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teaching team;
• Undertake training and professional development and contribute to the training of others;
• Actively participate and organise Peer Support systems;
• Monitor & respond to the student voice including regular meetings with the student Rep.;
• Monitor Unit and course feedback, student voice and External Examiners report responding in
Continuous Monitoring & Improvement Report (CMI) and the Continuous Improvement Plan
(CIP);
• Organise all areas of assessment procedures, facilitate monitoring, joint marking, internal
verification (IV) and External Examiner visits;
• Maintaining the quality of academic standards by supporting the rules and regulations
concerning exam procedures and conduct of the student and teaching team;
31 Other Staff Responsibilities
Link Tutor:
The Link Tutor role is crucial to the successful operation of collaborative provision.
A Link Tutor is appointed both at MMU and at the partner institution for every collaborative programme
undertaken.
Together they act as critical friend, offering help, support, guidance and advice, and also monitoring
adherence to MMU quality arrangement procedures.
Details of both MMU Link Tutor and IM Partner Link Tutor roles can be found in appendix VI.
Programme leaders, the Master’s Coordinator and the teaching team have also been made aware of
the supportive role and responsibilities of the Link Tutors form both institutions.
Key staff are appointed to give PDP guidance to their students. These are identified as the teaching
team that has most contact time and subject specific knowledge to support their student group. They
report to the programme leaders directly.
A team of Professional Practitioners undertakes all other teaching roles. This has always been the
Istituto Marangoni method and teaching policy. It is recognised that they bring currency, knowhow and
industry contacts into the institute.
The teaching teams report to the direction of the programme leaders.
As they are all specialists in their areas of teaching they are expected to liaise with the Programme
Leaders for the following:
• Subject and curriculum developments;
• Seminar and lecture proposals;
• Updating of information concerning space resources that might be required;
• Book lists for the developments of the campus learning resources;
• Meeting with Programme Leaders in both one-to-one and plenary meetings twice a year or as
reasonably required;
• Play the key role in grading and giving valuable feedback during exam session;
• Maintaining the quality of academic standards by supporting the rules and regulations
concerning exam procedures and conduct of the student body;
• Participate in Peer Support Observations exercises;
• Participate in staff development when required.
Istituto Marangoni and Manchester Metropolitan have appointed Link Tutors who are in regular
contact concerning all academic matters.
Student Support Officers
A dedicated Postgraduate Student Support Officer is available for all students on the postgraduate
programme.
The Postgraduate Student Support Officers, act as the first point of contact for students in both
academic and personal counselling.
For academic counselling, Student Support Officers will liaise with tutors and programme leaders to
Programme Specification: Date: November 2011
Author: A.P.Roberts
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