Quality Policy

The Academic Board has adopted a quality policy, which summarises its expectations of courses.
The quality policy requires that any course or constituent part of a course of study fulfil the following criteria:

General

Accords with institutional mission and objectives
Conforms to academic regulations and procedures

Staff teaching programme

Know and understand institutional mission and objectives
Know and understand course aims and objectives
Inform student learning with research and scholarship
Develop good teaching methods and skills

Students within programme

Know and understand aims and outcomes
Know assessment and other academic requirements
Can engage in a variety of learning
Are active in learning process
Receive effective counselling on progress

Content of course

Includes appropriate level of subject knowledge
Fulfils requirements of aims and objectives
Has clear and realisable outcomes
Is appropriate in level to standard of award
Caters for variety of student backgrounds/aptitudes
Instils enthusiasm for subject & learning
Encourages transferable skills, especially:

Assessments

Are appropriate for stated aims and outcomes
Are objective and fair
Have clear and explicit criteria
Are accompanied by useful feedback
Encourage active involvement of students

Resources

Staff are appropriate in numbers and qualifications
Library is appropriate for learning needs of students
Library is appropriate for needs of staff
Accommodation is sufficient and adequately equipped
Materials requirements are sufficient
Clerical assistance is sufficient
IT provision is sufficient
Careers, counselling, support systems are appropriate

Coursedevelopment

Is informed by student evaluation
Is informed by external evaluation

Performance indicators

Matching these criteria is a set of recommended performance indicators (.pdf) for use in monitoring and evaluation.