Annex 2
Departmental Annual Course Review Report: UG and PGT courses
[to be used from Nov 2014 onwards]
1. Name of Department
2. Academic Year Reviewed
3. Courses and academic year/student cohorts covered by Review report
a)
Does this report include any courses delivered in collaboration with other
organisations?
YES/NO
(Delete as appropriate)
b)
Please list all courses covered, highlighting those delivered in collaboration
with another organisation and/or by distance learning.
c)
If this report includes collaborative courses please give the end date of all
relevant contracts below.
4. Response to previous year’s Review
What follow-up action has been taken as a result of the previous year’s review? How
successful has it been? Is further action required? Have any of the ‘Future
Development’ plans been progressed?
5. Response to this year’s External Examiners’ Reports
What follow-up action has been taken or will be taken as a result of most recent
external examiners’ reports? How successful has it been? Is further action required?
6. Changes to the course(s) since last year
Have there been any significant changes to the course(s) covered in this report since
last year (e.g. changes to the teaching methods, teaching staff, modules available,
assessments methods, aims and objectives, course content)? What were the
reasons for the changes and how successful have they been? Please only include
significant changes in this section.
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7. Admissions commentary
Using the University’s education analytics dashboard data, please provide a high
level commentary on the admissions process in 2013/14 (ie leading to entry in
2014/15). There is no requirement to provide any figures in this section.
8. Progression, non-completion and qualifications
Using the University’s education analytics dashboard data where available, please
comment on high level progression information, including year-on-year trends. (e.g.
completion rates, the proportion of good degrees per course.)
9. Incidences of Suspected Student Cheating
How many cases of suspected student cheating as defined in Regulation 11
(including cheating in a University test, plagiarism or collusion) have been
investigated by the department? What was the outcome of these investigations (e.g.
how many cases did not result in a formal finding of cheating, in how many was a
formal finding of cheating made at departmental level, and in how many was a referral
made to an Investigating Committee of the Senate? What was the outcome?) What
action was taken by the department? Please provide information in a tabular form: a
template is given below:
Course
Total
number of
cases
Number of cases
being investigated
but no further
action taken
Number of
cases where
student received
reduction of
marks
Referred to
University
TOTAL
10. Student Support & Guidance
Do any issues relating to pastoral or welfare provision for students need
consideration? Does the information provided for students require revision?
Personal tutoring should be covered in this section. Please also comment on support
to joint degree students (if relevant).
11. Quality Assurance
What mechanisms have been used throughout the year to monitor the quality of
teaching and learning on the course and how successful have these methods been?
12. Student Feedback
What issues have been raised at SSLC meetings, in module questionnaires, in
NSS/PTES commentaries and in module evaluation? How have these issues been
dealt with? How have the students been informed of action taken?
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13. External Assessment
Have the comments of professional accrediting bodies or other recent external
assessments been fully discussed and how will they be acted upon? (Please note
that you are now asked to comment on the external examiners’ reports separately
above.)
14. Employability
Please use this section to highlight any issues, good practice, or plans in place to
address employability. Please also provide details of the involvement of employers
in curriculum design and review, in discussions relating to student achievement, or
consultation on any other aspect of the courses under review (if applicable).
15. Strategic issues
Do any resourcing issues (e.g. teaching space, library provision, workspace, IT,
equipment) need consideration? Are there any issues that it has not been possible
to resolve fully, which need raising at Faculty level?
16. Future Developments
Are there any planned developments or issues which need to be addressed during
the current year and beyond? Please indicate if you are planning to introduce new
modules or revise or discontinue existing ones.
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