Extract from External Examinator's Report 2014
The programme is clearly of a high quality and provides excellent preparation for Higher Education. The curriculum is well-planned, coherent and current. I feel that the inclusion of the IT and Global Issues modules provide added value to the overall programme.
I was very impressed by the quality of the students as evidenced by the work I reviewed and by the University offers received by current students. In comparison to the levels of performance achieved by other International Foundation Programmes with which I am familiar, the St Clare’s UFC has students of a very good level. I saw work reflecting a range of abilities/performance, including some of very high quality.
The range of grades was reasonable and in general grades were quite high. Furthermore, students with lower marks had clearly been given a high level of support in order to provide them with every chance to succeed. There is substantial evidence of very careful monitoring of student progress and staff involvement in this process.
Dr Elizabeth Wilding
External Examinator - University of Reading