ACADEMIC QUALITY STANDARDS TEAM AQST who are

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM AQST: who are we? Admin staff (7. 0 fte) Clerical staff (3. 4 fte) Geoff Barker-Read Mike Byde Lorraine Cross Catherine Dickson Jenny Lyon Laura Cunliffe Christina Robinson Kate Swan Louise Ward Eileen Foster Christine Golden Pat Mc. Kay Droog Robinson

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 University’s reputation for excellence in learning & teaching.

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 University’s Learning and Teaching Strategy • Maintain effective and efficient quality assurance arrangements at all levels

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

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Compliance with the regulatory framework: Internal • Curricular Ordinances and Regulations • The Rules for Award • Examinations procedures External • The QAA’s Academic Infrastructure • Bologna process

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM The QA procedures: • • Programme and module approval Curriculum review (module, programme) Annual Health Check Student Academic Experience Review External examiners Responding to student feedback Collaborative provision

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Support for the L & T Committee system • • LTB (provided by LTSO) Faculty LTC (and SLTC if required) Cross-faculty LTC Admissions and WP (institution & faculty) Collaborative provision LTC Study Abroad SG Enterprise SG etc

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Faculty Pro Dean for L&T Admin AQST Contact Clerk Arts Dr D Platten Kate Swan Droog Robinson Biological Sciences Professor R Killington Louise Ward Droog Robinson Business Mr J Hillard Lorraine Cross Eileen Foster Environment Dr M Purvis Laura Cunliffe Christine Golden Engineering Professor S Biggs Catherine Dickson Pat Mc. Kay ESSL Mrs N Martin Clement Geoff Barker-Read Droog Robinson Maths and Physical Sciences Dr K Tapley Mike Byde Pat Mc. Kay Medicine and Health Dr M Waterman Jenny Lyon Christine Golden PVAC Dr S Baines Christina Robinson Pat Mc. Kay

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Collaborative provision • Accredited Colleges (York St John, Leeds Trinity & All Saints) • Affiliated Institutions (LCAD only now) • Faculty-level collaborations

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Involvement with projects • • Blended learning Space 2 Learn Cross-disciplinary portfolio UPMC Equality and diversity Retention Employer engagement ADF projects

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM Academic Quality & Standards Team website http: //www. leeds. ac. uk/aqst/

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM What’s new for 2009? 1. Regulatory matters – introduction of: MBiol, BSc; MDes, BDes; Grad. Cert; – Rules for Award for Integrated Masters and Graduate Certificate programmes of study; – clarification of the rules on temporary withdrawal from study and intercalations (re: student loan status); – changes to General Regulations (Academic Dress)

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM What’s new for 2009? 2. Student Academic Experience Reviews – – provision for two external representatives and for reviews to be chaired by a Pro-Dean from another faculty (by agreement); specific reference in the report to the University’s strategic priorities for learning and teaching: specifically, research-led teaching and Leeds for Life; confirmation in the report of the currency of programmes of study and re-approval of the programme specifications; reports to be forwarded to LTB and GB.

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM What’s new for 2009? 3. Responding to student feedback – revised arrangements for distribution of survey results; – revised template for School Action Plan; – revised presentation of Responding to your feedback website

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM What’s new for 2009? 4. School Codes of Practice on Assessment and Statements on Personal Tutoring – revised template for School Code of Practice on Assessment (new information to be provided); – development of a more comprehensive template to include agreed text where flexibility is inappropriate; – closer FLTC scrutiny of statements on personal tutoring

ACADEMIC QUALITY & STANDARDS TEAM What was 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.