1. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE QAA Update HEFCE consultation on future of quality assessment arrangements QAA Quality Code Alignment - programme approval procedures - review of policy on recognition of prior learning - academic appeals and student complaints - governance arrangements for published information & data - training & support for key participants in QA processes New processes for the QA of trans-national education (TNE)

2. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Student Academic Experience Review Enhancements for 2014-15 Aim- increased clarity around the process and the roles and responsibilities of review team members. Guidance documentation, including role descriptors available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/qat/review/saer.html

3. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE More clearly defined role descriptors for review team members External Reviewer Blended Learning Academic Champion LUU Student Executive Officer Link to report templates: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/qat/review/saer.html

4. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Written report to be completed by External Reviewer prior to review FHEQ level Progression Coherence Reference points Assessment

5. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Faculty Blended Learning Academic Champions Within Faculty Blended Learning Champion Cross Faculty Blended Learning Champion

6. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE The Partnership in practice Opportunities in support of the student experience Opportunities for feedback between students and School Highlight good practice and identify issues Written report to be completed by LUU Exec Officer, prior to review

7. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Further updates... Annual School Review (Student Education) Collaborative Review- QAA consultation 2014 ‘How should the UK's transnational education be quality assured in future?’

8. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Review of External Examiners’ Reports 2013-14

9. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Good news Standards set are appropriate Processes for assessment, examination and determination of awards are sound Provision is of high quality and breadth The best students perform exceptionally well Dissertations of publishable quality Clear criteria for marking translates into quality feedback Use of electronic feedback Clear impact of research informed teaching Benefit to students of being exposed to cutting edge research(ers)

10. Student Education Service QUALITY ASSURANCE Areas for further consideration  Assessment: mode and loads  Provision of draft exam papers to examiners  Academic discretion  Moderation/second marking  Rewarding the very best performances  Timeliness and quality of feedback  Academic literacy  School processes for responding to reports