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Bologna Day
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance
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NZ Quality Assurance Bodies
Minister/Ministry of Education
NZ Vice Chancellors Committee
NZ Qualifications Authority
8 Universities
790 PTEs 3 Wananga 11 GTEs 1 ITP
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Aspects of Quality Assurance
Initial Registration/Establishment
Provider Accreditation
Course Approval
Monitoring
Quality Audit
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Initial Registration/Establishment

• Private Tertiary Education Providers must be
  registered by NZQA
• Public Tertiary Education Providers are
  established under the Education Act

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Course Approval

• Ensures that a course is
• a coherent programme based on clear and
  consistent aims, content, learning outcomes, and
  assessment practices.

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Provider Accreditation

• Accreditation provides assurance that a provider
  is capable of delivering an approved course.
• e.g.
• physical resources
• adequate staffing
• support for research (degrees)

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Criteria for Course Approval
ITPQ
NZQA
CUAP
Issue No. 178 4449
WELLINGTON THURSDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2002
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Criteria for Course Approval and Accreditation
(1-4)

• Title, aims, learning outcomes, cohesion
• Delivery and learning methodsContact, distance,
  e-learning, blended
• Assessment (and moderation)Fair, valid,
  consistent
• AcceptabilityAcademic communitiesProfessional/In
  dustrial communitiesOther communities (e.g.
  Maori)

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Criteria for Course Approval and Accreditation
(5-8)

• Regulationse.g. Entry (academic, experience,
  language)
• ResourcesBuildingsTeaching/learning resources
  (library, computers)Staff (academic,
  administrative, support)Student support services
  
• Evaluation and ReviewContinuous improvement
• Research (degrees only)

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The Register of Quality Assured Qualifications

• Comprehensive list of all quality assured
  qualifications in New Zealand
• Consistent with the Bologna agreement

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THE REGISTER
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Information held on the Register

• The title of the qualification
• The level at which the qualification is
  registered
• The outcome statement attached to the
  qualification
• The credit requirements of the qualification
• The subject classification
• Qualification developer/provider details
• Quality Assurance Body details
• Qualification content
• Entry requirements

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KiwiQuals www.kiwiquals.govt.nz

• Find out what a qualification covers, and the
  skills required
• Compare qualifications (some may look alike but
  are very different)
• Find relevant qualifications

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Quality Audit

• New Zealand Qualifications Authority/ITP Quality
  conducts
• scheduled audits (to assess on-going compliance
• with QA Standard One/ITPNZ QA Standard)
• unscheduled audits (if significant concerns are
• raised about an establishment)

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QA Standard One

• Quality Assurance Standard
• for PTEs, GTEs and Wananga

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QA Standard One

• 1.1 Goals and objectives
• 1.2 Systems to achieve goals and objectives
• 1.2.1 governance and management
• 1.2.2 personnel
• 1.2.3 physical and learning resources
• 1.2.4 learner information, entry and support
• 1.2.5 development, delivery and review of
  courses
• 1.2.6 assessment and moderation
• 1.2.7 notification and reporting on learner
  achievement
• 1.2.8 research
• 1.3 Achievement of goals and objectives

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Monitoring of Degrees
In the first few years A Board appointed Monitor
makes an annual visit. Once well
established Monitoring by analysis of an annual
programme evaluation report.
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