The Departmental Review Process: Experiences and Insights

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The Departmental Review ProcessExperiences and
Insights

• Professor Mark Henaghan
• Dean of the Faculty of Law
• Professor David Baxter
• Dean of the School of Physiotherapy
• Convenor Professor D. Gareth Jones
• Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and
  International)

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Being Reviewed

• Opportunity to enhancewhat you are doing
• Involve everyone - go ingroups if more
  comfortable
• Focus on the future
• Highlight what you are doing well
• Highlight the barriers to doing even better

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Being Reviewed

• Dont hold back on your needs
• Dont be shy to use the panels expertise
• Pick a panel that will be constructive
• Focus on key issues that will make major
  differences
• Insist on action

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Reviewing

• A privilege
• Mindset to listen and enhance
• Assign areas of responsibility
• Highlight major issues that will make major
  differences

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Reviewing

• Draft full report on final day while all together
• Time is of the essence
• Commendations and recommendations
• Follow-up action

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Changes

• Think tank rather than review
• Action is the essence
• Availability for ongoing advice
• Simplify documents - teaching, resources,
  administration
• At the behest of the department or programme
  rather than the University