Enhancement-led Institutional Review Ailsa Crum QAA Scotland South African Delegation 28 September 2015.

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Enhancement-led Institutional Review Ailsa Crum QAA Scotland South African Delegation 28 September 2015

ELIR Institution-led quality review Student engagement Public information Enhancement Themes Quality Enhancement Framework

Four-year cycle Student reviewers since 2003 International reviewers since 2008 First cycle Second cycle Third cycle Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR)

Strategic priorities & student population Implications for learning and teaching Commitment to self-evaluation (use of data & reference points) Institutions taking action on findings ELIR is interested in…

Annual discussion Self-evaluation & submission of RA, case study, AIS Two-part visit ELIR process

Published reports Follow-up report Follow-up event Sector-wide feedback on learning points including ‘Focus On…’ ELIR process

Scotland in UK challenges Different philosophy for higher education Shared reference point: UK Quality Code Comparability of judgements

What has ELIR ever done for us? Opportunity for holistic self-evaluation Accountability & comparability International dimension Partnership & collaboration Strategic sector-wide enhancement activity

Celebrating a year in the life of ELIR 18 Annual discussions Five ELIRs One Follow-up event Focus On Assessment & Feedback Project Suite of Thematic reports

What are we learning...

Institutional vision, strategy and communication (all 5 ELIRs) Student support (3 ELIRs) Positive learning opportunities (3 ELIRs) Widening participation (3 ELIRs) Equality & Diversity (2 ELIRs) Opportunities for staff development (3 ELIRs) Identifying and sharing good practice (2 ELIRs) Positive practice

Positive student engagement & partnership (4 ELIRs) Develop student representation (2 ELIRs): -Capturing the off-campus student voice Student engagement & representation

Positive internationalisation (3 ELIRs) -Internationalisation of the student experience -Culture of internationalisation -Staff engagement with international partners More support for internationalisation (2 ELIRs) -Support the pace of international expansion -Progress & deliver internationalisation of the curriculum -Ensure effectiveness of new frameworks for transnational education Internationalisation

Clear focus on employability & graduate attributes (1 ELIR – drop from ) Development area in 1 ELIR: – Implementing strategy for work-related learning – Visibility of graduate attributes Employability

Opportunities and support for student mobility (Positive 1 ELIR – bigger feature in ) Overseeing and supporting student mobility (development point in 1 ELIR) Student mobility

Improve the student experience (3 ELIRS) -develop research student experience -postgraduate research student induction and training -oversight of the postgraduate research student experience Ensure support for students who teach (2 ELIRs) Research student experience

Feedback on assessment (2 ELIRs) Consistent implementation of strategies and practices (2 ELIRs) Optimising/enhancing use of technology including VLE (3 ELIRs) Development areas

Focus On: Assessment & Feedback Focus On: Assessment & Feedback Focus On: Assessment & Feedback

More consistent implementation of policy Better communication and timing of feedback on assessment ELIR identified a need for…

1.Use of technology to support feedback on assessment 2.Consistent application of policy regarding feedback on assessment 3.Student-led and student-friendly activity Three strands of work

/focus-on Resources available

Focussed reflection: helps to find what’s missing