How will the quality of the teaching and learning experience be maintained?
At programme level, the Programme Director of the LLM has overall responsibility for ensuring that appropriate academic standards are in place and that the quality of the programme is high. The Programme Boards of Studies and Boards of Examiners also ensure that standards are appropriate on the programme. The University requires External Examiners to sit on Boards of Examiners, to provide an outside check in the academic standards in place, including the fairness and consistency of marking. The Annual Programme Review and the Periodic Review of programmes (the latter taking place generally every five years) provide further checks on academic standards and appropriateness of provision.
At University level, the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Office (QAEO) of the University Registry is charged with ensuring high academic standards across all programmes offered by the University.
For the LLM programme, one further, external source of quality assurance is securing Continuing Professional Development (CPD) accreditation from the relevant professional bodies, i.e. the Law Society and the General Council of the Bar (at the time of writing, CPD accreditation is being applied for).
