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The UK Quality Code for Higher Education Jon Scott School of Biological Sciences The UK Quality Code for Higher Education Setting and maintaining Part A threshold academic standards Assuring and enhancing Part B academic quality

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The UK Quality Code for Higher Education

Jon Scott

School of Biological Sciences

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The UK Quality Code for Higher Education

Setting and maintaining

threshold academic standards

Part A

Assuring and enhancing

academic quality

Part B

Information about higher

education provision

Part C

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Terms

Threshold academic standards Academic quality Enhancement

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Chapters of the Quality Code

A1: The national level A2: The subject and qualification level A3: The programme level A4: Approval and review A5: Externality A6: Assessment of achievement of learning outcomes B1: Programme design and approval B2: Admissions B3: Learning and teaching B4: Support for student achievement B5: Student engagement B6: Assessment of students and accreditation of prior learning B7: External examining B8: Programme monitoring and review B9: Complaints and appeals B10: Management of collaborative arrangements B11: Research degrees

Part A: Setting and maintaining threshold academic standards Part B: Assuring and enhancing academic quality Part C: Information about higher education provision General introduction

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Explanation

Indicators of sound practice

Expectation:

what higher education providers expect of each other and which students and the public can expect of all higher education providers

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Roll-out

Part C and 5 sections of Part B are now published Part A & the remainder of Part B will be published during 2013 All will be in operation when we have our Institutional Review in 2014 and we will be assessed against them.

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Chapter B3 Learning & Teaching

The Expectation: Higher education providers,

working with their staff, students and other stakeholders, articulate and systematically review and enhance the provision of learning

pportunities and teaching practices, so that

every student is enabled to develop as an independent learner, study their chosen subject(s) in-depth and enhance their capacity for analytical, critical and creative thinking.

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Chapter B3 Learning & Teaching

The Indicators

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Chapter B3 Learning & Teaching

The Indicators