Abstract

The authors, staff members of the School of Computer Science at the
University of Lincoln, established a toolkit for the generation of dual awards in
TNE which utilises the principles of Constructive Alignment to support a quality
assurance process which clearly demonstrates equivalences in programmes of study
at the home and partner institutions. Using the toolkit, which is based on what the
authors refer to as Synergistic Constructive Alignment, the partner institutions retain
the ability to deliver localised modules and assessments which maximise the potential
for enhancing the student experience without impacting upon the coherence of the
host programme or on the equivalence of standards across programmes and campuses.
The assurance of standards based on Synergistic Constructive Alignment has since
been utilised by five other subject areas, and the toolkit has been enhanced and
enriched by subsequent advancements in softer quality-based practices and activities
which have seen the TNE relationship flourish