Posted on Thu 03 Apr 2014 at 10:21 by
Zahid Raja
The Quality Assurance Agency who review Universities every 6 years in England and Wales will be at Swansea University today and tomorrow (03-04 April 2014) as part their review. You can read more about what’s going on here: http://www.swansea-union.co.uk/blogs/blog/President/2014/03/12/Institutional-Review-The-Journey-So-Far/
By now, the Review team will have read the body of evidence which includes the University’s self-evaluation document and the Students’ Union’s Submission:
Part 1 - http://youtu.be/SthAhYUo708
Part 2 - http://www.bigswanseareview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/studentsubmissionpart1.pdf
The purpose of this visit is for the Review team to discuss its initial views, decide on issues for exploration, identify any extra documentation needed, and develop a programme for the actual review visit due to take place in the middle of May.
The timetable for their visit looks like this:
Thursday April 3rd
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Who is required
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1200
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Institutional Review team and QAA Officer arrive at the institution
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Adrian Novis to meet and greet
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1200-1300
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Review team private meeting (QAA Officer in attendance)
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N/A
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1300-1400
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Review team and QAA Officer non-working lunch with the institutional facilitator (IF) and lead student representative (LSR)
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Adrian Novis
Zahid Raja
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1400-1445
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Review team private meeting (QAA Officer in attendance)
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N/A
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14.45-15.30
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Review team meeting with IF and LSR (QAA Officer in attendance)
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Adrian Novis
Zahid Raja
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1530-1630
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Meeting with: the head of the institution (QAA Officer in attendance)
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The Vice Chancellor
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1630-1800
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Private review team meeting (QAA Officer in attendance)
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N/A
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Friday April 4th
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830
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Review team arrives at the institution
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Adrian Novis to meet and greet
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0845-0915
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Review secretary meeting with the IF/LSR
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Adrian Novis
Zahid Raja
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0930-1030
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Meeting with key representatives of the student body (QAA Officer in attendance)
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Zahid Raja; Ceinwen Cloney;Charlotte Peters; Rosie Inman; Rebecca Grimes
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1030-1115
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Review team private meeting (QAA Officer in attendance)
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N/A
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1115-1215
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Meeting with the key institutional staff for the management of academic quality and standards (QAA Officer in attendance)
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AEHS; RC; AN; DF; DG; DC; HW; DY; CW
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1215-1530
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Review team private meeting (QAA Officer in attendance) (working lunch)
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N/A
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1530-1630
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Review team meeting with IF and LSR to discuss pointers to further sources of evidence and to determine the programme for the review visit
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Adrian Novis
Zahid Raja
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From Friday, we will have a pretty solid idea of which areas the QAA will want to explore in their May visit. It’s at this point that we will begin drawing up a list of students / Subject Reps to select for the QAA to interview during their May visit. If you'd like to know any more, please do not hesitate to get in touch: president@swansea-union.co.uk