To what degree do programme teams engage with employers to shape design and delivery that will allow customisation to individual employer/learner contexts.

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To what degree do programme teams engage with employers to shape design and delivery that will allow customisation to individual employer/learner contexts and needs? To what degree do employers help to define and develop flexible graduate employability skills? Can employers act as a catalyst to help develop innovative flexible curricula? QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Good practice in external engagement and partnerships should: Engage employers with design and delivery 1-1

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: Engage employers with design and delivery Employers and/or learners/past learners are members of the design team. An employer-provider advisory group is set up and meets regularly. Employers act as learner mentors and assessors (and contribute to the design of assessments). Training and quality assurance is in place for employers as mentors, assessors and supervisors. Employers provide learner support. Employers contribute towards specifying employability skills and learning outcomes. Academic staff have appropriate time and resources to engage with employers in forming partnerships and in developing and delivering curricula. Staff make use of systems and technologies to support employer engagement in design and delivery of curricula.

To what degree are programmes personalised by aligning curricula with employer and learner needs? Do employers influence curriculum flexibility in terms of maintaining currency and relevancy? Do employers offer flexible and authentic work-related learning experiences that meet both employer and individual learner needs? QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Good practice in external engagement and partnerships should: Align curricula with employer and learner needs 1-2

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: Align curricula with employer and learner needs Curricula are aligned with employer strategic goals such as workforce skills development, skills utilisation, acquiring and retaining key staff and promoting entrepreneurship. Curricula align with learner personal needs and facilitate career progression and life-long learning. Employer and learner needs are identified in relation to learning outcomes, pathways, assessment and support, using diagnostic tools. Learners have access to flexible opportunities to work/learn via authentic work-related experiences eg through WBL (work-based learning), placements, year in industry and sandwich and industrial training opportunities. Programmes offer bite-size, small awards. Programmes and their associated qualifications offer cross-border mobility with consistency/ portability of outputs, standards and learning outcomes. Programmes offer flexible delivery (in time and place) and with consideration for those with special needs. Delivery is cost-effective and efficient, minimising loss of time and earnings for companies and learners.

To what extent do programme teams meet the needs of a broader range of employers cost-effectively by working with sector/employer bodies that have defined (or plan to define) key skills/capabilities/learning outcomes? To what extent do learners have flexibility to work for a range of different employers - through aligning programmes with key sector skills and capabilities? To what extent can programmes engage with SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises) flexibly, by working at a sector level? QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Good practice in external engagement and partnerships should: Align curricula with sector/employer body needs and initiatives 1-3

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: Align curricula with sector/employer body needs and initiatives Staff engage with relevant sector-employer- professional bodies with a focus on developing win-win opportunities. Sector Advisory groups are set-up to drive forward sector-based initiatives and include stakeholders from all bodies, groups, employers and providers. Curricula are aligned with sector, professional and/or employer body/consortia needs eg defined key skills, capabilities, awards and learning outcomes. Programme teams research and identify sector initiatives with which to align with. Staff have appropriate time and resources available to allow for engagement with sector/ employer bodies. Funding for sector initiatives (for both programme development and delivery) is sought from a range of bodies. Programme teams work with key large employers to engage SMEs (eg as part of supply networks).

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Good practice in external engagement and partnerships should: 1-4 Align curricula with professional, regional, national, sector, international standards and changing contexts To what extent can curricula maintain currency and relevancy through aligning with standards? To what extent can programmes meet the flexible needs of a wide range of stakeholders, represented through professional, regional, national, and international bodies - through aligning curricula with standards? To what degree do curricula respond to changing sector contexts?

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: Align curricula with professional, regional, national, sector, international standards and changing contexts Qualifications and learning outcomes are aligned with standards eg National Occupational Standards, sector standards, professional standards. Staff undertake regular research to identify accreditation/standards frameworks and how these map to institutional provision. Qualifications and standards align with SCQF. Qualifications and standards are integrated with professional awards. Staff engage with regular mapping of learning outcomes to relevant standards and update curricular accordingly. Systems allow students to collect evidence towards professional awards and accreditation and enable transfer of such evidence to other systems eg using e-portfolios. Professional bodies provide accreditation. Industry 'brands' provide certification. Sector skills councils provide certification. HEAR (Higher Education Achievement Report) records are aligned with relevant standards.

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Good practice in external engagement and partnerships should: Engage other educational providers and stakeholders with curriculum design and delivery 1-5 Can programmes provide greater flexibility and inclusion through working with other providers (eg FE)? To what extent are other providers (eg FE) better-placed to provide certain types of learning eg vocational? To what extent do programmes collaborate closely with other providers to facilitate articulation?

QAA Enhancement Theme: Flexible Curricula Based on the Viewpoints model: Engage other educational providers and stakeholders with curricula design and delivery Programme teams allocate time and resource to partnership formation and co-design of curricula with other educational providers. Training and quality assurance are in place for other educational providers, as appropriate (eg for work-based mentors). Agreed processes/roles/responsibilities are in place to support programme delivery, including learner support. There are cross institutional, cross-provider and co-ordinated approaches to development, marketing and promotion of programmes, pathways and progression. All providers have agreed systems and technologies in place to support co-design and delivery of curricula, ensuring they present a unified interface for users. Staff engage with other stakeholders in curricula design and delivery eg local community groups. Effective leadership and business-like ways of working are in place where there are mechanisms/structures in place to effect regular dialogue between co-providers.