Slides from the launch of the final report from our QAA Collaborative Enhancement project, 'When Quality Assurance Meets Innovation in Higher Education'
14 May 2024
The document discusses career development benchmarks for tertiary education. It describes the development process for the Career Development Benchmarks-Tertiary in New Zealand, which involved establishing a working team, reviewing literature, field testing a draft, conducting surveys, and receiving peer review feedback. The benchmarks are intended as a self-review tool and guide to improve practice rather than evaluative standards. They focus on student engagement, employer/industry engagement, and organization engagement. The document also discusses using action research to develop a strategic career plan at one university, involving a career practitioner, two academics, meetings, and planning-action-reflection cycles to understand opportunities to maximize employer engagement and better integrate career services.
Globalising quality assurance in higher education niead-ue, tokyodvndamme
The document discusses globalizing quality assurance in higher education. It covers four main points:
1. The achievements of the global quality assurance movement, including establishing internal and external quality assurance systems and strengthening institutional leadership on quality.
2. Emerging risks, such as bureaucratization and formalism, window dressing, balancing accountability and improvement, and limits of peer review methodologies.
3. How globalization impacts quality assurance, including the convergence of higher education systems and need to complement national quality assurance with international arrangements.
4. Strategies for quality assurance, such as being a driver of innovation, focusing on relevance, recognizing institutional diversity, combining local and global approaches, and investing in trust.
1) Introduction to the Open University,and why we need to continue to build our change capability
2) What we're doing and how we're doing it
3) Challenges and opportunities: now and in the future
The document discusses whether accreditation can keep pace with changes in higher education. It notes that accreditation has faced criticism over the past decade for not adapting quickly enough. However, accreditors have also taken steps to reform processes and increase flexibility, efficiency and transparency. Going forward, further discussion is needed on how accreditation can better align standards, enhance credibility with stakeholders, reduce costs while maintaining quality, and encourage innovation in higher education.
More information on leaders wanting to build an organization culture for analytics. Participants will learn where to start and how to prioritize implementation of analytics initiatives.
This breakout session was hosted at the Civitas Learning 2015 Winter Summit, by Dr. Linda Baer and Dr. Mark Milliron.
Effective Creation, Mediation and Use of Knowledge in and about Education.EduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by Philippa Cordingley from the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) at the CERI Conference on Innovation, Governance and Reform in Education on 3 November 2014 during session 3.a: Knowledge-intensive Governance, Innovation and Change.
The Center for Innovation in Education and Next Generation Learning Challenges invite applications to the Assessment for Learning Project. The grants will support educators to fundamentally rethink the core role(s) that assessment can play to support student attainment of deeper learning. Nearly $2 million is available for 12-15 grants. Applications are due December 10, 2015. This presentation was used in webinars on November 4 and November 12, 2015 to provide an overview of the grant opportunity to prospective applicants and respond to their questions.
Strategic Visions & Values: Inclusive Curricula and Leadership in Learning an...Richard Hall
This document summarizes Richard Hall's experience working to embed inclusivity in the curriculum at De Montfort University (DMU). It describes how DMU has progressed from a focus on "Freedom to Achieve" to reduce the BAME attainment gap, to a broader initiative called "Decolonising DMU" to promote inclusion across the institution. Key activities discussed include curriculum co-creation with students, staff training, and reviewing university policies, practices and infrastructure from an inclusion perspective. Challenges addressed include representing all students in curricula and ensuring inclusive practices become normalized.
The document discusses career development benchmarks for tertiary education. It describes the development process for the Career Development Benchmarks-Tertiary in New Zealand, which involved establishing a working team, reviewing literature, field testing a draft, conducting surveys, and receiving peer review feedback. The benchmarks are intended as a self-review tool and guide to improve practice rather than evaluative standards. They focus on student engagement, employer/industry engagement, and organization engagement. The document also discusses using action research to develop a strategic career plan at one university, involving a career practitioner, two academics, meetings, and planning-action-reflection cycles to understand opportunities to maximize employer engagement and better integrate career services.
Globalising quality assurance in higher education niead-ue, tokyodvndamme
The document discusses globalizing quality assurance in higher education. It covers four main points:
1. The achievements of the global quality assurance movement, including establishing internal and external quality assurance systems and strengthening institutional leadership on quality.
2. Emerging risks, such as bureaucratization and formalism, window dressing, balancing accountability and improvement, and limits of peer review methodologies.
3. How globalization impacts quality assurance, including the convergence of higher education systems and need to complement national quality assurance with international arrangements.
