uk quality code for higher education chapter b4: enabling student development and achievement...
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UK Quality Code for Higher Education
Chapter B4: Enabling student development and achievement
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One Quality CodePart A: Setting and maintaining academic standards
Part C: Information about higher education provision
Chapter B7: External examining
Chapter B11: Research degrees
Chapter B5: Student engagement
Chapter B3: Learning and teaching
Chapter B10: Managing higher education provision with others
Chapter B9: Academic appeals and student complaints
Chapter B6: Assessment of students and the recognition of prior learning
Chapter B4: Enabling student development and achievement
Chapter B8: Programme monitoring and review
Chapter A1: UK and European reference points for academic standards
Chapter A2: Degree-awarding bodies' reference points for academic standardsChapter A3: Processes for setting and maintaining academic standards
Part B: Assuring and enhancing academic qualityChapter B1: Programme design, development and approval
Chapter B2: Recruitment, selection and admission to higher education
The Quality Code jigsawThe existing elements of the Academic Infrastructure put back together in a different
order
Some reworking to cover topics in a more
appropriate way
Some completely new chapters e.g. student
engagement
Review and editing of the whole for
consistency and to reduce duplication
Key components
Explanation
Indicators of sound
practice
Expectation: what higher
education providers expect of each other and which students and the public can expect of all higher education providers
Chapter B4: Enabling student development and achievement
ExpectationHigher education providers have in place, monitor and evaluate arrangements and resources which enable students to develop their academic, personal and professional potential.
Where did it come from?
• Need for a Chapter on ‘supporting students’ identified during evaluation of the Academic Infrastructure
• Embedding content of Code of practice Section 8: Careers education, information, advice and guidance and relevant parts of Section 3: Disabled students
• But also covering learning resources and other mechanisms that higher education providers put in place to facilitate student achievement
Input from…
Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association
JISC
Equality Challenge Unit
Society of College, National and University Libraries
AMOSSHE
Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services
What does it cover?
• Every student, whatever their location, level or mode of study – all students can be enabled to develop their potential
• Transitions into, through and out of higher education
• Integrated approach and definition of responsibilities – to the student, seamless
Strategic approaches
Student transitions
Facilitating development and achievement
Key themes
Equality and diversity
• inclusivity• protected characteristics• accessible
Within and beyond the curriculum
Staff
•All those who facilitate learning
•Appropriately qualified, supported and developed
Learning and teaching practices are informed by reflection, evaluation of professional practice, and subject-specific and educational scholarship B3: Learning and teaching, Indicator 3
• Removing existing inconsistencies
• Updating further references• The ‘web portal’• Revising the integral
elements of Part A• qualifications frameworks• subject benchmark
statements
• The five year plan
Quality Code – where next?
Further information
Website:www.qaa.ac.uk/qualitycode
Email:[email protected]
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