Annual Monitoring, Review and Reporting

Processes for annual monitoring, review and reporting are in place across all credit-bearing provision and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and support systematic reflection and enhancement

Annual Monitoring, Review and Reporting Policy 

 

Arrangements for 2023-24 Reporting

The following changes have been made to the templates for 2023-24:

School template – a new Student Outcomes reporting box has been added (with a specific prompt to reflect on any differences in attainment for different student demographic groups) and the guidance for the postgraduate research reporting box has been revised to ensure consistent reporting on key issues. Specific guidance for each reporting box (including word counts) has been included with clear direction on what is expected for UG/PGT/PGR reporting. The templates also have some minor formatting changes (for ease of reference) and ordering changes (with institutional priorities moved higher up the template and actions planned for the coming year moved to the last reporting box).

Programme template – the following three new reporting boxes have been added to the template (bringing the total to 10): Institutional Priority: Student Support (to align the Programme template with the School/Deanery template); Student Outcomes (with a specific prompt to reflect on any differences in attainment for different student demographic groups); Actions for the coming year. Specific guidance for each reporting box (including word counts) has been included with clear direction on what is expected for UG/PGT/PGR reporting. The templates also have some minor formatting changes (for ease of reference) and ordering changes (with institutional priorities moved higher up the template).

When required, specific response boxes may be included in templates to ensure that updates on key institutional issues are covered in reports. For 2023-24 reporting we have asked for specific reflections on the following institutional priorities:

Reporting Templates

Revised annual quality report templates for 2023-24:

Annual Programme Monitoring

Schools carry out annual programme monitoring, implementing a process which meets both local contexts and institution-wide principles and uses standard data.  Schools will decide on the optimum clustering of programmes. All credit bearing courses offered by a School are included. All programmes are monitored annually.      

Revised annual quality report deadline for 2023-24: to be determined by School/Deanery

School Annual Quality Report

Schools report annually to Senate Quality Assurance Committee on key themes and actions from in-year monitoring, review and reflection, providing institutional oversight of issues and good practice.

School reports will inform the University’s annual report to the Scottish Funding Council. 

Revised annual quality report deadline for 2023-24: Monday 19 August 2024

College Annual Quality Report

Colleges will submit annual quality reports to Senate Quality Assurance Committee.

College play a key role in supporting Schools’ annual monitoring, review and reporting processes.

Revised annual quality report deadline for 2023-24: Monday 25 November 2024

Supporting Data

How to use the data dashboards and where to find information to support annual quality processes.

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