Promotes enhancement and promulgates good practice.
Academic Quality Management at DMU
The De Montfort University approach to quality management involves finding ways to enhance the learning opportunities available to students and assure quality and standards.
As this is best done at programme and module levels, where ownership starts, all teaching staff and student representatives have a role in assuring quality. At the heart of this is the academic quality policy, which:
Assures the quality of learning opportunities and the standards of programmes and awards.
Provides evidence of quality to stakeholders.
This activity is managed through key committees and implemented via guidance, policies, and strategies. Provision is made for all students, including apprentices and those studying at our collaborative partners.
DMU Academic Quality documents—including regulations, policies, and procedures—and the relevant forms can be found in the relevant sections of our website.
DMU Kazakhstan, as a De Montfort University academic partner institution, follows the rules and regulations of the DMU Academic Partnerships
Collaborative Provision: Academic Partnerships
De Montfort University’s fundamental values include a commitment to working on the broader community, promoting widening participation, and being a genuinely international university. Therefore, the university's collaborative activity is an essential strand of its operation. DMU has a strong network of partnerships in the UK and overseas, most of which have developed over a long period.
International collaborative partnerships are managed by the Global Partnerships Unit (International). The Partnerships (Quality) team within the Department of Academic Quality (DAQ) is responsible for quality-assuring standards, ensuring that partnerships are well run and mutually beneficial, and that students have the best possible experience. Quality management of the university's collaborative provision is overseen by the Academic Quality Committee (AQC).
Monitoring Collaborative Provision
A range of monitoring systems and approaches are in place across DMU to ensure appropriate and comparable standards. To maintain parity, the same processes are used for monitoring both standard DMU and collaborative provision.
The day-to-day management of collaborative programmes and monitoring of standards are devolved to faculties, in line with standard in-house provision.