Teaching Quality
In 2005, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education in the United Kingdom carried out a full quality assessment on the University of London International Programmes, awarding an excellent grading.
Within this context, CeDEP places very high priority on maintaining and improving the quality of its programmes – both in terms of the preparation and delivery of up-to-date academic content, as well as the provision of reliable and useful tutorial and CeDEP staff support for our students.
With an annual programme review with SOAS, relevant educational research, and regular student feedback, we are continually reviewing and improving upon the resources available to our distance learners.
Some of our team members are also Fellows of the University of London Centre for Distance Education which gives access to a community of practice with a wide range of experience in distance education.
Bologna Compatibility
Our programmes are being made consistent with the Bologna Process which is an intergovernmental initiative aiming to create a European Higher Education Area (EHEA) by 2010, and to promote the European system of higher education worldwide. CeDEP will adopt the Bologna-compliant UK credit system when it is finalised.
Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment Professional Recognition
The MSc and Postgraduate Diploma in Environmental Management are approved by the Institute subject to completion of specified modules. Students gaining either the MSc or the Postgraduate Diploma can qualify for exemption from the training requirement for Associate membership of IEMA. The programmes are assessed annually by IEMA.
Specified Modules
Two of the core programme modules: Environmental Auditing and Environmental Management Systems (C208) and Environmental Impact Assessment (C207) are required elements of the IEMA professional recognition. In addition, students will further be required to study the elective modules in: International Environmental Law (C214) and Ethics for Environment and Development (C263) as part of their degree.
