Transcript Quality Assurance and Verification: the impact of college regionalisation Juliette McGinley QA Logistics Manager QA Logistics Officers Approval Team Alastair Morton Planning Manager Qualification Verification Team Planning Officer Business Development Manager.

Quality Assurance and Verification:
the impact of college regionalisation
Juliette McGinley
QA Logistics
Manager
QA Logistics
Officers
Approval Team
Alastair Morton
Planning
Manager
Qualification
Verification Team
Planning Officer
Business
Development
Manager
Verification Planning 2013-14 Session
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Previous pilot activities for 10 Colleges on New Approach
All Scotland’s Colleges – met / discussed finalised Verification plan (June – Aug 13)
Real focus on entry information
Discussed verification areas which have over / not verified
College Verification Plans agreed in partnership
Consultation of HN Graded Unit selections (Feb 14)
College Mergers
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Number of Colleges in process of merging
Most have transitioned onto New Approach to Quality Assurance Model
Remaining will transfer session 2014-15
Sensitive to the transitional period
Majority of merging centres have yet to finalise single SEED number and will be
operating under original numbers for next 6 – 12 months
• Most cases for 2013-14 session, centres are being treated as individual Colleges
Challenges of Changing Quality Assurance Approaches
in Merging Colleges
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Examples of Challenges of Verification following
College Merger
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Data and Systems
Verification Selections and Planning
Centre contact and communications
New Appointee Conflicts of Interest
Standardisation and Internal Verification across more campuses previously
discrete centres.
• Candidate evidence being at different locations
• Opportunity to speak to candidates more restricted
• Following full merger, Outcome of verification across all sites
Moving Forward
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No “one-fit” solution
SQA team in place to support each individual College merger
Specific Regional Manager
SQA will continue to meet regularly with Quality Managers
Working closely with all centre to define new quality assurance
approaches and processes
• Verification Planning process to continue
• City of Glasgow fully merged 2011-12
• One merger is at advance stage (Edinburgh College)
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