Quality Policy

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:
  • effective communication in variety of form
  • imaginative, analytical, problem-solving ability
  • independent judgement
  • skills in independent enquiry and research

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

Course development

• 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.