Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Credit Transfer and Course Articulation

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Feedback from University of Wollongong Academic Quality and Policy unit

I’ve had a read through the proposed guidelines and don’t see any reasons why the guidelines could not work harmoniously with our institutional Credit Policy. The guidelines explicitly states that two of the guiding principle is Institutional Autonomy (specifically “OERu partners retain decision-making autonomy regarding all aspects of credit transfer, summative assessment practices and local pricing for assessment services”) and Institutional policy takes precedence (specifically, “OERu partners operate within the parameters of existing institutional policies but seek to promote common linkages, practices and articulation among partners to promote mobility of credentials for OERu learners within the network. This means that the OERu transfer system operates within local institutional residency requirements and/or any prerequisites for transfer credit.”)

While the terminology they use is quite different to how we describe things at UOW, the definitions do explain how they are intending the terms to be understood.

We should note that in addition to the requirements in the guidelines UOW requires the following:

Formal Credit Arrangements with Other Institutions

  1. "The University’s formal credit transfer arrangements with other institutions are listed on the University website.
  2. All of the University’s formal credit transfer arrangements with other institutions are approved and reviewed as part of the course approval and review cycle and in accordance with the Credit for Prior Learning Procedures.
  3. Types of Formal Credit Arrangements:
    1. Articulation arrangements enable students to progress from a completed qualification at a partner institution to UOW with credit and/or admission in a defined qualification pathway.
    2. Credit transfer arrangements provide students from a partner institution with agreed and consistent credit outcomes for components of a qualification based on identified equivalence in content and learning outcomes between matched qualifications.
  4. Articulation and credit transfer agreements within the provisions of this policy are approved by the relevant Executive Dean on the advice of the relevant Associate Dean, Head of School or Head of Students where appropriate.
  5. All such agreements with non-Australian education providers must be reported to the Transnational Education Strategic Alliances (TESA) Committee and the Director of Student Services and will be added to a central register of articulation agreements.
  6. All such agreements with Australian providers must be reported to the Director of Student Services and will be added to a central register of articulation agreements." (With attribution to the University of Wollongong - cited here under the provisions of fair dealing.)
Mackiwg (talk)11:18, 2 October 2015