2015/16 Annual Monitoring Exercise
Annual Monitoring Report on 2014/15 Course Provision for
Quality & Standards Committee
School Section
Schools which supply an annual return to an accrediting body may choose to submit
these returns instead of the School section of this form if they contain all the information
requested below.
Please complete this section of the form and return it to Quality and Standards,
Academic Services Division (via Annual-Monitoring@nottingham.ac.uk) by 11 December
2015 for undergraduate programmes and 18 March 2016 for postgraduate taught
programmes. Schools are advised to use a single form for groups of related
programmes e.g. one form for all undergraduate programmes in the school and one for
postgraduate taught programmes. Where possible, a single form should be used for
programmes that are delivered on multiple campuses.
Please list here the School/ Department/ Division submitting the form:
Please list here every programme title and course code covered by this form
(add further lines as appropriate):
Course title
Course code
UG/PGT
Campus
1.
Update on the status of actions planned as a result of the annual
monitoring process last Session and whether they have been
implemented
Please list the issues which arose and the actions taken to resolve these.
2.
Confirmation annual monitoring process completed
Please confirm here that the School has undertaken the annual monitoring process in
accordance with Quality Manual requirements, including consideration of feedback from
external bodies, such as professional and statutory regulatory bodies, where appropriate.
If no action is needed, this section should simply confirm this is the case.
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3.
Programme Learning Outcomes1
This section will note any changes to learning outcomes for the programme(s) that are
needed in light of developing knowledge in the discipline and practice in its application.
If no such changes are needed, this section should simply confirm that the current
learning outcomes remain relevant and appropriate.
4.
Curriculum and Delivery
Summary of changes to modules and/or programme structure, including changes in
method of delivery, designed to meet the programme learning outcomes more
effectively or to address student concerns e.g. through the National Student Survey. If
no such changes are needed, this section should simply confirm that the current
curriculum and its delivery remain relevant and appropriate.
5.
Assessment
Summary of changes to forms of assessment designed to test programme learning
outcomes more effectively. If no such changes are needed, this section should simply
confirm that the current assessment remains relevant and appropriate.
6.
Student Performance
If data concerning degree class outcomes and progression statistics suggest any
concerns, this section should include any measures proposed to address these concerns.
If no such concerns exist, this should be noted below.
7.
University Issues
Please indicate below any issues arising from annual monitoring of these programmes
that should be considered by the University. This may include enhancements to teaching
practice and academic support within the programmes that could be of wider interest
within the University.
Any changes to learning outcomes will mean that the programme requires re-approval
by QSC; see
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/academicservices/qualitymanual/programmeapproval,mon
itoringandreview/policy-for-approval-of-changes-to-programme-specifications.aspx
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8.
External Examiner Reports
External Examiner reports and School responses to them will be provided to Quality &
Standards Committee along with this report. If there are any issues you wish to
highlight to the Committee, please do so below.
9.
Other Comments
Please include here any comments you may have which are not covered in other parts of
the form.
This section to be completed by the Students’ Union:
10.
Feedback from Students
This section should provide a range of views and opinions representative of the cohort,
and not the experiences of and individual representative. Feedback should be provided
on the student experience within the School, particularly in relation to teaching and
learning. Please note that this section applies only to UK campuses.
a): Please provide comment on the student involvement in Quality Assurance processes
in relation to the programmes noted at the top of the form:
b): Please comment on School responses to sections 1-9 of the form:
This section to be completed by Academic Services Division:
11.
External Examiner Reports
This section provides confirmation of whether all External Examiner reports have been
submitted and whether School responses to them have addressed all the issues raised.
12.
Data
This section indicates whether any of the student performance data and National Student
Survey scores are outside the normal range for the Faculty and the University.
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13. Other Comments
Where relevant, further comments may be provided in this section to draw attention to
issues arising from Academic Services’ consideration of the completed form, for example
where it appears courses may not have been included in the exercise.