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AYRSHIRE UPDATE
Curriculum
workstream update
The work of the Curriculum Workstream involves all aspects
of curriculum and quality across the three colleges.
Key Focus
Our focus in taking forward the activities
of this workstream is to ensure that
Ayrshire College offers a broad and
balanced curriculum across the three
campuses that will deliver even more
opportunities for everyone, provide the
skills needed to support employment and
economic growth and meet the broader
needs of Ayrshire’s communities.
We’ve been focussing on the Regional
Outcome Agreement (ROA) for 2013-14 as
well as the progression of activities related
to the 2012-13 ROA, particularly those
associated with ‘right learning in the right
place’, ‘high quality and efficient learning’
and ‘a developed workforce’.
Another key activity has been the review
of the curriculum across Ayrshire.
Curriculum planning discussions will
ensure that our students have the best
opportunities available to develop their
learning and skills and are well prepared
to continue that development beyond their
Ayrshire College experience.
Our Marketing group reviewed existing
prospectuses and has now published a
mini-prospectus, which gives a list of
planned programmes and the campus
at which they will be offered. This will
soon be supported by an online regional
prospectus providing full information
on all courses on each of the college’s
existing websites.
College websites are accepting
applications for all programmes. But you
won’t see much difference between what
is currently on offer at each campus and
what is planned for next session. That is
a deliberate plan to ensure consistency
of provision and progression as we enter
into these exciting new times!
Our Admissions group has developed
a standardised admissions process for
2013-14. One of the many benefits
of a single college for Ayrshire is a more
straightforward pathway for students from
application onwards, and in preparation
for this the group reviewed and aligned
entry criteria for the same or similar
full time courses being offered at Ayr,
Kilmarnock and/or Kilwinning campuses.
So, if you wish to apply to more than one
campus for the same or similar course
(and while a separate application to each
will be required for the time being) the
qualifications and/or experience you will
need will be exactly the same.
Next Steps
• Planning joint marketing events
• Review the provision for meeting the
needs of our employed workforce and
create a customer relationship map and
a training directory
• Proposing regional school/college link
programmes and marketing materials
• Reviewing regional progression routes
to university
• Reviewing enrolment, retention,
completion and success rates to
agree common monitoring and
reporting strategies.
• Review learner services
curriculum
workstream
Student association
student presidents
SPARQS representative
staff mentor
LRC / Learner
services
learner
support
marketing
mis /
admissions
employer
engagement
quality
schools /
colleges