Date of review	Publication date	Type of review	Judgements about quality and standards	Reference
Mar-2012	31 May 2012	Review for Educational Oversight	Confidence in how the provider manages its stated responsibilities for the standards of the awards it offers - What does this mean? Confidence in how the provider manages its stated responsibilities for the quality and enhancement of the learning opportunities it offers on behalf of its awarding bodies - What does this mean? Reliance can be placed on the accuracy and completeness of the information that the provider is responsible for publishing about itself and the programmes it delivers. - What does this mean?	ISBN 978 1 84979 552 4

Features of good practice	Recommendations for action
The team has identified the following good practice: the effective academic and pastoral support the innovative approach to language support facilitated by the employment of residential conversation tutors.	The team considers that it is desirable for the provider to: support staff to engage with the Academic Infrastructure and relevant external reference points to inform teaching improve assessment feedback to more clearly reflect intended learning outcomes, grade descriptors and marking criteria consider the process for sharing external examiners and marking moderators reports with the University to more fully support effective oversight of assessment formalise a framework for staff development that captures the needs of both the individual and the College make the pre-enrolment oral guidance on pedagogic and cultural differences between the UK and Japan available on the College website.

Features of good practice

Recommendations for action

The team has identified the following good practice:

the effective academic and pastoral support
the innovative approach to language support facilitated by the employment of residential conversation tutors.

The team considers that it is desirable for the provider to:

support staff to engage with the Academic Infrastructure and relevant external reference points to inform teaching
improve assessment feedback to more clearly reflect intended learning outcomes, grade descriptors and marking criteria
consider the process for sharing external examiners and marking moderators reports with the University to more fully support effective oversight of assessment
formalise a framework for staff development that captures the needs of both the individual and the College
make the pre-enrolment oral guidance on pedagogic and cultural differences between the UK and Japan available on the College website.

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