4. Strategies for quality assurance, such as being a driver of innovation, focusing on relevance, recognizing institutional diversity, combining local and global approaches, and investing in trust.
1) Introduction to the Open University,and why we need to continue to build our change capability
2) What we're doing and how we're doing it
3) Challenges and opportunities: now and in the future
The document discusses whether accreditation can keep pace with changes in higher education. It notes that accreditation has faced criticism over the past decade for not adapting quickly enough. However, accreditors have also taken steps to reform processes and increase flexibility, efficiency and transparency. Going forward, further discussion is needed on how accreditation can better align standards, enhance credibility with stakeholders, reduce costs while maintaining quality, and encourage innovation in higher education.
More information on leaders wanting to build an organization culture for analytics. Participants will learn where to start and how to prioritize implementation of analytics initiatives.
This breakout session was hosted at the Civitas Learning 2015 Winter Summit, by Dr. Linda Baer and Dr. Mark Milliron.
Effective Creation, Mediation and Use of Knowledge in and about Education.EduSkills OECD
This presentation was given by Philippa Cordingley from the Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education (CUREE) at the CERI Conference on Innovation, Governance and Reform in Education on 3 November 2014 during session 3.a: Knowledge-intensive Governance, Innovation and Change.
The Center for Innovation in Education and Next Generation Learning Challenges invite applications to the Assessment for Learning Project. The grants will support educators to fundamentally rethink the core role(s) that assessment can play to support student attainment of deeper learning. Nearly $2 million is available for 12-15 grants. Applications are due December 10, 2015. This presentation was used in webinars on November 4 and November 12, 2015 to provide an overview of the grant opportunity to prospective applicants and respond to their questions.
Strategic Visions & Values: Inclusive Curricula and Leadership in Learning an...Richard Hall
This document summarizes Richard Hall's experience working to embed inclusivity in the curriculum at De Montfort University (DMU). It describes how DMU has progressed from a focus on "Freedom to Achieve" to reduce the BAME attainment gap, to a broader initiative called "Decolonising DMU" to promote inclusion across the institution. Key activities discussed include curriculum co-creation with students, staff training, and reviewing university policies, practices and infrastructure from an inclusion perspective. Challenges addressed include representing all students in curricula and ensuring inclusive practices become normalized.
Anna Gover - Quality Perspectives on Microcredentials.pdfEADTU
This document discusses quality perspectives on microcredentials from Anna Gover, the director of ENQA. It provides context on microcredentials and ENQA. It then explores key questions around what defines quality for microcredentials and why higher education institutions offer and people take microcredentials. The document examines approaches to quality assurance of microcredentials and identifies key issues for internal and external quality assurance. It also discusses key issues for the digital delivery of microcredentials and provides some final reflections.
The document discusses barriers to transformation in higher education and proposes ways to challenge those barriers. The five main barriers are: viewing education as the role of specialists; a lack of demand crisis; technology being adopted to suit universities; high barriers to new competitors; and systemic inertia resisting change. The document suggests taking a learner-centered perspective, competing with existing approaches, and enabling changes within quality and funding systems to drive transformation through digital distance education.
Are you future ready? Preparing students for living and working in a digital ...Jisc
Many colleges and universities recognise they need to adopt a whole-institution approach to equip students with the skills, confidence and experience they need for the modern workplace.Technology is critical in helping students to develop and communicate these skills, but are universities and colleges making best use of it?
In this session we will explore what employers are really looking for; and how a university and college are using innovative approaches to best preparing their students to meet those needs.
Faculty survey results and interviews with senior decision makers leading their institutions’ MOOC strategies:
What were the original motivations behind your MOOC strategy? How have your motivations evolved after some experience with MOOCs? How are you measuring the success of your MOOC strategy? What lessons and best practices have emerged from your experience with MOOCs? What are your plans to expand the use of MOOCs? What advice would you give to other senior leaders considering a MOOC strategy?
Factors impacting the success in increasing adoption - Bill Ashraf, Strategic...Blackboard APAC
This document outlines six key characteristics for increasing technology adoption in higher education institutions: leadership from top administrators, institutional commitment through investment, robust and reliable infrastructure, effective support for academic staff, demonstrating benefits to students and staff, and using evidence-based decision making. It provides recommendations in each area and case studies of institutions that have successfully adopted technology. The overall document serves to guide institutions on best practices for improving technology adoption across their programs and curriculum.
