1. A Map to Prepare for Curriculum Review NEXT Route 2 Review

2. How to use the map The following map has been designed to lead you through the required processes for curriculum review. Although not exhaustive, this route map will allow you to guide yourself through the …… The map is easy to navigate. The main line ----- takes you through the eight main stations to complete a review. The lines coming off these main stations give you more specific links to individual topics. Click on the station, or topic, you wish to find out about. Once you have read the information just click on the logo at the bottom of every page and it will return you to the main map. NEXT BACK

3. QMU GUIDANCE PROGRAMME SUPPORT MARKET & RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMME PROGRAMME AIMS & OUTCOMES PROGRAMME STRUCTURE, CONTENT & DELIVERY QUALITY ASSURANCE & ONGOING EVALUATION CURRICULUM REVIEW ROUTE MAP BACK MAKING A START TOPICAL ISSUES Programme Specification Form Suggested Template for Review Document Guidance Notes Regulations Quality Assurance Handbook Roles & Responsibilities Aim of Curriculum Review Introduction Student Engagement Internationalisation Employer Engagement Sustainability Subject Specific QAA Codes of Practice Student Input Subject Specific Employer Expectations & Opportunities Professional & Statutory Body Requirements Sustainability Changes in Student Demand QELTA University Strategy Comparable Awards Graduate Attributes How to Write Good Learning Outcomes Subject Benchmark Outcomes Good Practice in Learning and Teaching PDP Requirements / Good Practice Constructive Alignment Personal Academic Tutoring SCQF Levels & Descriptors Subject Specific Subject Specific Subject Specific Assessment Design & Good Practice Provision of Feedback Subject Specific Teachability Employability

4. MAKING A START The Making a Start line introduces you to purpose of the route map and a summary of the aims and involvement within a curriculum review. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Making A Start station and map. Introduction Aim of curriculum review Roles & responsibilities

5. QMU GUIDANCE The QMU Guidance line provides internal links to help develop your curriculum review. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the QMU Guidance station and map. Regulations Guidance notes Suggested template for review document Programme specification form Quality assurance handbook Subject specific

6. MARKET & RATIONALE FOR PROGRAMME The Market & Rationale for Programme line takes you through ….. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Market & Rationale for Programme station and map. University strategy Changes in student demand QELTA Comparable awards Employer expectations & opportunities Professional & statutory body requirements Sustainability Subject specific

7. PROGRAMME AIMS & OUTCOMES The Programme Aims & Outcomes line summarises …… Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Programme Aims & Outcomes station and map. SCQF levels & descriptors Graduate attributes How to write good learning outcomes Subject benchmark statements Subject specific

8. PROGRAMME STRUCTURE, CONTENT & DELIVERY The Programme Structure, Content & Delivery line provides …. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Programme Structure, Content & Delivery station and map. Good practice in learning & teaching PDP requirements/good practice Assessment design and good practice Provision of feedback Constructive alignment Subject specific

9. PROGRAMME SUPPORT The Programme Support line …... Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Programme Support station and map. Personal academic tutoring Teachability Subject specific

10. QUALITY ASSURANCE & ONGOING EVALUATION The QUALITY ASSURANCE & ONGOING EVALUATION line provides a ….. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Quality Assurance & On-going Evaluation station and map. Student input QAA codes of practice Subject specific

11. TOPICAL ISSUES The Topical Issues line provides some final considerations before …. Click on the above categories to start your journey on this line. The QMU logo will take you back to the Topical Issues station and map. Student engagement Internationalisation Employer engagement Employability Sustainability

12. INTRODUCTION How can this route map help me? This route map has been produced to aid staff preparing for Curriculum Review at Queen Margaret University. It is a guide to the processes involved and provides links to internal and external reference points which will inform the work of the programme team. As you will readily see from the route map, there is an enormous amount of information directly relevant to the process of curriculum review, as well as considerable amounts of useful, indirectly related material. One of the ways you could use this route map is to assign a branch-line to each member of the team to research.

13. AIM OF CURRICULUM REVIEW Aim of review Programmes are validated for a maximum period of five years, whereupon they are subject to review. This is an opportunity to reconsider the relevance and market for the programme, as well as to present for approval any major changes to the programme. These may be the result of changed environmental circumstances, feedback from students or other stakeholders or new institutional or government initiatives. In summary, you should use the review process to reflect on what has and hasn’t worked and to decide what changes (if any) you wish to make for the future.

14. ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES The review is a team approach Those involved in a review include: Programme team Deans of School and Heads of Division Panels Quality Enhancement Unit Centre for Academic Practice Professional and Regulatory Bodies A detailed description of the roles and responsibilities of each of the above is provided in the following validation & review handbook: QMU: guidance notes for programme teamsQMU: guidance notes for programme teams

15. REGULATIONS Summary The regulations laid out in the linked document below contain all the detail required to ensure that new programme proposals and programme reviews fit with: The University’s quality processes External statutory and regulatory requirements The University’s strategic planning process, and development and review timetable. QMU Link: QMU: programme development, modification, monitoring and reviewQMU: programme development, modification, monitoring and review

16. GUIDANCE NOTES Summary The link below takes you to a booklet which is designed to accompany the formal regulations for programme review. This document provides you with a practical outline of the processes and procedures involved in the review. QMU Link: QMU: guidance notes for programme teamQMU: guidance notes for programme team

17. SUGGESTED TEMPLATE FOR REVIEW DOCUMENT A guide for programme teams You may approach your review document any way you like as long as it does what it is intended to do: i.e. as long as it provides a clear and critical evaluation of the success of the programme since the last time it was reviewed, and provides a way of showing how decisions about the programme have been made. None the less, it is often useful to have a template to follow to help make sure you have covered all the necessary information. A suggested template can be found at the link below to provide a starting point for your document. QMU Link: QMU: putting together a programme review documentQMU: putting together a programme review document

