IQER

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IQER

• How to get the best from the process
• Peter Steer

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Overall

• Developmental engagement reports are not
  published and so DEs represent an opportunity
  that should not be missed for quality engagement
• The IQER process fundamentally belongs to FECs
  which brings benefits and responsibilities

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Overall

• IQER is about the management of education-- not
  concentrating on the individual subject level
• This may require a committee structure to
  coordinate programmes from several awarding
  bodies covering quality assurance and enhancement
  and also resourcing

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The process

• The agreed IQER process is fundamentally the same
  as in the pilot but there some relatively minor
  adjustments
• For instance the core themes of academic
  standards, quality of learning opportunities and
  public information replace the core questions
  (but the ground covered remains the same)

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Key features of the Process

• The SED
• A key document that uses mainly existing
  documents to critically evaluate the provision
• Among other things, the SED needs a strong
  student focus, recognition of the Academic
  Infrastructure and its use and explicit reference
  to quality enhancement

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Key features of the Process

• The INs and the SRF
• An IN is a key link between the College and
  the team
• INs look both ways they have panel and
  College responsibilities
• INs need to think carefully about the nature
  of their questions and who should answer them

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Key features of the Process

• It is helpful if the IN does not have direct
  responsibility for most of the areas under
  discussion
• The transition from IN to SRF needs thought
• The IN has a key role in setting the tone for
  the discussions between the team and the College

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Key features of the Process

• The Preparatory Meeting
• Getting the correct staff to the meeting, and
  some students, is crucial
• Staff generally should use the opportunity to
  enhance their understanding of the method
• Staff should make suggestions as to the best
  way to organise the team visits

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Key features of the Process

• Student Involvement
• SWS
• Student Involvement in the management of
  education
• Management of Resources
• Involvement of the Awarding Bodies
• The final version of IQER has new protocols
  here

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Key Features of the Process

• Public Information
• Perhaps use DE to help development in this
  increasingly important area
• Covers accuracy and completeness
• Needs mechanism in place to keep information
  up to date

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Overall

• You gain most by fully engaging in the process,
  particularly the DE
• The process will be least painful, and most
  rewarding in terms of value added, if the areas I
  have covered have been considered in detail
  before IQER starts
• The cost of the process will be minimised by
  using existing documents as far as possible

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Questions