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What is the QME Framework?• How the University assures itself of the quality and
standards of its education provision
• A combination of reporting, data, and reviews of current practice
• Currently done through the LTERAP (Learning and Teaching Enhancement Report and Action Plan)
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Why Change?• LTERAP is eight years old, designed for a School
based University
• Changing Quality Assurance landscape
• Post Institutional Review
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Who?• All teaching staff are responsible for quality
assuring their education and making enhancement plans
• Module coordinators (or equivalent) and Directors of Programmes (or equivalent) have a defined role, which may be new in some faculties
• Associate Deans responsible to UPC for assuring quality of delivery in their areas
• Supported by Faculty Education Managers and Curriculum and Quality Teams
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How will it be done?• Reviews of modules and programmes when
complete
• Faculty Risk Register and Action Plans
• New Document Repository (Sharepoint)
• Improved use of Management Information
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Module Report Form• Completed by module lead/coordinator role
• Questions on Assessment, Student Feedback, Content, Enhancement Plans
• Similar to existing reports in some faculties
• Can be completed for 2012-13 Semester 1 modules as a pilot
• Should be completed for 2012-13 Semester 2 modules
• Will be used to complete Annual Programme Report
• Standard questions: local variation is only allowed in formatting to enable pre-population of data on the form
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Annual Programme Report• Completed by Director of Programmes
• Completed for groups of similar programmes, as directed by AD
• Overview, Content, Enhancement
• Specific questions about Academic Standards and Learning Opportunities, guided by QAA questions of the University
• Standard questions: local variation is only allowed in formatting to enable pre-population of data on the form
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Faculty Risk Register & Action Plan• Used to identify high risk modules, programmes,
activities
• Risk might be identified by
– New staff/activity– Poor student feedback– Poor assessment scores– External Examiner feedback– Collaborative Provision
• Action Plan will also include enhancement activities
• Standard item of business at all FPCs
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Faculty Programmes Report• Completed by Associate Dean (Education) annually
• Comments on Risk Register and Action Plan
• Provides feedback on Enhancement Activities
• Reviewed by UPC
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Timing• Module Report Forms: end of semesters
(Feb/March, June/July)
• Annual Programem Reports: August –September
• Faculty Programmes Review: September-December
• FPC meetings in Autumn term, UPC in January term
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Audits• Annual Audit (Faculty A to B, B to C, C to D etc.) to
spot check evidence of key processes in document repository
• Led by member of UPC (usually an Associate Dean), supported by their FEM and CQA Team
• 1-2 days activity
• Each faculty audited once per academic year
• Will be done in 14, treating all faculties as though they are ‘high risk’ – from 2015, frequency and number of audits may vary
• Reviewed for 2014-15
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UPC• UPC will receive Faculty Programmes Reports and
have access to the Annual Programmes Report & Module Reports
• Scrutiny of Associate Deans by UPC
• Option to hold separate Education Oversight Meetings with each Faculty to discuss annual quality monitoring process and education strategy
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A new Document Repository• Proposal to end the use of the J:/LTERAP drive and
start with a new Sharepoint site
• Still in early planning stage but will be in use from September 2013
• Provides evidence base for key quality assurance processes
• Developed in response to feedback from Faculty Curriculum and Quality Assurance Teams
• Longer term aim to develop more online processes
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Reviewing the process• A scheduled ‘how did this go’ review in February
2014
• Feedback on the process as it happens to [email protected]
• Comments will be considered by Associate Deans
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