QAA Summative Review Staff Briefing Leeds College of Art 8 September 2010

Briefing Agenda

13:00 – 13:30 Presentation 13:30 – 13:45 Questions & Answers 13:45 – 14:00 Coffee 14:00 – 14:30 Workshop Task (cafe) 14:30 – 15:00 Wrapping Up

The Summative Review

• Visit w/c 14 February 2011 • Reviews the quality of the HE student learning experience • Covers all aspects of the College’s management of its HE provision • Takes account of the role of the awarding body • No college nominees on the review team • Summative review report is published openly

The 3 Themes

The Summative Review process explores the 3 core themes of IQER 1. Academic standards

– the level of achievement a student has to reach in order to achieve a particular award or qualification

2. Quality of learning opportunities

– the effectiveness of everything provided by the college, to ensure that students have the best possible opportunity to meet the stated learning outcomes of their programmes and academic standards of the awards they are seeking to achieve

3. Public information

– Information about academic programmes, academic standards and the quality of learning opportunities published by the college

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Possible Outcomes

Provisional judgements

(

Academic standards

and related to core themes 1&2

Quality of Learning Opportunities

) o o o

Confidence Limited confidence No confidence

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Provisional conclusion

related to core theme 3 (

Public Information

) o

Reliance can be placed

o o

Reliance cannot be placed

May also reach the conclusion that the information is accurate, but incomplete, or vice versa.

• identifies

good practice

and

recommendations

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What we need to do

Central Team

o Produce Self Evaluation Document (SED) o Facilitate Student Written Submission (SWS) o Track progress of Action Plan from the Development Engagement o Collate central evidence o Prepare baseroom •

Programme Teams

o Familiarity with QAA’s Academic Infrastructure o Contributions to Quality File o Assist in engaging students o On standby, attend meetings •

Quality & Standards

o Policy review, check, update, communicate o Ensure flow of information between the College and OU

Self Evaluation Document (SED)

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Headings

o o o Introduction to College and awarding bodies Details of College responsibilities for HE Outline of recent changes affecting HE provision  

Structured around the 3 themes

 academic standards quality of learning opportunities public information

Deadline w/c 22 Nov 2010

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Student Written Submission (SWS)

Students are invited to produce a Student Written Submission (SWS)

o Student submission should reflect students own views of their experience as learners but could include:  Information college publishes      Information given to students about assessment etc Experience as a learner Feedback Quality of learning resources and facilities opportunity to get involved o Methods could include focus groups, questionnaires and a forum o Submission a 3-4 page written report

Deadline w/c 22 Nov 2010

Academic Infrastructure

sets out expectations for the level and broad content of higher education awards provides guidance on maintaining quality and standards for universities and colleges. set out expectations about standards of degrees in a range of subject areas. concise description of the intended learning outcomes of an HE programme

Quality File

• The Quality File is a revised version of the

Course Audit

• A means by which we collate evidence of how our programmes are managed • The Quality Files will provide key evidence and made available to the Summative Review Teams in the base room during the visit

Week

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W/c

13-Sep 20-Sep 27-Sep 04-Oct 11-Oct 18-Oct 25-Oct 01-Nov 08-Nov 15-Nov 22-Nov 29-Nov 06-Dec 13-Dec 20-Dec 27-Dec 03-Jan 10-Jan 17-Jan 24-Jan 31-Jan 07-Feb 14-Feb 21-Feb 28-Feb 07-Mar 14-Mar 21-Mar 28-Mar 04-Apr 11-Apr 18-Apr 25-Apr

Time +/- visit

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Summative Review Timeline

Write Self-Evaluation Document (SED) & engage students in Student Written Submission (SWS) Submit SED and SWS Collate evidence Prepare baseroom Visit (14-15 Feb 2011) Draft report received Final report received

Workshop

3 Themes of Summative Review

Core Theme 1: Academic standards

 the level of achievement a student has to reach in order to achieve a particular award or qualification

Core Theme 2: Quality of learning opportunities

 the effectiveness of everything provided by the college, to ensure that students have the best possible opportunity to meet the stated learning outcomes of their programmes and academic standards of the awards they are seeking to achieve __________________________________________________

Core Theme 3: Public information

 Information about academic programmes, academic standards and the quality of learning opportunities published by the college

Workshop Questions Core theme 1: Academic standards 1.1 How are responsibilities for managing and delivering higher education standards delegated within the management structure and what reporting arrangements are in place? 1.2 What account is taken of the Academic Infrastructure? 1.3 How does the College assure itself that it is fulfilling its obligations to ensure that the standards of higher education provision meet the requirements of validating partners and awarding bodies? 1.4 What are the College's arrangements for staff development to support the achievement of appropriate academic standards? Core theme 2: Quality of learning opportunities 2.1 How are responsibilities for managing the quality of learning opportunities for higher education programmes delegated within the management structure and what reporting arrangements are in place?

2.2 How does the College assure itself that it is fulfilling its obligations to its awarding bodies to ensure that students received appropriate learning opportunities? 2.3 What account is taken of the Academic Infrastructure?

2.4 How does the College assure itself that the quality of teaching and learning is being maintained and enhanced? 2.5 How does the College assure itself that students are supported effectively? 2.6 What are the College's arrangements for staff development to maintain and enhance the quality of learning opportunities? 2.7 How does the College ensure the sufficiency and accessibility of the learning resources the students need to achieve the intended learning outcomes for their programmes?