Accurate predictions of students' academic performance at early stages of the degree programme helps in identification of the weak students and enable management to take the corrective actions to prevent them from failure.
With new policy encouraging the participation of the private sector in higher education, and the determination of its founding figures, Oman Dental College (ODC) [ 27] was established in 2006 and runs a 5-year BDS dental degree programme with an additional pre-dental year for the majority of those requiring preparation for the degree programme delivered in English.
Progress is seen in several educational initiatives: for doctors, the European Headache Federation summer schools, for example, and, for specialists, the Masters degree programme in Headache Medicine [10].
Data collection was between November and December 2012, following completion of the first cohort of the degree programme and analysis completed in 2013.
This approach to supporting the development of palliative care in Sub-Saharan Africa through skill sharing in supporting the delivery of a degree programme in palliative care was successful in terms of delivery of the degree programme, material development and mentorship of local staff.
The subject was still fairly new in the 1960s – the first university degree programme in drama had been established at Bristol in 1947 – and was still finding its academic identity.
The degree programme – the first undergraduate students enrolled in September – will focus on preventing violence against women around the world.
Undergraduate students (2006 2008) taking the BE degree programme in Process & Chemical Engineering at UCC were first surveyed to assess their level of knowledge of the learning outcomes concept and of the degree programme learning outcomes.
Thus, within the limits of what may be possible with regards to time and resources, as wide a variety of approaches as are practicable should be employed The current annual intake to the medical undergraduate degree programme in our institution is 260 students.
The master's degree programme in environmental studies at York University in Toronto was an obvious choice, as it allows students to explore development as part of their scientific studies.
