Information about our commitment to collaborative partnerships and joint
educational initiatives with academic partner institutions.
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Partner Institutions
We are committed to appealing to a broad student market through a
wide range of provision. We work closely with partner institutions to
develop and maintain high quality and accessible learning opportunities,
across the region and beyond.
Over 9,000 students are currently studying for a University of Essex award at
one of our academic partners, many of them via part-time, flexible or online
modes of study.
Academic partners in the UK
International partners
Our links with international institutions include:
Our School of Law delivers dual awards – our LLB English and French Laws
(with Maîtrise/Master 1) – in partnership with our three French partner
institutions:
Further information on our current partnership activity is available from our
Academic Partnerships team.
Our partnership strategy
Our strategy is to develop a diverse range of higher education provision with
partner institutions which will complement our traditional academic offering to
students on our main campuses and increase access to higher education by
non-traditional students. We encourage our partners to build an internal higher
education culture with a strong sense of ownership by their course teams. Our
validated courses are developed with internal and external academic and employer
involvement to reflect the needs of our partner institution’s target markets.
Courses
The majority of courses we validate at our academic partners are in
vocational or professional subject areas. Many have been designed to meet the
needs of students for whom a traditional programme of three-year full-time study
is not a viable option. Essex and our academic partners work with employers and
with regional and national stakeholders to widen access to higher education,
especially in areas of the country where below-average participation rates have
existed for too long.
Oversight
Academic provision at our partner institutions is overseen by a Dean and
Associate Dean of Academic Partnerships. Two Senate committees, the
Academic Partnerships Board
and the
Joint Academic Committee for University Campus Suffolk, have responsibility
for the approval and ongoing monitoring of our partnership provision.
Our Academic Partnerships team in our Academic Section is responsible for the
operational management, support and development of our academic partnership
activities.
Contact our Academic Partnerships team
Contact our Academic Partnerships team
for further information.