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Scholarly activity in CHE: a QAA perspective

MEG conference 2 May 2014 Elizabeth Halford and Ian Welch, QAA

QAA’s Research Strategy

Intentions:  To inform policy making (

at national and institutional levels

)  To provide an analysis of current trends in higher education (

and their social and economic consequences)

 To enhance practice and the student experience in higher education

(and the learning gain resulting from the experience)

Commissioned research project

 In 2012-13 a project was commissioned by QAA and undertaken by Jonathan Simmons (UWE) and John Lea (Canterbury Christ Church University)

“Capturing a higher education ethos in college higher education”

This explores the context in which FECs in England respond to the opportunities and challenges of providing HE programmes

Methodology

    The research provides a contextual setting for CHE practice, drawing on the existing literature It discusses what it means for colleges to be” higher” and “scholarly” – the four lenses, and draws upon the four scholarship models of Boyer (1990) It provides a summary review of IQER findings and emergent themes Six anonymised case studies of CHE

Main recommendations

    Making sure partnership and validation arrangements meet the needs of students Promoting a higher education ethos at colleges with smaller scale provision Investigating academic and vocational drift The research environment should provide a context for taught courses

RCHE and IR outcomes

 5 out of 79 recommendations about Scholarly activity  4 out of 38 Good practice about scholarly activity

What we found:

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Formalise the leadership and coordination of teaching and learning scholarship and research

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Produce and reflect on an overview for scholarship activity.

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Develop a systematic approach to analyse the impact of teaching and learning, scholarly activity and staff development

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develop a higher education staff development plan to include teaching and learning and scholarly activity

Themes

 HE identity and ethos supported by scholarship initiatives  Overview of scholarly activity to HE support strategic aims and enhancement  Link between scholarly activity and staff development  Link between scholarly activity and teaching and learning

The report is available

 Through links on the QAA website:  http:// www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGui dance/Pages/HE-ethos-Lea-Simmons.aspx