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The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Registered charity numbers 1062746 and SC037786

UK Quality Code for Higher Education. Chapter B5: Student engagement consultation. Janet Bohrer and Cathy Kerfoot Research Development and Partnerships. The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Registered charity numbers 1062746 and SC037786. Programme for the day.

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The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Registered charity numbers 1062746 and SC037786

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  1. UK Quality Code for Higher Education • Chapter B5: Student engagement consultation Janet Bohrer and Cathy Kerfoot Research Development and Partnerships The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. Registered charity numbers 1062746 and SC037786

  2. Programme for the day Now Intro to the UKQCHE/Student engagement 1115-1125 Intro to the chapter Expectation 1125-1145 The ‘partnership’ debate 1145-1230 Group discussion (notes and flip charts displayed at lunch) 1230-1315 Lunch 1315-1400 Case study presentations: the indicators 1400-1445 Group discussion (notes and flip charts displayed at lunch) 1445-1500 Tea and coffee 1500-1530 Q&A

  3. Also during the day • Video/podcast interviews • Photographs • Tweet @qaatweets • After the event, notes, slides and progress updates available from: www.qaa.ac.uk/AssuringStandardsAndQuality/quality-code

  4. UK Quality Code for Higher Education Expectations: Things higher education providers expect of each other and which the general public can expect of all higher education providers

  5. Chapters of the Quality Code Part A: Setting and maintaining threshold academic standards Part C: Information about higher education provision Part B: Assuring and enhancing academic quality B1: Programme design and approval B2: Admissions B3: Learning and teaching B4: Student support 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 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 General introduction

  6. B5 - Timeline • Launch event – November 18 2011 • First advisory group meeting – November 30 2011 • Second advisory group meeting – February 2 2012 • Consultation launched – February 24 2012 • Consultation event, Glasgow – March 15 2012 • Consultation event, London – March 16 2012 • Consultation closes – April 18 2012 • Third advisory group meeting – May 3 2012 • Publication – June 2012

  7. B5 - Contents • Introduction • Expectation • What is student engagement in the context of this chapter? • Student involvement in quality • Terminology • Partner/partnership • Quality system • Student body • Indicators of sound practice (x7)

  8. Feedback from Scotland • Broadly happy with the content but looking for something more aspirational • Possible new indicator emphasising importance of active student participation • Edits suggested to the Expectation: • their learning experience → the learning experience • engage students → engage all students • Highlighted importance of the interface with the learning and teaching chapter of the Code

  9. The Expectation Higher education providers take deliberate steps to engage students, individually and collectively, as partners to enhance their learning experience.

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