embedding quality – a quality enhancement driven approach jill morgan assistant dean, learning and...
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Embedding quality – a quality enhancement driven approach
Jill MorganAssistant Dean, Learning and Teaching,
Quality Enhancement, School of Arts and Media
External quality landscape
• Quality Assurance Agency QAA• Unistats Key Information Sets KIS• League Tables• Professional body Accreditation
QAA
• QAA Quality Code• Higher Education Review • Causes of Concern• Enhancement Projects• http://youtu.be/jSGOjELQJ7g
QAA Quality Code
• Set of Principles and Guidance• Produced by peer group from UKHE; academic and
QA staff and students• Forms basis for Higher Education review
• Part A: Setting and maintaining academic standards• Part B: Assuring and enhancing academic quality • Part C: Information about higher education
provision
QAA Academic Standards
• National qualifications frameworks for higher education
• Guidance on qualification characteristics • National credit frameworks for higher
education• Subject benchmark statements
How do leaders work with Quality frameworks?
• Mapping QAA Quality Code against University processes – identify enhancements
• Interface between external QA and university community
• Enable ownership of processes through making them meaningful
Programme Design, development and Approval
• Consultation with stakeholders; academic, industry, students, professional bodies
• MA benchmark statements• NQFHE• External Examiners, External Advisers• Support to Development team• Prepare documentation for a Panel Approval
event with external academic and professional input
Programme Design, development and Approval
• Guide for Programme teams• Input of Learning and Teaching team• Involvement of students• Internal Peer Review and positive feedback• Make the Approval Panel a positive and
developmental space
Annual Review and Monitoring
• Programme team and students are involved• Work with centrally provided data and analysis• External examiner reports• Industry & employer feedback• Student Evaluation• Areas for enhancement• Enable enhancements to be made without excess
bureaucracy• Feeds into School and university Annual Review
process
Activity
• Issues for QA for the MADA• Sharing through discussion and review of work• Identify priority work areas for tomorrow