Who are we

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Who are we?

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Who are we?
ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Admin staff
• Geoff Barker-Read
• Mike Byde
• Lorraine Cross
• Catherine Dickson
• Jenny Lyon
• Laura Martin
• Christina Robinson
• Kate Swan
• Louise Ward

• Clerical staff
• Eileen Foster
• Christine Golden
• Pat McKay
• Liam Pollock
• Droog Robinson

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• What do we do?
• Mission
• As part of LTS, to work in partnership with
  faculties, schools and other central services to
  secure the Universitys reputation for excellence
  in learning teaching.

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• What do we do?

• AQST roles and activities
• Support the development of policy and procedures
  in line with the implementation of the
  Universitys Learning and Teaching Strategy
• Maintain effective and efficient quality
  assurance arrangements at all levels

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• What do we do?

• Identify opportunities for the enhancement of
  learning and teaching and the student academic
  experience through effective and efficient review
  processes, including the use of appropriate
  management information
• Support staff at all levels on learning and
  teaching issues

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Compliance with the regulatory framework

• Internal
• Curricular Ordinances
• Curricular Regulations
• The Rules for Award
• Examinations procedures
• External
• The Academic Infrastructure
• Bologna

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• The QA procedures

• Programme and module approval
• Curricular review (module, programme)
• Annual Health Check
• Student Academic Experience Review
• External examiners
• Responding to student feedback

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• LTB
• Faculty LTC
• School LTC
• Admissions and WP
• Study Abroad
• Enterprise
• etc

• Support for the L T Committee system

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM
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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Collaborative provision
• Accredited Colleges
• Affiliated Institutions
• Faculty-level collaborations

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Involvement with strategic projects
• 14-19 curriculum
• Blended learning
• Cross-disciplinary portfolio
• UMPC
• Equality and diversity
• MANTLE
• Retention

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Academic Quality Standards Team website
• http//www.leeds.ac.uk/qmeu/

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Whats new for 2008?
• 1. Regulatory matters
• introduction of MEnv, BA
• clarification of credit requirements for PGCE
  and Integrated Masters
• changes to General Regulations (Academic Dress,
  and effect of age discrimination legistaltion)
• policy statement on students with criminal
  records

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Whats new for 2008?
• 2. External examiners procedures
• requirement that all level 1 modules included in
  postgraduate programmes must be subject to
  oversight by a suitably qualified external
  examiner.

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ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM

• Whats new for 2008?
• External examiners procedures
• The external examiner should endorse any August
  papers, either at the same time as approving the
  assessment for the main examinations or as a
  separate exercise where papers are only set as
  required
• The external examiner should endorse the marks
  following August examinations, this might be done
  either through confirming the marks following
  remote consideration or attendance at the
  Examination Board in late August/September.