Julie Raby, Head of Joint Honours and Principal Lecturer

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Outcomes Joint/Combined Awards

• Julie Raby, Head of Joint Honours and Principal
  Lecturer
• York St John University College

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Aim

• The Aim of the Joint Honours Framework (JHF) is
• To provide a set of principles for the design and
  delivery of distinctive, high quality and
  marketable joint subject combinations which will
  enable the College to increase and widen
  participation in its undergraduate provision.

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An Institutional Strategic approach to Quality
Enhancement

• 6.2 University College Key Strategic Aim
• To embed performance / risk management into
  planning / delivery to demonstrate best-practice
  QA, QE and governance

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Overview

• In the fourth year of delivery
• Underpinned by the Joint Honours Framework (JHF)
• Joint Honours Team (Head of Joint Honours and
  Joint Honours administrator) working with Schools
  to ensure parity of student experience
• The Team acts as the first point of contact for
  Joint Honours students
• Students are assigned to an academic tutor and
  have access to Head of Programme in each of their
  subjects
• The Joint Honours Team provides a home for Joint
  Honours students and an overall programme
  identity
• 10 of the undergraduate student population are
  registered on Joint Awards

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Exploring best practice in the sector
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Key areas noted in Institutional Audit Reports

• General student support issues (overall programme
  support)
• Academic/Personal Tutor Support
• Parity of experience (across departmental/faculty/
  school boundaries)
• Student evaluation and representation
• Programme specifications
• Monitoring and Review
• Programme information (Subject and Programme
  Handbooks)
• Classification of combined/joint students

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Joint/Combined Awards

• Crossing boundaries to make a difference

My experience has been quite enjoyable. I have
found my two subjects tie in well with each other
actually. The number of people I have met through
doing the two subjects has been excellent.