| | Institutional audit - Cranfield University |
 | | The University's approach to quality management is influenced by its specialist portfolio and its history, which the University believes has generated a creative and entrepreneurial culture that enables it to sustain teaching and research in a competitive marketplace. |
 | | If the University intends to expand its international portfolio of collaborative taught programmes, as its Strategic Plan implies, it would be advised to consider establishing an institutional policy to guide the strategic planning of that expansion so that it may be confident of meeting fully its responsibilities as the awarding institution. |
 | | While the audit team was able to confirm that the University had engaged with the Code in relation to its own policies and procedures, it noted some delays in response to the 2004 revisions of the Code and incomplete application of certain sections, such as that on placement learning, which it dismissed as 'not applicable'. |
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