Validation and Partnerships

Validation and Partnerships form the University’s collaborative provision, educational activity that leads to City University London award (or credit) and is delivered, supported and/or assessed through an arrangement with a partner organisation either in the UK or overseas.

The University engages in a variety of different types of collaborative provision including:

• Validation - this activity is managed centrally through the leadership of the Dean of Validation.
• Partnerships - this is overseen by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor. Deans of Schools have day-to-day responsibility for any award- or credit-bearing partnership activity. This includes:
  • Joint Programmes
  • Franchised Programmes
  • Articulated Provision
  • Access/Feeder Programmes
  • Off-site programme delivery

All collaborative provision will be underpinned by a Memorandum of Agreement.

Ultimate strategic responsibility for all collaborative provision lies with the University's Executive Committee including responsibility for signing-off any proposed new activity.

Academic Services provides administrative management for validation and institutional-level partnerships. In addition, it provides support to Schools on new and on-going partnership activity.