AUQA2 Review Visit to Macquarie University Staff Briefing

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AUQA2 Review Visit to Macquarie
UniversityStaff Briefing
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Todays Briefing

• Quality Enhancement Framework
• AUQA1 Review Visit
• Planning for AUQA2 Review Visit
• Macquaries Performance Portfolio
• Chap 1 Progress since 2002
• Chap 2 - Internationalisation
• Chap 3 Research and Research Training
• What this means for you

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What is the purpose of the Quality Enhancement
Framework?

• Systematic approach to know
• Where we are going?
• How to get there
• How we are performing against our goals?
• What we need to do to improve

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Quality Enhancement Framework

• Does every University Unit and activity have?
• Governance, i.e. who is responsible?
• Policies and Plans, i.e. where are we going how
  to get there?
• Management and Implementation, i.e. resources
• Evaluation, Review and Reporting, i.e. how are we
  going?
• See Quality Policy and Guidelines in Policy
  Central
• http//www.mq.edu.au/policy/q.htm

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AUQA Who are they?

• AUQA is responsible for
• Quality audits of higher education
• Reporting on performance and outcomes
• Assisting in quality enhancement
• Advising on quality assurance
• Liaising with other international quality
  agencies in higher education

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AUQA How do they fulfil their role?

• 5 year Audit cycle
• Methodology ADRI with triangulation
• Approach What is the universitys mission,
  vision, values
• Deployment How effectively this is put into
  effect?
• Results Does the deployment achieve the planned
  results?
• Improvement Is there a continuous ADR cycle
  resulting in quality enhancement?

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AUQA1

• Focus on Fitness for Purpose i.e. are internal
  arrangements operations capable of achieving
  university aims?
• Whole of University audit
• Report available on the Web
• http//www.auqa.edu.au/qualityaudit/reports/auditr
  eport_macquarie_2003.doc

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AUQA2

• Focus broadened
• Fitness for purpose are we achieving/capable of
  achieving our goals?
• Fitness of purpose do our goals meet the
  requirements of external reference points?
• Benchmarking how does MQ compare with similar
  institutions?
• Thematic approach
• Focus broadened but in limited area

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Themes for AUQA2

• Internationalisation
• ADRI based around AUQA1, compliance with ESOS,
  etc., MQs Internationalisation Strategy, and
  benchmarking
• Research and Research Training
• ADRI based around AUQA1, MQs Research Strategic
  Plan and benchmarking

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What is AUQA2 Review visitbased on?

• Macquaries Performance Portfolio of 20,000
  words
• Chapter 1 updates since AUQA1 how we addressed
  the Recommendations
• Chapter 2 Internationalisation
• Chapter 3 Research and Research Training

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AUQA2 Timeline

• Nov-Dec 2008 Consultation re Performance
  Portfolio
• Dec 2008 expert analysis of Performance
  Portfolio
• 23 Jan 2009 Performance Portfolio sent to AUQA
• Mar 2009 AUQA visit to arrange Review Program
• Apr 2009 potential offshore visits MQ
  identifies interviewees
• 4 May 2009 AUQA Review visit commences

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AUQA2 Panel

• Emeritus Prof Andrew Lister, Consultant
• Dr Mark Hay, AUQA
• Prof Andrew Flitman, Swinburne U.T.
• Dr Jane Knight, U. of Toronto
• Prof Vi McLean, QUT
• http//www.mq.edu.au/quality/auqa2.htmpanel

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Chapter 1

• Overall direction - under new management
• Priorities - implementation of performance
  culture
• Quality Enhancement Framework, incl. reviews,
  accreditation benchmarking
• AUQA1 response to Recommendations
• Summary - assessment of progress, major risks
  how they are being managed, plus areas for
  improvement

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Chapter 1

• This web address will continue to be updated with
  Chapter 1 content
• http//www.mq.edu.au/quality/performance-portfolio
  -chapter1.htm
• And you will be able to submit your Staff
  Feedback responses here
• http//www.mq.edu.au/quality/auqa2.htm

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How can you contribute?

• Regularly check the Web for updated versions of
  Performance Portfolio
• Provide feedback
• Provide additional information
• Advise on potential interviewees
• Participate in Review Visit
• http//www.mq.edu.au/quality/auqa2.htmperformance