Form F3
Quality Assurance Handbook
Postgraduate Collaborative Annual Monitoring Template 2013/14
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UCA <campus>
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Responsible Head of School
Responsible Link Person (UCA)
Responsible Link Person (Partner
Institution)
Report prepared by
Date report considered at School
Board of Studies
PART 1 – MONITORING THE IMPACT OF LAST YEAR’S ACTION PLAN
Guidance – insert action plan from last year here, and update to record progress, providing
quantitative evidence for improvement where possible.
PART 2 - STUDENT SATISFACTION DATA
2.1
Explanation of mechanisms to collate and analyse student satisfaction with the course.
Include: details of any student satisfaction surveys (including questions and analysis of
responses),
 summary of minutes from any Student Forums;
 details of any other mechanisms used to obtain and respond to student feedback.
2.2
Actions to redress any areas of concern:
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PART 3 – EXTERNAL EXAMINERS’ FEEDBACK
Any standards questions that have obtained a negative response from the External
Examiner are detailed below:
Question
Actions to address these concerns:
External Examiner Response
*please populate from spreadsheet only where
‘N’ is indicated
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Further actions taken in response to the more detailed report:
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*NB – this section of the report must be provided to the external examiner by the Course
Leader as soon as the AAM report has been approved by the School Board of Studies
PART 4 – GOOD PRACTICE
4.1
Brief details of the research and scholarly activity undertaken by staff during the
year relating to the course, highlighting impact on curriculum:
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4.2
List particular strengths of the Course during the year under review:
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4.3
Give details of any exhibitions and shows held during the academic year where
students of the course exhibited:
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4.4
Detail prizes, awards or commendations won by students of the course during the
academic year
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PART 5 – COURSE PERFORMANCE DATA AND TRENDS
5.1 Application, enrolment and completion data
Full–time (one year) mode
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
1 Applications – number
2 Application : enrolment ratio
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3 Target enrolment
4 Enrolment
5 Completion
Part-time (two year) mode
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
16
17
2013/14
2012/13
2011/12
Applications – number
Application : enrolment ratio
Year 1 Target enrolment
Year 1 Enrolment
Year 1 Completion
Year 2 Target enrolment
Year 2 Enrolment
Year 2 Completion
Total part time students enrolled
Total completers
Comment:
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Merit
Pass
Postgraduate
Diploma
Postgraduate
Certificate
Pass
Postgraduate
Diploma
Postgraduate
Certificate
Subject
UCA average
National average
Subject
UCA average
National average
Subject
UCA average
National average
Part time (two
year) mode
This
Merit
2013/14
Distinction
2012/13
Distinction
This
year
Final Year
Completers
Full time (one
year) mode
Final Year
Completers
5.2 Achievement
Subject
UCA average
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year
2012/13
2011/12
National average
Subject
UCA average
National average
Subject
UCA average
National average
Note: HESA publish data for number of degrees awarded per subject – but do not publish
data for number of students eligible for award.
Comment:
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5.3 Mitigating circumstances, Appeals and Complaints
Year one
This Last
year year
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Year two
This Last
year Year
Year three
This Last
year year
Number of mitigation claims
Number of student appeals
Number of student appeals upheld
Number of formal complaints
Number of formal complaints upheld
Number confirmed for academic misconduct
Number of academic misconduct hearings
Comment:
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PART 6 – EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYABILITY DATA
Data to be provided by Course Leader where available:
Average Salary 6 months after completion
% who go on to further work or study
Comment
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PART 7 – STUDENT COURSE REPRESENTATIVE(S) FEEDBACK
The Course Leader to meet with the Students to identify the top three items of best practice
and the top three areas for further development for the course.
Top 3 positives:
1)
2)
3)
Top 3 areas for improvement:
1)
2)
3)
Course Leader’s comment:
*This must be fed back to the students and posted on myUCA as soon as the AAM report is
approved by the School Board of Studies
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PART 8 – CONSOLIDATED ACTION PLAN
In this section, bring together all the actions highlighted throughout the report; allocate a person
to be responsible for implementation and the deadline. You may also include actions arising from
outside of this report (e.g. as a result of accreditation visit, PSRB report, QERP or re/validation
recommendations)
Action
1.
1.1
1.2
1.3
2
2.1
2.2
2.3
3
Action arisen
(could be from
relevant sections of
AAM report I.e.
section 3 External
Examiner reports or
PSRB – List
section/s)
Responsible
Person
Deadline for
completion
Measure of
success
Outstanding issues
carried forward from
previous years’
annual monitoring
action plan
Actions from this
report
Actions arising from
other relevant
sources (e.g. QERP,
revalidation
recommendations,
EE report)
3.1
3.2
3.3
*Author can tab through rows to allow further room for action points they wish to be considered.
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