LanQua 2nd coordinating committee meeting

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LanQua 2nd coordinating committee meeting

• Friday 14th November 2008
• University of Southampton

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Case studies

• illustrating how quality and standards are
  addressed in particular institutions and member
  states, and how particular quality requirements
  can be delivered (section D2 of LLP application)
• 5 case studies per sub project covering delivery,
  assessment of students and quality mechanisms

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Learning outcomes

• Identifying appropriate learning outcomes and
  mapping them against particular types of
  programme for different purposes and at different
  phases of education. These will emphasise what
  students should be able to do as a result of
  education in the first cycle of HE (and) offer
  some consideration of how these outcomes might be
  articulated with programmes in the second cycle,
  and with continuing education. (section 2d of
  LLP application)
• develop a draft statement of learning outcomes
  including statements of the knowledge,
  understanding and skills to be acquired (section
  D4 of LLP application)

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Planning for sub project workshops

• Date and venue?
• Agenda to include
• Year 1 review (including feedback from SP
  monitors and internal evaluator)
• Year 2 report case studies and learning outcomes
• Dissemination
• Management issues
• Looking ahead to Year 3 workshop

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Dissemination and publicity

• Dissemination tools
• Network conferences
• National events (not funded by project)
• International events?
• Publicity postcard
• Website www.lanqua.eu
• Discussion forum open to stakeholders

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Dissemination some suggestions

• Add launch event presentations to sub project
  pages
• Prepare introductory summaries for each sub
  project page
• Expand on launch event presentations to aid
  readability
• Prepare a standard PowerPoint  

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Internal communications

• Project meetings
• 2 network conferences
• 3 coordinating committee meetings
• Coordinating committee teleconferences
• 3 sub project meetings per sub project
• Virtual sub project meetings
• Email lists
• 5 sub project lists
• Coordinating committee
• All partners
• Discussion forum open to stakeholders

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Finances

• Travel subsistence
• On target
• Real costs v per diem
• General/indirect costs
• Maximum of 7 of direct costs
• Part of match-funding
• No evidence required

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Finances staff costs

• Actual costs real gross daily rate
• Signed timesheet (all partners)
• Keep supporting documents for 5 years
• Activity report

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Reporting to the Commission

• Progress report due 1/4/09
• Final report due 30/11/10
• Management team responsible for writing report
  but will need information on
• staff involvement in the project
• dissemination
• sub project meetings (minutes and attendance)

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Reporting to the Commission

• Each report contains
• Public part (including executive summary)
• Project achievements
• Readable / publishable
• Dissemination tool

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Reporting to the Commission

• Each report contains
• Confidential part
• Information about project management, contract
  and finances
• For Executive Agency use only, to determine
  continuation and payment

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Review of work plan
Work package Outputs Activity Dates Partners involved
MNGT PREP2 CC meets 2nd meeting of CC 14 Nov 2008 CC
QPLN Evaluator attends CC meeting Oral report to CC 14 Nov 2008 Evaluator
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Looking ahead LanQua tool-kit

• Purpose of the LanQua tool-kit
• Curriculum development
• Quality assurance
• Quality enhancement
• Better understanding by stakeholders (e.g.
  students, parents, policy makers, government,
  European Commission)

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Looking ahead LanQua tool-kit

• The LanQua tool-kit will comprise
• Benchmark statement/reference document
• mapping the field (how/what/where Year 1)
• intended learning outcomes, c.f. Tuning (what we
  want students to come away with -Year 2)
• standards (what level of attainment we expect
  students to achieve Year 3)

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Looking ahead LanQua tool-kit

• The LanQua tool-kit will also include
• Case studies (Year 2)
• Recommendations (Year 3)

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Looking ahead network conference

• Date June 2010
• Venue UK
• Participants all LanQua partners and key
  stakeholders
• Aim dissemination

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Looking ahead continuation

• Some food for thought
• Similar work but different sub project areas
• Other areas of quality assurance / enhancement
• Different aspect of language learning, e.g.
  e-learning, independent language learning

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Review of meeting Year 2 key dates
Jan-May 2009 Year 2 SP meetings
1 April 2009 Progress report for Executive Agency
Mar-Jun 2009 Year 2 reports case studies / learning outcomes
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Review of meeting Year 3 key dates
Oct 2009-Jan 2010 Year 3 SP meetings
Jan-Apr 2010 Year 3 reports standards /recommendations
Apr-Jun 2010 Tool-kit compiled and published
June 2010 2nd network conference
? Year 3 coordinating committee meeting