Quality Assurance and Verification: the impact of college regionalisation

Juliette McGinley QA Logistics Manager QA Logistics Officers Approval Team Qualification Verification Team Alastair Morton Planning Manager Planning Officer Business Development Manager

Verification Planning Session Previous pilot activities for 10 Colleges on New Approach All Scotland’s Colleges – met / discussed finalised Verification plan (June – Aug 13) Real focus on entry information Discussed verification areas which have over / not verified College Verification Plans agreed in partnership Consultation of HN Graded Unit selections (Feb 14) College Mergers Number of Colleges in process of merging Most have transitioned onto New Approach to Quality Assurance Model Remaining will transfer session Sensitive to the transitional period Majority of merging centres have yet to finalise single SEED number and will be operating under original numbers for next 6 – 12 months Most cases for session, centres are being treated as individual Colleges

New Old New Old New Old Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3Scenario 4 Challenges of Changing Quality Assurance Approaches in Merging Colleges

Data and Systems Verification Selections and Planning Centre contact and communications New Appointee Conflicts of Interest Standardisation and Internal Verification across more campuses previously discrete centres. Candidate evidence being at different locations Opportunity to speak to candidates more restricted Following full merger, Outcome of verification across all sites Examples of Challenges of Verification following College Merger

No “one-fit” solution SQA team in place to support each individual College merger Specific Regional Manager SQA will continue to meet regularly with Quality Managers Working closely with all centre to define new quality assurance approaches and processes Verification Planning process to continue City of Glasgow fully merged One merger is at advance stage (Edinburgh College) Moving Forward

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