18. QUALITY ASSURANCE HANDBOOK FOR PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT, MENTORING AND REVIEW QMU Link: QMU: programme development, modification, monitoring and reviewQMU: programme development, modification, monitoring and review

19. PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION FORM Summary QMU Link: QMU: programme specificationQMU: programme specification

20. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Summary

21. CHANGES IN STUDENT DEMAND Summary External Link: Universities UK: changes in student choices and graduate employmentUniversities UK: changes in student choices and graduate employment

22. QELTA Summary QMU Link: QMU: QELTAQMU: QELTA

23. UNIVERSITY STRATEGY Summary QMU Link: QMU: strategic planQMU: strategic plan

24. COMPARABLE AWARDS Summary External Link: WhatUni?: home pageWhatUni?: home page

25. EMPLOYER EXPECTATIONS & OPPORTUNITIES Summary Internal Link: External Link: Enhancement Themes: employabilityEnhancement Themes: employability QMU: ’employer’ unable to open to check titleQMU: ’employer’ unable to open to check title QMU: future focus - employabilityQMU: future focus - employability

26. PROFESSIONAL & STATUTORY BODY REQUIREMENTS Summary External Link: HEBRG: professional, statutory and regulatory bodies: an exploration ofHEBRG: professional, statutory and regulatory bodies: an exploration of their engagement with higher education

27. SUSTAINABILITY Summary Internal Link: External Link: QMU: sustainability documentQMU: sustainability document UNESCO: education for sustainable developmentUNESCO: education for sustainable development

28. SUBJECT SPECIFIC

29. SCQF LEVELS & DESCRIPTORS Summary External Link: SCQF: the frameworkSCQF: the framework

30. GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES Summary QMU Link: External Link: QAAHE: the foundation for graduate attributes: developing self regualtionQAAHE: the foundation for graduate attributes: developing self regualtion through self and peer assessment QMU: future focus – what are your graduate attributesQMU: future focus – what are your graduate attributes Enhancement Themes: research-teaching linkages: enhancing graduateEnhancement Themes: research-teaching linkages: enhancing graduate attributes QMU: graduate attributesQMU: graduate attributes

31. HOW TO WRITE GOOD LEARNING OUTCOMES Summary QMU Link: External Links: QMU: links to come Name: links to come

32. SUBJECT BENCHMARK STATEMENTS Summary External Link: QAA: honours degree subjects - subject benchmark statementsQAA: honours degree subjects - subject benchmark statements

33. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Summary

34. GOOD PRACTICE IN LEARNING & TEACHING Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: link to come Name: link to come

35. PDP REQUIREMENTS / GOOD PRACTICE Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/about/index.aspQMU: http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/pdp/about/index.asp QMU: good practice case studiesQMU: good practice case studies QMU: future focus – PDP & employabilityQMU: future focus – PDP & employability QMU: PDP at QMU mapping current activity and sharing good practiceQMU: PDP at QMU mapping current activity and sharing good practice QAA: personal development planningQAA: personal development planning

36. ASSESSMENT DESIGN & GOOD PRACTICE Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: assessment proceduresQMU: assessment procedures QMU: guidelines for staff: assessment specifications and feedbackQMU: guidelines for staff: assessment specifications and feedback QMU: good practice case studiesQMU: good practice case studies Enhancement Themes: assessmentEnhancement Themes: assessment Enhancement Themes: integrated assessmentEnhancement Themes: integrated assessment

37. PROVISION OF FEEDBACK Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: guidelines for staff: assessment specifications and feedbackQMU: guidelines for staff: assessment specifications and feedback QMU: QMU student guide to feedback on on coursework & learningQMU: QMU student guide to feedback on on coursework & learning QMU: good practice case studiesQMU: good practice case studies THEA: enhancing student engagement with feedback – best practiceTHEA: enhancing student engagement with feedback – best practice guidelines (Sheffield Hallam University)

38. CONSTRUCTIVE ALIGNMENT Summary External Link: THEA: constructive alignmentTHEA: constructive alignment

39. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Summary

40. TEACHABILITY Summary External Link: Strathclyde University: teachabilityStrathclyde University: teachability

41. PERSONAL ACADEMIC TUTORING Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: university policy: personal academic tutoring systemQMU: university policy: personal academic tutoring system QMU: being a P@T personal tutor at queen margaret universityQMU: being a P@T personal tutor at queen margaret university QMU: your P@T personal academic tutorQMU: your P@T personal academic tutor NUS Connect: personal tutorsNUS Connect: personal tutors

42. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Summary

43. QAA CODES OF PRACTICE Summary External Link: QAA: the quality codeQAA: the quality code

44. STUDENT INPUT Summary QMU link: External Link: QMU: use of students in validation and reviewQMU: use of students in validation and review QAA: information and guidanceQAA: information and guidance

45. SUBJECT SPECIFIC Summary

46. STUDENT ENGAGEMENT Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU Link: NAME: link to come QMU: link to come

47. INTERNATIONALISATION Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: link to come NAME: link to come

48. SUSTAINABILITY Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: link to come NAME: link to come

49. EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: link to come NAME: link to come

50. EMPLOYABILITY Summary QMU Link: External Link: QMU: link to come NAME: link to come

51. REFERENCES and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The following pages provide a list of the references that credit all sources of information used in this work and the relevant acknowledgments to those who helped produce and create this resource material: References Acknowledgements

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53. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to all who contributed to this resource, especially: