The ITLR must address both quality assurance and enhancement. To determine where there are strengths and opportunities for enhancement or continuous improvement, we will first assess the extent to which quality is effective and identify risks that could impede academic standards. As such, each review panel will identify where there are risks and their causes to enable a solution-supported approach. This will establish the baseline evidence from which review panels, together with the departments and clusters, can evaluate opportunities for strategic improvement.
As mentioned on the What's Being Reviewed page, what review panels will be evaluating will differ from academic departments to professional services clusters. These differences can be noted below. For more detailed guidance on what these focus areas entail, please see the finalised Blueprint or download the table below.
Aspect
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Focus of Evaluation
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| Programme Health |
- Disciplinary excellence and programme currency
- Academic standards, levels and rigour
- Dimensions of a Warwick Curriculum
- Definitive programme & module records
- PSRB accreditation
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| Student Experience and Success |
- Student outcomes data
- Student satisfaction data
- Sector benchmarking (including the Teaching Excellence Framework)
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| Student Support |
- Transition and induction
- Personal tutoring
- Inclusive education
- Co- and extra-curricular learning
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| External Delivery Partners |
- Academic partnerships
- Employer & NHS partnerships
- Workplace/placement supervisors, mentors, and tutors
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| Quality Assurance |
- Module and programme review cycle
- External examiners
- Exam boards
- Track record of addressing opportunities and concerns
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| Education Management |
- Academic leadership and management of programmes and student support
- Professional services support
- Cohesive design and management of joint programmes
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| Academic Governance |
- Effectiveness of departmental bodies in assuring and improving quality
- Student engagement
- Staff engagement
- Employer or Partner engagement
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Aspect
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Focus of Evaluation
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| Clarity of Purpose |
- Contribution to and impact on the student learning experience
- Joined up working with other teams
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| Service Effectiveness |
- Understanding and evaluating successful outcomes for service users
- Track record of addressing opportunities and concerns
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| Engagement |
- Staff, student and stakeholder feedback
- Students as partners in service design
- Deep, productive and proactive relationships with faculties and academic departments
- External engagement with and leadership of professional networks, best practice and research
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| Strategic Capacity |
- SWOT analysis
- The team's ambitions
- Recent history and success of strategic improvements
- Opportunity for staff to innovate and develop
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| Strategic Alignment |
- Contribution to implementing the University Education Strategy
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