Program Quality Validation Board Regulations, 2017

L.N. 29 of 2017

INSTITUTE OF TOURISM STUDIES ACT

(CAP. 566)

Program Quality Validation Board Regulations, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 27(8) and (9) of

the Institute of Tourism Studies Act, the Minister for Tourism has

made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Program Quality Citation and

scope.

Validation Board Regulations, 2017.

(2) These regulations provide for the establishment of a

Program Quality Validation Board.

For the purposes of these regulations and unless the Interpretation.

context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Institute of Tourism Studies Act;

"Board of Governors" means the Board established by article 9

of the Act;

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of

the Institute of Tourism Studies appointed in accordance with article

17 of the Act;

"Institute" means the Institute for Tourism Studies;

"Internal Quality Assurance Committee" means the Committee

that will monitor the organisational performance in accordance with

the National Quality Assurance Framework for Further and Higher

Education;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for Tourism;

"Program Quality Validation Board" means the Board entrusted

to oversee the effective operations of the Institute’s academic

programs through validations as established in article 3 of the Act.

(1) There shall be a Program Quality Validation Board Program Quality

Validation

which shall consist of the following members

Board.

(a)

the Head of Corporate Services, ex officio, as the

Chairperson of the Board;

(b) four members appointed by the Board of Governors

from among the academic staff;

(c)

one member being a student representative

appointed by the duly recognised students representative

council.

(2) The Members of the Program Validation Quality Board

shall be appointed for a period of two (2) years. Such members shall

be eligible to be re-appointed for further terms after their term

expires.

(1) The Program Validation Quality Board shall have

such functions as set out in this regulation and in particular it shall

ensure that the programs and award within its remit are

commensurate with the parameters established by the Institute.

(2) It shall be the function of the Board

(a)

to oversee and validate the Institute’s academic

programs

Provided that no program shall be validated until the

Program Validation Quality Board shall satisfy itself as to the

program’s suitability within the Institute’s strategy, corporate

values and academic portfolio. In addition, the Institute’s

objectives, governance, funding, resources, academic capacity,

general standing, location, critical mass, quality assurance

systems (including audit reports carried out by external

agencies), and risk will be considered. As part of the process,

the Program Validation Board may invite comments on the

proposals from Board of Studies’ members responsible for a

particular discipline or allied subject to that being proposed for

validation;

(b) to approve recommendations arising from program

validation or approval and revalidation or periodic review

where a further period is proposed;

(c)

to approve major amendments to programs and their

component units;

(d) to oversee and to review the operation of the

Institute’s curricula;

(e)

to formulate, implement, review and develop the

Institute’s policy on validation and institutional partnerships

and to make recommendations to Board of Studies;

(f)

to undertake responsibility for operating the

Institute’s framework for validation and to make

recommendations to Board of Studies;

(g) to undertaking responsibility for operating the

Institute’s framework for program validation/approval and

revalidation/periodic review and to approve recommendations

on behalf of Board of Studies where further periods are

proposed or making recommendations to Board of Studies

where termination or suspension is proposed;

(h) to establish sub-committees for validation purposes

including composition, membership and functions;

(i)

to contribute towards the Institute’s process of

strategic review of validation and to make recommendations to

the Board of Studies and the Chief Executive Officer, as the

case may be;

(j)

to approve proposed amendments to programs and

their component units;

(k) to evaluate, recommend and, or validate proposed

program amendments and, or study units;

(l)

to consider nominations for external examiners for

subsequent recommendation to the Institute’s Board of Studies;

(m) to consider and approve a consistent policy for any

APL (Accreditation of Prior Learning) recommendations for

entry by advanced standing to the programs, and to monitor the

operation of this policy;

(n) to collect any details of staff and accompanying

curriculum vitae with regards to those who contribute to the

delivery and assessment of the programs;

(o)

to receive and consider minutes of the Board of

Studies;

(p) to liaise with other institutional bodies of the

Institute as appropriate.

(1) The Program Quality Validation Board shall meet at Meetings of the

Board.

least once every six weeks

Provided that the Chief Executive Officer may call for an

ad hoc meeting of the Program Quality Validation Board in case of

urgent matters relating to the validation of programs.

(2) No business shall be transacted by the Program Quality

Validation Board unless a quorum of three members is obtained. In

the absence of a quorum the meeting shall be adjourned and the

Secretary of the Program Quality Validation Board shall report such

fact to the Board of Governors

Provided that another meeting shall be convened by giving

two weeks notice to all members of the Program Quality Validation

Board

Provided further that if no quorum is reached at the

adjourned meeting the Program Quality Validation Board shall still

hold such meeting proceed with the business on the agenda.

The Chairperson of the Program Quality Validation Board

shall submit an annual report on the validation activities of the

Program Quality Validation Board which report shall be submitted to

the Board of Governors and the Internal Quality Assurance

Committee at the end of each academic year.

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