LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY – MONITORING AND REVIEW FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Sep 2015
Postgraduate Collaborative Course Leader Executive Summary of Activities 2015/16
The purpose of this executive summary is to:
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to enable the Course Leader to highlight enhancements and good practice for sharing
to enable the Course Leader to provide assurance that threshold standards are being maintained
to expose issues which the Course Leader requires additional support to address
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Course Title/ Mode
Programme Code
Partner
School/ Faculty
Course Leader Name
Date
E.g. MA Accounting and Finance FT/ PT/ PT DL
MACCU
Name of collaborative partner institution
School of Accounting, FBL
Title/ Forename/ Surname
DD/MM/YYYY
1 Enhancements and Good Practice
Provide a summary of improvements to the course which have been taken forward this year and include details
of good/ innovative practice which can be shared (to be picked up in School/ Faculty reports)
Examples of areas for consideration:
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Factors underpinning module evaluation overall satisfaction scores of higher than 90%
Factors underpinning a score of 85% or above on any student satisfaction measure (where local data
is available)
Factors underpinning 65% (or more) graduates in graduate employment (where data is available)
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External Examiner commendations
Learning and teaching strategy/ approach
Assessment strategy including positive student feedback on assessments
Physical and virtual resources
Research informed teaching/ curriculum
Professional context
Commentary on any of the above should aim to share good practice that might be adopted across
other areas
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2 Assurance of Standards
Provide declarations relating to the key standards indicators below, together with additional commentary which
should be evidenced through the Course Log/ Action Plan
Confirmation from External Examiner(s) Reports:
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standards set are appropriate
student performance is comparable to other HE institutions
assessment practice is conducted in a sound and fair manner
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Y
Y
N
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N
Y
N
Student target award achievement:
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meets or exceeds our internal benchmark of a 75% pass rate
Professional Body Accreditation
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PSRB accreditation visit or annual review conducted successfully
Action planning related to PSRB recommendations undertaken
Y
Y
N
N
NA
NA
Assurance of Standards: Additional Commentary
Must reference:
 Actions in response to any External Examiner concerns about standards and provide an ALERT to any
findings not within the control of the course team which require a response at faculty or university level
(see Section 4 of this template)
 Action planning for any course with lower than 75% overall pass rate
 Consideration of any areas of achievement which may be thought of as unusual, e.g. v.high proportion
of distinctions or poor outcomes
 ‘Drill down’ analysis at module level indicating modules which may be thought to have directly/
significantly contributed to poor performance
 Action planning in response to PSRB recommendations where relevant
Can Reference
 Any cross-tabulation between modules with both low pass rates and low student evaluation
 Key summary findings & associated actions from any PSRB reports relating to the course with an ALERT
to any findings not within the control of the course team which require a response at faculty or
university level (see Section 4 of this template)
LEEDS BECKETT UNIVERSITY – MONITORING AND REVIEW FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
Sep 2015
3 Quality of Learning Opportunities
Provide declarations relating to the key quality indicators below, together with additional commentary which
should be evidenced through the Course Log/ Action Plan
Module evaluation
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meets or exceeds our internal benchmark of 80% overall satisfaction
Y
N
The course has appropriate student representation in place
The course team has provided opportunities for students in each semester to discuss
matters of mutual interest and these opportunities have been agreed with student
representatives.
Appropriate actions are being taken forward
A student update from the Course Log/Action Plan has been posted on the VLE each
semester
Y
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
N
Student Voice
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Employability surveys (where local data is available)
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meets or exceeds our internal benchmark of 55% in graduate employment
Y
Quality of Learning Opportunities: Additional Commentary
Must reference:
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action planning for any modules with overall satisfaction of lower than 80%
Can Reference
 Internal student surveys where the sample size is sufficient to inform course planning
 Benchmarking of performance against cognate courses at other institutions
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NA
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Sep 2015
4 Actions Outside of the Course Team’s Remit
Provide extracts from the Course Log/Action Plan which are unresolved and require assistance from Head of
School, Link Tutor or Central Services (to be picked up in School/ Faculty reports)
Course Leader – please submit the completed summary to your Link Tutor for review
5 Link Tutor commentary
Provide a summary of the operation of the course with or by the partner, including issues and good practice
relating to the collaborative delivery of the course
Examples of areas for consideration:
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Issues identified that impact on other iterations of the course
Requirements of in country bodies
Local professional body accreditation
Adherence to University procedures
Visit activities
Revalidation activity
Staff development
Student feedback
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Sep 2015
Link Tutor – please submit the completed summary to your faculty Quality Assurance and Governance Team for
review by the Head of School
Executive Summary Status
Delete as appropriate
Meets university
process
requirements
Additional Actions
Required to meet
university process
requirements*
Signed Head of School
Date
DD/ MM/ YYYY
*If a course is identified as requiring additional actions to meet university requirements for Continuous
Improvement, related narrative and necessary actions should be included in the Head of School/Faculty Quality
Report
(N.B. a completed Executive Summary and the underpinning Course Log/Action plan must be provided)