Enhancing excellence in learning and teaching

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Enhancing excellence in learning and teaching

• Liz Beaty
• Director
• Learning and Teaching

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2003 Conference
Quality enhancement
Quality assurance
Learning experience of 2008
Funding and HE supply
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Strategic Plan themes

• Diversity and collaboration
• Innovation and change management
• Regional agenda
• Lifelong learning and progression

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Key Developments (1)

• Quality assurance
• New quality assurance framework
• Transparency and information
• National student survey
• External examiners
• Student achievement
• Bologna

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Key Developments (2)

• Quality enhancement
• Rewards to HEIs/individuals Centres of Teaching
  Excellence, NTFS
• Establishment of the quality enhancement academy
• Focus on mode and innovative approaches
  (eLearning and workplace/ work-based learning)
• Training and professional development

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Key Developments (3)

• Funding and HE Supply
• Review of teaching funding method in light of
  fees and HEFCE strategy
• Modest growth through Foundation Degrees
• Funding for HR strategies and capital
• HE in FE

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Centres of Teaching Excellence

• Pedagogy based
• Programme focused
• Providing rewards and investment
• Encouraging intra and cross HE collaboration
• Articulated with quality enhancement academy

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Working together

• Consultations
• Strategic committee
• Ideas from the sector
• Leadership from the sector in standards

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Issues

• Providing public information while containing
  burden
• Improving standards while maintaining an
  effective external examining system and
  motivating and supporting staff
• Providing rewards to excellent individuals and
  institutions while meeting the overall quality
  enhancement challenge

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Issues (2)

• Identifying excellence accurately while
  containing burden
• Providing grant for teaching appropriately to
  maintain quality in a diversely funded system
• Providing the HE supply that meets the needs of a
  knowledge-based economy