AUQA Preparation Overview

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AUQA Preparation Overview

• Faculty of Business and Economics

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University Planning Environment

• Vision
• Macquarie_at_50
• Strategic Plans
• Strategic Directions Partnership and Performance
  
• Research Strategic Plan
• Learning and Teaching Plan
• Operational Plans
• Review of Academic Structure
• Curriculum Review
• Capital Management Plan
• One Voice, One Image

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Quality Enhancement Framework
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• Faculty Board as representative academic assembly
  with student and cross Faculty representation
• LT, Research, FSQC, SE
• Faculty Executive as operational management group
• Terms of Reference for all faculty committees
• Agendas and minutes to be posted on FBE Intranet
• Loss of International Custodian ?

Themes Representative Accountable Transparent
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• Development of Faculty Strategic Objectives
• Faculty and Departmental operational plans by Mid
  June
• Review and documentation of existing processes
  and guidelines
• Revision of budget/plan alignment
• Appointment of Faculty Secretary
• Development of Faculty intranet
• Planning Taxonomy and Scope ?

Themes Unified Consistent Quality
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• Faculty
• New Faculty structure and roles
• Prof development of Faculty Executive
• Headstart Programme for ADs/HoDs
• Position descriptions for HoDs and ADs
• Workload Model Review
• Faculty KPIs embedded in PDR
• LT
• Focus upon Quality Assurance
• Transition to new degrees (UG and PG)
• Foundation Year development and new curriculum
• Research and HDR
• Alignment of support for research with research
  outputs
• Identification of research specialisms
• HDR Enrolments and Completions

Themes Coordination Deployment Performance
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• Local graduate market research completed
• LEU/LET data driven interventions
• External Reviews of Dept Accounting and Finance
  Dept Economics in 2009.
• Review of moderation arrangements for all
  partners
• Unit review, and degree review planning cycle.
• University Honours and Graduate review pending
• Absence of Market and Cohort Data

Themes Results Reflection Improvement
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Issues ?

• Lack of clarity in planning hierarchy
• Lack of data, and systems to collect/collate
  data, to help us understand where we are.
• External engagement and community referencing not
  systemised or resourced
• International recruitment focus rather than
  cohort experience