Academic Quality News
February 2026
The Hertfordshire Business School saw the successful major review of the MSc Digital Marketing.
The panel made the following commendations:
- The broad, authentic, and inclusive nature of the programme assessment strategy.
- Applied nature of the programme delivered by staff with strong industry backgrounds.
- Responsive team who have a very strong desire to offer an outstanding student experience.
- Strong culture of student support, with emphasis on employability.
- Excellent pre-arrival support, induction, and social activities, with students reporting they felt welcomed, well prepared and quickly integrated into the programme community.
December 2025
In the Hertfordshire Business School a range of Level 4 Business pathways were validated for delivery at Hertfordshire International College (HIC), with progression onto the HBS programmes at level 5:
- BA (Hons) Business Administration
- BA (Hons) Business Management
- BA (Hons) Business and Marketing
- BSc (Hons) Business and Finance
- BSc (Hons) Business and FinTech
- BSc (Hons) Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
The panel made the following commendations:
- Responsive and engaged team who are passionate about delivering an outstanding student experience.
- Support available for students is broad, accessible and individualised and an ethos of care is visible.
- Team readiness and consideration of training needs required to embed this new pedagogy in HIC
The BSc (Hons) Mathematics in the School of Physics, Engineering and Computer Science went through a successful major review. The development team were awarded the following commendations:
- A more career-focused curriculum should increase attractiveness to school leavers.
- A good range of assessment types.
- Modules on mathematical theory with particular focus on application areas, for example the Linear Algebra module focused on applications to data science.
- Project work cross-over allowing students from different disciplinary perspectives to work on the same problems.
- A programme team who engaged well with the review process, responsive to student feedback and clearly appreciated by students.
The School of Creative Arts saw the successful validation of the following new award titles on the PG Film Production programme:
- MA Film Producing
MA Factual and Documentary
MA Directing
MA Cinematography
The panel made the following commendations:
- A passionate and dedicated programme team who are committed to enhance the programme in its content and in providing an excellent range of industry speakers and opportunities.
- The rigorous approach to marking assessments, drawing on a range of subject experts to ensure a fair, consistent and balanced student outcomes.
- Well-conceived and ambitious MA in Film Production with significant potential to contribute to the training of the next generation of filmmakers, particularly in the under-served area of producing.
- Very positive student voice in relation to their experiences studying on the programme.
September 2025
- The School of Law and Education saw the successful validation of a suite of Master of Research in Education programmes:
- Master of Research in Education
- Master of Research in Education – Institutional Development
- Master of Research in Education – Learning Sciences and Technologies
- Master of Research in Education – Assessment and Quality Assurance
- Master of Research in Education – Special Education Needs and Inclusion
The development team received the following commendations:
- The positive contribution by the programme team to address the needs of international students
- Excellent insight into the potential markets for this award
- The embedded academic support throughout the programme
- An exceptional and very thorough submission document
- A highly reflective and cohesive programme team who are ambitious for their students and their colleagues
- The emphasis on collaborative learning and applied research enabling students to develop the skillset required for post-study destinations