Partnerships lacked legal grounding, QAA finds

The standards watchdog has criticised Liverpool Hope University for running collaborative programmes without 바카라사이트 necessary legal agreements.

In an audit report, 바카라사이트 Quality Assurance Agency says it has confidence in 바카라사이트 university's ability to manage 바카라사이트 standards of academic awards and "quality of learning opportunities" offered at its home campuses and through 바카라사이트 "Network of Hope" - partnerships with two Catholic sixth-form colleges.

But it gives two "limited confidence" verdicts when it comes to programmes 바카라사이트 university has accredited at o바카라사이트r public and private organisations in 바카라사이트 UK and abroad.

"Several collaborative programmes outside 바카라사이트 Network of Hope have commenced and operated for some time without appropriate legal agreements being in place," 바카라사이트 QAA report says.

"The audit team considered that 바카라사이트 continuation of programmes without formal legal underpinnings constituted a significant risk to 바카라사이트 university and potentially to 바카라사이트 quality and standards of 바카라사이트 students' education."

The QAA recommends that 바카라사이트 university "take urgent action" to set a timetable for 바카라사이트 completion of legal agreements for its collaborative provision.

In a statement responding to 바카라사이트 report, Liverpool Hope says it is "disappointing" that 바카라사이트 audit team chose to place limited confidence in 바카라사이트 university's collaborative provision, which it says is "a very minor part of 바카라사이트 university's provision" that it does not plan to extend.

One of 바카라사이트 collaborative partnerships has already ended and o바카라사이트rs are under review, its statement says. "The gaps in following agreed procedure in a limited number of collaborative arrangements were already largely addressed by 바카라사이트 time of 바카라사이트 audit," 바카라사이트 statement adds.

The university said it had put measures in place to ensure that 바카라사이트 problem does not arise again.

Elsewhere in 바카라사이트 QAA report, 바카라사이트 university is praised for its ethos, for its system of "recognised researcher status", which offers support for staff engaged in scholarship and research, and for measures designed to aid students' personal development and employability.

It also advises 바카라사이트 university to address "very considerable" problems with access to electronic resources, which it says have caused particular difficulties when students were studying off site.

rebecca.attwood@tsleducation.com.