College. The most common being the idea of studying for a year or two at Simba and then moving to the UK to complete their degree. Kent were prepared to licence Simba to run their Law degree with the final year at Kent: “I have been coming to Kenya for twenty years. I see the college as a positive development and I would suggest a working partnership with Kent on our law programme which we are currently offering in Mauritius”
Qualification model offered by your institution:
12. Would your institution be likely to validate a Simba College Foundation Programme? If so what would be your quality assurance demands?
Yes or No Quality assurance demands (such as financial commitments etc) Yes:
16
Most would provide the content of the course with quality assured via the final examinations.
No: 3
13. What degree(s) or postgraduate qualification(s) do you think your institution would/could offer through Simba College?
14. For each of the above qualification describe how the course would be structured? Qualification 1 Year Simba
2 Years University 2 Years Simba 1 Year University 1 Year Foundation at Simba 3 Years University
The whole course at Simba Most were
offered 6 12 All 19 1 (IT)
15. Please outline any other course(s) and their structure that you feel would be of interest to Simba College.
Law at Kent would/could be provided via their own franchised course – they already provide this to other institutions around the world such as Mauritius QAA would be carried out by Kent, Law librarian would visit, also access to Kent electronic resources. High speed Internet access would be required, lectures would be provided electronically. Local lecturers could support the programme, but their qualifications would need to be vetted. A visit for QAA would be arranged every three years.
Many institutions provide distance learning for degrees such as IT and business which are quite flexible. Many postgraduate courses are run on the Open
University model of study at home plus ‘summer school’.
We are already looking at offering an MPhil in International Teaching wholly completed in Nairobi. This will support the development of modern teaching methods – Warwick. The provision of an HND in IT and Computing at Nairobi followed by a further year at Manchester will provide students with the necessary IT skills” (City College Manchester
16. Does your institution offer any such courses to other colleges outside the UK? If so please complete the table below. * = Please leave if confidential
Course Name of the college through which the course is offered*
The country in which the college is located*
Model i.e.
1 plus 2 Additional comments
Law Mauritius Institute
Bermuda College Mauritius Bermuda Various Part 1 leading to Cert Law at Simba Part 2 leading to Bachelor of Laws with Honours at Kent
Law, IT Business
17. Please give details of any course(s) you would be able to provide. Would there be a cost? Through what media would the content be provided?
Course/Degree. Please specify i.e. Law, Business Studies etc
Approximate annual cost to provide course (in pounds per
student)
Media of delivery e.g. paper, Internet, MP3, CD, would need to be taught
Please specify Various course were offered from
many of the universities:
E.g. (1) Law from Kent £4,500 per year for 20 students additional students £220
E-lectures via the Internet, local lecturers, use of Kent electronic library resources.
Audio recordings of lectures. E.g. (2) Foundation Course for
Law, Business Studies, Social Science, Science and Engineering from Warwick
£ 8,000 per year per student. The course lasts for one year.
Course would be delivered by Simba.
The quality of the programme is monitored by visiting academic staff.
E.g. (3) Middlesex, Business, IT £6,000 per year Course would be delivered at Simba in liaison with Middlesex E.g. (4) Leicester, Law, Business,
IT
£5,000 per year price is varied according to country
Mostly postgraduate courses only
18. Eventually the college will be made up of five Schools each headed by an expatriate from the UK Higher Education sector. Do you feel this is a suitable model and what Schools would you suggest be included?
Yes No 17 2
Please add any additional schools to the table below.
School of Should be included (Yes or No) School Should be included (Yes or No)
Law Sports and
Recreation
Engineering Business
Information Technology Access*
Most added Social Science and suggested making Science and Engineering one school
Medicine would be a good addition but financially difficult
19. How would you go about setting up the academic content of a college in Nairobi with the mission outlined below?
Our mission is to provide access to quality UK Higher Education for bright Kenyan students who cannot quite afford to complete whole or any courses overseas at a UK University.
Most suggested the use of their own courses with one or more years spent in the UK. Quality would come from the UK universities providing the same degree to students irrespective of how or where the study took place. All students would need to reach the same final standard via the same examinations. There was some comment on the Open University and the London External Programme as being worth researching for a link with Simba College.
Simba College would surely still be too expensive for students from very poor families with low incomes. Will this initiative only benefit the middle class elite?
The learning students profile
Simba College will be based in Nairobi and open 24 hours seven days a week. The college will support student’s study through contacts with expatriate and local tutors and other students on similar courses.
20. Please tick against the age of students you would prefer to see studying at the college? You may tick as many boxes as you wish.
18 to 22 23 to 30 31 to 40 41 to 50 51 and above All ages over 17
19 19 19 17 14 19
21. Would your institution be able to find the time to support, via e-mail, study at the college?
Yes No 13 6
22. Does your institution promote life-long learning? Yes No
19 0
23. Are you concerned that working wholly online would be too difficult for most students? Yes No
24. Why might your institution consider supporting the college?
Statement 1 Not important 2 3 Quite Important 4 5 Very Important (a) To help provide more valuable qualifications
(b) To help provide more relevant courses (c) To help improve the link between university level courses and the real world of work (d) To help provide a more challenging content (e) To help provide courses which use a more up to date teaching pedagogy
(f) To help support higher education in the developing world
(g) To enable the institution I represent to make a financial gain.
(h) To encourage the use of ICT around the world (i) To help foster the development of globalisation Addition: Expand institutions reach into global education market (4 times, approx wording)
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 1 6 3 4 2 1 8 10 9 14 10 14 15 14 12 10 5 5 4 3 2 0 3 6 Use of Computers
25. Does your institution provide course materials via the Internet? Yes No
19 0
26. Does your institution provide teaching through the Internet? Yes No
9 10
If you answered YES to either of the questions above please answer questions 27 to 30: 27. Does your institution find it easy to manage the technology? e.g. fast response to student inquiries, accessing documents and generally managing course materials.
Yes No 18 1
28. Does your institution find it easy to communicate with its students via e-mail? Yes No
19 0
29. Do you usually send printed materials in addition to Internet and e-mail provision? Yes No
2 17
30. How valuable do you think blended learning is (or could be) for your teaching? Not valuable Quite valuable Unsure Valuable Very valuable
0 0 0 6 13
31. What technology does your institution use to provide e-learning courses? If possible please include details such as the size of your broadband connection etc. Also include any problems you have encountered.
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RESEARCH QUESTIONNAIRE