the quality assurance agency for higher education he-ness
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The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
HE-ness
Key elements of Higher Education Review
• peer review
• management of standards, quality, information and enhancement
• evidence-based
• reference to UK Quality Code for Higher Education
• scope and coverage: programmes of study leading to awards at levels 4-8 of the FHEQ
• involvement of students
• core and theme
Basic review process
What Higher Education has told us about Colleges.
IQER: 94% success rate
IRENI outcomes compared to RCHE outcomes
Colleges Institutions
Commended
Meets
Requires improvement to meet
Does not meet
HER: Academic Standards Judgements
Meets
Requires improvement
HER: Quality of Learning Opportunities Judgements
Commended
Meets
Requires improvement
Does not meet
HER: Information Judgements
Commended
Meets
Requires improvement
Does not meet
HER: Enhancement Judgements
Commended
Meets
Requires improvement
Does not meet
Some common issues in Higher Education Review recommendations
• The potential for confusing Enhancement with Enrichment and the subsequent need to be clear about the definition of Enhancement
• The participation of students in contributing to information that informs Enhancement strategy and in directly shaping Enhancement activity
• The strategic implementation of Enhancement initiatives as part of an effective and informed overview of HE provision
• The ineffectiveness of the overview of HE programmes
• The absence of good information, informed by the Quality code , to facilitate good decision making
• The need to acknowledge their particular responsibilities to HE students
• A lack of general engagement with the Quality Code
Themes from HER that might contribute to an HE ‘ethos’
• Strong oversight of HE programmes facilitated by good information and informed by the Quality Code
• Use of good information to enhance HE provision
• An approach to teaching, learning and resourcing that recognises the needs of all HE students
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• Effective relationships with Awarding bodies
• Mechanisms to engage and respond to student voice and the involvement of students in decision making
• Strong support for staff and students to improve teaching, learning and assessment, including the use of the Quality Code
• Employability used to contextualise teaching and learning leading to the enhanced engagement of students
• Support for staff development for professional updating and scholarly activity which is strengthened by strong relationships with awarding bodies
• HE that is delivered in partnership with all HE staff,
all HE students
• A clear and accurate overview of HE
• The Identification and addressing of HE student
needs
• The use of the Quality Code as a tool for
management
Task:
What are the specific needs of HE students?
What can you do to address these needs?
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