eResource provision HE perspective University of Greenwich

Nadine EdwardsSenior Academic Services eLibrarian n.c.edwards@greenwich.ac.uk

Maggie LeharneAcademic Services Librarian – Collaborationsils-collab@greenwich.ac.uk

Outline• University of Greenwich collaborative partner activity

• Development of partner access to e-resources

• Current method of implementing access

Outline

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Statistics 2012/13

38,000 students enrolled on University of Greenwich programmes

17,000 on collaborative programmes UK & Overseas

1800 are students in FE Colleges:Regional Partner College Network of 7 FE and 2 specialist HEFCE-funded colleges in SE London, Kent and Medway

National Lifelong Learning Teacher Education Network of 26 linked FE colleges across the UK

Partner access to e-resources• Historically access was by individual Athens Accounts

• 2003 OSCARS

• 2005 to clarify partner access individual providers were contacted resulting in a traffic light web page detailing access:

www.gre.ac.uk/ils/eaccess

• 4 partner categories used to determine access - UK staff/students /Overseas staff/students

• 2006 University Student/Staff Portal and Athens DA meant single sign-on for access to e-resources for all via the portal and the end of Athens Accounts

Access

• Multiple routes of access– Shibboleth– OpenAthens Local Authentication– Proxy Server– Username and password– On campus– Library Search (Primo)

• Effective communications

• Franchised programmes

• Partner staff/student access

• 2012/13 FE Colleges in the Partner College Network bid for their own student numbers

• System issues

• Primo and Access

Challenges

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Term Definition¹

Franchised Franchised programmes refers to existing (or sometimes, modified versions of existing) University of Greenwich programmes which have been approved for delivery on a University of Greenwich campus, and which may also be approved for delivery by an external partner.In the case of franchised programmes, the university makes available to the partner its curriculum, syllabi and teaching materials. The award is still a University of Greenwich award, but it is delivered in collaboration with an approved external partner. This is a popular mode of collaborative provision, and is sometimes described as off the shelf provision, as the product (the programme) has already been designed and established by the University of Greenwich.

Validated Validated programmes are new programmes designed and developed by a partner (or jointly with the University of Greenwich), using the University of Greenwich's protocols, which are then approved by the university for delivery by that partner as a University of Greenwich award. The University of Greenwich remains responsible for the standard of the programmes and of the awards.

Externally validated Externally validations are programmes devised and developed by a partner to its own specifications and approved by the University of Greenwich as equivalent to a University of Greenwich award. The University of Greenwich monitors the standard of the programmes and of the awards granted in its name.

Articulations Articulation arrangements involve a formal link between the University of Greenwich and an external partner, providing a guarantee that a cohort of students who achieve an agreed standard in a programme at the partner will be able to progress to a particular stage of an award-bearing programme in the University of Greenwich, provided there is a close curriculum 'fit' for articulation purposes. Students may gain an exit award from the partner at the point of transfer to the University of Greenwich, although this is not always the case.

Joint Joint award: An arrangement under which two or more awarding bodies togetherprovide a programme leading to a single award made jointly by both, or all,participants. A single certificate or document (signed by the competent authorities)attests to the successful completion of this jointly delivered programme, replacing the separate institutional or national qualifications

Types of partnership

¹ http://www.gre.ac.uk/offices/pd/international/prospective-partners/types web page accessed ????