Back to basics

Well the question has gone to Finance but so far nothing has come back, fingers crossed and carry on.

I've filled in a form for Health that's basically an official statement of intent and I have a meeting with a few of their Programme Area managers (PAMs) in Sept to discuss where this award will sit if it goes ahead.

On a related note, I'm re-writing a module for the PgcHPE that will also make up a module on the MTEL award. I've gone back to basics as the module was written about 7 years ago with a particular student in mind that it doesn't really need to cater for anymore. It's interesting to see how much the module has drifted. I'm converting it from a half-hearted blended module with a boring final written assignment to a full DL one with 4 different assignments. I'm hoping to make it challenging but not scary.

Having sat on many validation panels I keep thinking of questions I will be asked and how to answer them. Something that worries me is the market. We've investigated and there are no similar awards in the region. Does this mean the region needs this award or does it mean that there's no call for it? perhaps the PAMs will have some good advice, I have the idea that health has a particular demographic of student so getting it right may take local expertise. On the other hand is it something I just made up?