Standard 01
Verified competence
Every competency is verified by an assessor other than the teaching lecturer and recorded in the Capability Passport; a Capability Transcript is issued beside the academic one.
The Forward Standard
A low price is only an achievement if what it buys is better.
These are the published commitments every student can hold the University to.
What the fee buys
The Forward Standard, in writing
Standard 02
Paid work placements
Twelve months of paid co-operative education in every four-year degree, with the employer's assessment on the record.
Standard 03
AI fluency for everyone
The Forward Core in every programme: AI fluency at three levels, quantitative reasoning, ethics in the African context, Human-Advantage skills and enterprise.
Standard 04
A tutor within minutes
A named academic mentor for every student; the Amagezi AI tutor around the clock; a human tutor at an Amagezi Bar within a minute's walk on every level; published tutor ratios.
Standard 05
Two pathways, three intakes
Term Model or Block Sequence, three entry points a year and year-round teaching; switch pathways at any boundary.
Standard 06
Real work environments
Learning in a live hotel, restaurant, bakery, events hall, clinic, ventures and client laboratories, trading with the public.
Standard 07
External examination
An external examiner for every final-year and postgraduate assessment; client-verified capstones; annual published outcomes.
Standard 08
Laboratories that are stocked
The Laboratory Fund guarantees consumables, equipment renewal and technicians; its accounts are published annually.
Standard 09
Fee certainty
Increases for continuing students are capped at inflation; the whole fee is published before enrolment; nothing else is charged.
Standard 10
No dead ends
Automatic exit awards at every year; the ladder from College and the bridging certificate to doctorate.
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