City and Islington College
Project to define and enhance scholarly activity at City
and Islington College.
Ian Sterling – College HE Quality and Development
Manager
Ian.sterling@candi.ac.uk
Students at the Heart of the
System
• Purpose: To maintain and enhance the
quality of the student experience and the
linked area of colleagues work satisfaction
Steps
• Define scholarly activity for City and
Islington College
• Develop a plan of action to maintain and
enhance scholarly activity, working with
university partners where appropriate.
Context: HE in FE at City and
Islington College
• The College has a number of Foundation
Degrees, PGCEs in Life Long Learning, and
HNC/Ds awarded by local universities or
Edexcel. Together with a small amount of non
prescribed HE.
• The majority of programmes are level 4 and 5
and definitions of scholarly activity are for
delivery at this level in QAA Framework of HE
Qualifications in England and Northern Ireland.
Audit to find current situation
• An audit of the College’s 84 staff teaching
on HE was undertaken using 22 criteria
developed following discussions with the
HEA, and consideration of the criteria
used by a College in an HEA funded
project.
• A recommendation following the audit was
to provide time for staff teaching on HE for
scholarly activity
Considerations
• Students and staff
• UK Quality Code for Higher Education
• HEA UK Professional Standards
Framework
• Noted. QAA: Draft for Consultation
RHEFE section 11. Expectations on the
management of quality assurance of
Higher Education.
Agreement with UCU
• UCU and the College recognised the
importance of resourcing and facilitating
Scholarly Activity and Continuing Professional
Development for HE teaching staff.
• From 1 January 2012 an amount of remission
time to carry out activities is calculated by
multiplying the number of hours taught on HE
provision by 1.15
• To be used on:
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Industrial secondments or work shadowing
Developing Materials for the College’s VLE
Projects with SSCs or equivalent
Research and publications
Studying towards achievement of higher qualifications
HE curriculum development for instance programme and
module specifications
• Enhancement of teaching and learning
• Development of assessment methodologies
• Peer review methodology
Future 12/13
• Review progress
• Formal agreements with University
partners.
• Handbook and inset on sessions on
stages of staff development.
• Consideration of becoming a member of
the HEA.