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Quality Monitoring and Enhancement Framework. Spring 2013. 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
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Quality Monitoring and Enhancement Framework Spring 2013
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)
Why Change? • LTERAP is eight years old, designed for a School based University • Changing Quality Assurance landscape • Post Institutional Review
When? • Changes take effect from summer 2013
Who? • All teaching staff are responsible for quality assuring their education and making enhancement plans • Module leads (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
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
Module Report Form • Completed by module lead 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
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
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
Faculty Programmes Report • Completed by Associate Dean (Education) annually • Comments on Risk Register and Action Plan • Provides feedback on Enhancement Activities • Reviewed by UPC
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
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
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
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
Reviewing the process • A scheduled ‘how did this go’ review in February 2014 • Feedback on the process as it happens to qsa@soton.ac.uk • Comments will be considered by Associate Deans
Aims for the future • Develop IT infrastructure to enable more online forms • Develop the document repository (working with iSolutions) • Improve how we use information to assure the quality of our education