Objectives
- To explore key concepts of QA and Accreditation processes in the UK, Europe and overseas.
- To analyse models of QA as applied to Higher Education
- To share examples of good practice from a range of experienced Higher Education professionals
- To consider the contribution of external agencies in assurance processes
Who Should Attend the Programme?
Deanships of Quality and Accreditation, Heads of Quality Units in HE, Consultants.
Schedule for Quality & Accreditation in Higher Education
- Welcome address by VC of UWIC
- Tour of UWIC facilities
- Quality and the Role of the University
- Measuring Quality Inside and Outside the Institution
- Quality Enhancement and Management in Education
- Quality in Academic Development
- Quality and Standards for HE
- Visits to include the Quality Assurance Agency
- Bologna Agreement, a recipe for international academic cooperation or a vision for a revitalized society?
- Impact Upon Own Institutional Practices
- Institutional Accreditation
- Quality and Research Degrees
- The Recruitment and Monitoring of Staff in a Quality University
- From Quality Assurance to Intelligent Accountability: the future of Quality Assurance in Education
- Simulated Validation Panel Experience
- Quality and Collaborative Provision
