Accreditation process agreed for UK degrees taught overseas
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has approved a process for accrediting UK master of pharmacy degrees that are delivered in part overseas. At a special
Council meeting on May 24, the Council
also agreed an accreditation procedure for such degrees.
The matter had been considered by the Education Committee following a
request for the Society to consider accrediting a UK MPharm degree for
which two of the four years are taught overseas but are identical to
those taught in the UK.
On the committee’s recommendation, the Council agreed that the
Society should accredit UK degrees taught in part overseas provided that
they are taught on the campus of a UK university by staff of the university.
The Council also agreed an accreditation methodology based on the step
approach used for UK-delivered MPharm degrees. The progression from an
initial request to full accreditation for a new proposal would be:
1. An initial meeting between the Society and the university at the
Society.
2. A meeting to consider the business plan and curriculum for delivery
at the overseas campus.
3. A visit to the campus one year later to evaluate delivery of Year
1 and plans for Year 2.
4. A visit one year later to evaluate the delivery of Year 1 and Year
2 leading to full accreditation. After that, overseas delivery would
be reaccredited every five years.
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