QAA Institutional Audit 2008

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QAA Institutional Audit 2008

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QAA Institutional Audit 2008. Why are we here?. provide and gather information ask and answer questions; discuss issues reassurance - we're confident reassurance - this shouldn't affect you very much nice cup of tea and a biscuit. Who are QAA?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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QAA Institutional Audit 2008

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Why are we here?

• provide and gather information

• ask and answer questions; discuss issues

• reassurance - we're confident

• reassurance - this shouldn't affect you very much

• nice cup of tea and a biscuit

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Who are QAA?

• Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)'s mission: to safeguard the public interest in sound standards of HE qualifications and to inform and encourage continuous improvement in the management of the quality of HE

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What is Institutional Audit?

• an evidence-based process carried out through peer review ... with an emphasis on students and their learning

• publicly credible, independent and rigorous scrutiny of institutions

• encourages institutions to be self-evaluative

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Audit focuses

• everything! – at the institutional management level

• PGR• collaborative courses• published information; Europe• enhancement: deliberate steps at

institutional level to improve the quality of learning opportunities

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What is Institutional Audit?

• an evidence-based process carried out through peer review ... with an emphasis on students and their learning

• publicly credible, independent and rigorous scrutiny of institutions

• encourages institutions to be self-evaluative

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What evidence?

• Institutional Briefing Paper (IBP)

• Student Written Submission (SWS)

• strategies, policies, reviews, minutes...

• meetings with staff and students

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Institutional Briefing Paper (IBP)• key document

• 30 pages

• description, self-aware reflection and analysis

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Student Written Submission (SWS)

• prepared by Students' Union

• piece of evidence for audit team

• TQ and SU talking frequently

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What is Institutional Audit?

• an evidence-based process carried out through peer review ... with an emphasis on students and their learning

• publicly credible, independent and rigorous scrutiny of institutions

• encourages institutions to be self-evaluative

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Who are our peers?

• 4 people, plus Audit secretary

• Julia Clarke, Leeds

• Richard Gadsden, Loughborough

• Richard Tong, UWIC

• Denis Wright, Imperial

• Louise Walmsley, Manchester (Audit secretary)

Clarke

Tong

Gadsden

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Audit timeline

• 1 Sept: IBP and SWS to QAA

• 7-9 October: Briefing Visit

• 10 Oct-9 Nov: busy, busy, busy

• 10-14 Nov: Audit visit

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After the Audit

• by end Nov: key findings letter

• 16 January: draft report

• 13 March: final report

• 10 April: report published

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Findings• Judgement on standards

– "present and likely future management"– confidence– limited confidence– no confidence

• Judgement on quality– "present and likely future management"– confidence– limited confidence– no confidence

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Report

• 2-page summary

• main report

• technical annex

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Briefing Visit

• 7-9 October

• Audit team learns more about university

• meets the VC

• meets key TQ people

(academic & admin)

• meets student reps

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Audit Visit

• audit trails– likely to be based on recent SDRs

• 10-14 November• Audit team tests evidence, makes

judgements• 4/5 meetings, 8 people in each, 1 with

students• "high-value" people - range of roles

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Preparations

• Departmental healthcheck

• drafting IBP now

• QAA Code of Practice check

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Key issues

• course specs

• enhancement

• assessment conventions

• information flows

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Questions?

• Karen O’Brien: 23342, [email protected]• Julian Moss: 22707, [email protected]• Jenny Bradfield: 74464, [email protected]• Helen Hutchings, 50239, [email protected]