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Navigating the Revised QAA Code of Practice: Governance for Work Placements

Explore the updated QAA Code of Practice for HEIs, emphasizing governance in work placement activities. Learn about changes, review processes, and tips for preparation. Focus on managing higher education provision with others and understand the typology of placements. Valuable resources and tools provided.

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Navigating the Revised QAA Code of Practice: Governance for Work Placements

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  1. The revisedQAA Code of Practice for HEIs - Governance for all work placement activity - Louise Sparshatt & Meg Hartley-Clarke

  2. The Code... • What is it? • So what's changed? (the three parts) • The review process: • what will happen and when • how you can prepare • Our concern today - Part B, specifically B10: managing higher education provision with others

  3. Placement practitioners are often not experts in quality assurance and enhancement... • ASET - the national association for work-based and placement learning • ASET/QAA collaboration • 'Sound' practice • Fit for purpose, tailored, proportional and (risk-) managed approach • Typology - what do we mean by 'placement'?

  4. Typology • Company visits • Insight days • Internships/Vacation placements • Practice placements • Projects • Sandwich placements • Semester placements • Semester or year abroad • Work shadowing • Work based award

  5. B10: managing HE provision with others • Focus = management and oversight by the HEI, irrespective of location or provider • 1-4: Strategy and governance • 5-10: Developing, agreeing and managing arrangements to deliver learning opportunities with others • 11-12: Responsibility for and equivalence of academic standards • 13-17: Quality assurance • 18: Information for students, delivery organisations, providers or partners • 19: Certificates and records of study

  6. Where to start... • QAA.ac.uk • ASET's Good Practice Guide • typology • checklists (before, during, after) • basis for a dynamic tookit

  7. Resources • AQS - Quality Officers • Corporate placement management system project • SBS exercise to benchmark and action plan against B10 • ASET (asetonline.org, LinkedIn) • QAA (qaa.ac.uk, LinkedIn)

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