1. Overview from Scotland 8 HEIs with 17 degree courses 4 Year (Honours) degree First new Honours graduates emerged in summer 2008 Key Capabilities in Child Care and Protection fully embedded Annual External Examiner Event “Late starts” remain issue particularly in West of Scotland External Examiner Workshop 1

2. Approvals Activity All SW degree courses undergoing renewal of approval process during 2009/10 Comprehensive Quality Assurance Handbook now complete and disseminated Revised annual monitoring procedure from October 2009 Specialist courses BA Childhood Practice PLQ(SS) MHOA External Examiner Workshop 2

3. Wider Activity (informal) SG Review of practice learning funding Review of use of travel and subsistence funding Sustainability funding – short term Launch of Continuous Learning Framework £5k to support user and carer involvement External Examiner Workshop 3

4. PRTL for NQSW 553 Records of Achievement (plus 192 resubmissions*) 361 “satisfactory” : 192* “Unsatisfactory” Main Issues: Reflection Procedural errors Research opportunity – what can these RoA tell us about the impact of the Honours degree? External Examiner Workshop 4