Case study

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Case study
Case study
Goldsmiths, University of London
validated degrees at LASALLE
College of the Arts
Success
Success factors
factors
• Strategic approach
• Strong quality assurance
About Goldsmiths, University of London • Enhanced Validation Plus model
• London, South East England
• Founded in 1891
• 20 academic departments, centres and institutions
• 18,170 students in the UK Staff Exchanges Understanding motivations
Strategic approach Strong quality assurance
• 2,845 international students in the UK
• 1,240 TNE students
About the Goldsmiths and LASALLE
College of the Arts partnership ‘‘ ‘
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Goldsmiths' Internationalisation and The joint programmes meet both the UK Quality
• Singapore Collaborative Provision strategies are Assurance Agency and Singapore Council for Private
• Degree validation started in 2012 interrelated. The University has strong Education expectations. Goldsmiths benchmarks
• Goldsmiths, University of London and LASALLE societal and cultural values which are activity to ensure the programmes meet the UK Quality
College of the Arts articulated in both the strategies. Alongside Code, while LASALLE College of the Arts has been
• Validated programmes this, the strategies state a clear policy of awarded the EduTrust Star, the highest quality award
• 1,240 students registered with Goldsmiths, University focusing on high calibre global teaching for private colleges in Singapore. Robust
Ministerial frameworks
support
of London partnerships. The Internationalisation and review systems are in place including external
strategy embraces all forms of TNE, peer-review, internal moderation by academic links,
making it flexible enough to enable the annual and periodic partnership and programme
right agreements to be made with the right reviews, and External Examiner moderation.
partners around the world.

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LASALLE College of the Arts, a tertiary institution
in cutting edge contemporary arts and design Common Aims
education and practice, delivers 18 programmes
in design, fine arts, media arts, performing arts Enhanced Validation Plus model
and creative industry-related disciplines which are
validated by Goldsmiths. The programmes were specifically Goldsmiths is committed to offering overseas
developed to meet the needs of Singapore’s creative programmes which are not simply validated but
industries. This means the degrees are immediately augmented by collaborative academic activities.
relevant to students and employers, and have the added These are developed to fit the specific TNE
benefit of global input and benchmarking to UK standards. programme. For the programmes validated in
Singapore, the activities include around 30 teaching,
learning and research collaborations per year,
student projects, and supporting PhD study for

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LASALLE College of the Art’s staff in London.

Making sure that internal strategies work well

together allows the University to create high quality,
Shared vision between the partners meant that the
campus was quickly established, and attracted
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maximum student numbers in its first year.
enhanced TNE.

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