provision of a programme”.

TU Dublin has engages in a range of different types of collaborative provision.  

Full details of the University's Collaborative Provision procedures is available here.

 

 

Details of the legacy Quality Assurance Systems of the Campus are available here:

For further information on the Quality Enhancement Processes and Procedures please contact the Quality Framework Team or email qualityframework@tudublin.ie.