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January 2013

  • 16 January 2013 0930 Claus Moser 2.08 ; Quality Seminar Series - No 2. Professor Roger Brown "Quality assurance: Past, present and Future"

Professor Brown will look at the immediate background to the current quality assurance regime. He will then look at how it might evolve in the light of the tensions between peer review and market competition. He will look in particular at the role likely to be played by information: the National Student Survey, the Key Information Set and the commercial league tables.

Roger Brown is a Professor of Higher Education Policy at Liverpool Hope University.

Until his retirement in 2007, he was Vice Chancellor of Southampton Solent University, where he was also Professor of Higher Education Policy, and he retains an active research interest in the field.

He was until August 1997 Chief Executive of the Higher Education Quality Council and was previously Head of Research and Strategy at the Committee of Vice-Chancellors & Principals, Chief Executive of the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics, and Secretary of the Polytechnics & Colleges Funding Council.

He has written on a wide range of higher education topics. His last book, Higher Education and the Market, was published in September 2010 and his latest new book is due out in spring 2013.

December 2012

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Keele QA Newsletter 1212

  • As you may be aware we are preparing for the QAA Institutional Review. 

As part of the preparations for Institutional Review, the University produced a Self Evaluation Document (SED).  A steering group chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor with representation from the executive, academic, professional services and the student body, led the production of the SED.  Drafts were widely circulated and considered at ULTC, UEC and Senate.  The final version was signed off by the Vice -Chancellor before submission to the QAA just before Christmas 2012.

Keele Self Evaluation Document

KeeleSED2013 - you will need a Keele Login in and password to download the file

This document is intended for internal use only and should not be supplied to anyone outside the institution.

Colleagues are invited to consider the document and offer suggestions for further evidence to Sian Conner.

The Student body of the University were invited by the QAA to submit a Student Written Submission (SWS) for the Institutional Review Panel to provide a students' view on the University submission.

SWS2013 

What happens next?

The QAA will undertake their first team visit on 29 January 2013.  At that time, they will meet with senior members of staff and representatives from KeeleSU and KPA. 

We anticipate that after the January meeting, we will need to contact staff for additional information, availability for the main visit in March 2013 and further evidence.

Briefing events before the main visit

QA will run a series of briefing events in the week commencing 25 February 2013.  Further details will be made available following the January 2013 visit.

The main visit

The main visit will take place on 11- 15 March 2013.  At that time there will be a series of themed meeting with various staff across the institution identified by the QAA.

Further details

Anyone wanting further details, please contact Sian Conner via email or telephone extension 33085

November 2012

The QA webpages underwent a review.

QAA News 261112

Keele QA Newsletter 1112

October 2012

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Keele QA Newsletter 1012

September 2012

  • 17 September 2012 1230 Claus Moser 2.03 ; Quality Seminar Series - No 1. Mrs Maureen McLaughlin "IRENI"

Maureen will give a presentation about IRENI and then there will be an opportunity for an informal question and answer session.

Maureen McLaughlin is an Assistant Director at the QAA and the IRENI Method Coordinator.

  • The new style of agenda appeared at Faculty Teaching & Learning Committees (FLTCs)
  • The internal QA team began to present their update as a paper, the Keele QA newsletter, to the FLTCs.  The newsletter presents both external and internal news as well as up-coming events across all three Faculties.Keele QA Newsletter 0912

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