THE POSTMORTEM REFLECTIONS POST THE REVIEW

POST REVIEW REFLECTIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES SUPPORT PROCESSES - STUDENTS AND STAFF EXTERNAL BENCHMARKS INTERNAL BENCHMARKS INFRASTRUCTURE AND RESOURCES SUPPORT PROCESSES - STUDENTS AND STAFF CURRICULUM CONTENT AND DESIGN ACADEMIC FRAMEWORK QUALIFICATION MIX, ENTRY AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS, LEGAL AND REGULATORY NEEDS QUALITY VISION & MISSION I N T E R A L Q X NATIONAL, REGIONAL, SOCIAL NEEDS / PRIORITIES PRIORITIES AND GOALS SWOT & REVIEWS

THE SELF-EVALUATION CYCLE Gather evidence Make judgements about strengths and areas for improvements Write self-evaluation report Devise improvement plan Implement and monitor improvement plan

POST REVIEW REFLECTIONS Understanding the standard Making sense of the report Learning to make the implicit – EXPLICIT Driving change even though governance wheels are slow Making the distinction – institutional – faculty – sectoral – students – curriculum POST REVIEW REFLECTIONS

Some considerations Subjectivity of peer review process Time limits of actual review process Can a self-evaluation report express the actual complexity of curriculum, teaching and learning processes? How to tell a story? Shaping the narrative Did it capture the essence? Why were we doing this? Some considerations

NIGHTMARES Time: always a problem Participation and input (with and not for) Critical readers and inputs Balancing responses – objectivity Obtaining and interpreting data Making the response meaningful Translation into action

REMEMBERING THE QA MANTRA FITNESS FOR PURPOSE FITNESS OF PURPOSE TRANSFORMATION VALUE FOR MONEY