The document discusses the institutionalization of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in colleges and universities. It defines institutionalization as establishing something as a convention or norm within an organization. It describes the functions of the IQAC, which include verifying and ensuring quality standards, conducting periodic assessments and audits, keeping targets, promoting accountability and collaboration, and establishing a value framework. The document provides tips for benchmarking and discusses challenges to quality assurance, emphasizing the need for a long-term perspective plan and embedding quality culture throughout the institution.
This document discusses academic development in the UK higher education landscape. It provides an overview of academic development, including the roles of academic developers and various professional organizations. It also describes the author's work as an academic developer, including running a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) and various projects to support teaching and learning. Research activities of the author are also listed, including publications and conference presentations focused on academic development topics.
Presentation of a paper at the ASCILITE Conference, discussing how we need to share the findings of failed research, so we can learn from other's mistakes. The full paper may be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311108135_Failing_forward_in_research_around_technology_enhanced_learning
This document outlines a transformation journey and strategic plan for Houston Community College from 2019-2023. It discusses establishing an entrance plan, conducting an organizational assessment, developing a strategic plan with four pillars (student success, organizational stewardship, performance excellence, and innovation). Progress updates are provided on enrollment, awards, dual credit enrollment, student demographics, finances, and call center metrics. The final phase discusses implementing an organizational restructure to improve communication, collaboration, and student services across the college.
The document discusses contract cheating in higher education and ways to address it. It defines contract cheating as outsourcing academic work to third parties. It notes a rise in commercial essay writing services and the need for a holistic approach across institutions that includes [1] clear, accessible policies; [2] education for both students and staff; and [3] using technology tools to detect breaches and promote integrity. The document provides examples of good practices like defining contract cheating in policy, including information in online courses and outlines, and using visual reminders around campus.
GAIHE Survey Report Results, by Andrew Gibson & Ellen Hazelkorngaihe
GAIHE Survey Report Results, by Andrew Gibson & Ellen Hazelkorn. Governance and Adaptation to Innovative Modes of the Higher Education Provision Project
1) There is a need for improved learning and evaluation in philanthropy to support adaptive strategies and decision-making, but evaluators face challenges keeping up with evolving demands due to limited resources.
2) Evaluators play an important role in articulating theories of change, gathering diverse data, synthesizing lessons, and facilitating learning conversations between foundations and grantees.
3) The article discusses five root causes that inhibit evaluation from having more influence: lack of professional development for evaluators, separation of evaluation from strategy development, single user focus of most evaluations, equity and diversity as a work in progress, and lack of spaces for shared learning across the field.
From Quality Assurance to Quality Enhancement (2006)JamesDunphy
Presentation given jointly - with David Lines - to the Heads of Educational Development Group in 2006 on the shift from Quality Assurance to Quality Enhancement within Scottish Higher Education
This document discusses the importance of evaluation for educational programs and policies. It begins by explaining that evaluation, though sometimes seen negatively, is essential for improving programs over time through an iterative process of experimentation, evaluation, and innovation. It then provides examples of evaluations that have successfully informed policy changes to improve programs. The document argues for more rigorous evaluations, especially those using comparison groups, to provide clearer evidence of impacts. Overall, it promotes viewing evaluation as integral rather than something to avoid.
Here are the key points regarding expected standards and quality assurance in public schools:
- Public schools are expected to meet national standards set by the Ministry of Education regarding infrastructure, resources, curriculum, teaching quality, student support services, governance structures, etc.
- Schools are responsible for conducting regular internal self-assessments to evaluate how well they are meeting the standards. This involves collecting data, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
- The General Education Quality Assurance (GERQA) agency conducts external evaluations of schools where teams assess programs and processes against GERQA's focus areas and reference points.
- GERQA provides recommendations for improvement. Schools are then responsible for developing action plans and implementing changes based in the evaluation.
Essential Role of Adjuncts Role of Adjuncts in OER Adoption and DegreesUna Daly
Faculty involvement is critical to the sustainability of OER adoption and degree pathways. More than half of courses at community colleges taught by adjunct faculty and institutional reliance on this faculty pool is growing. It is essential to devise scalable strategies for integrating adjuncts into this transformative work to improve student success.
Join us for this webinar to hear how adjunct faculty can participate and be acknowledged for the essential role that they are playing in developing OER degree pathways at many colleges. Findings and emerging strategies from Achieving the Dream’s Engaging Adjunct Faculty program will be explored with the program director. Dean of Information Technology and an adjunct faculty member at Broward College, an OER Degree Initiative grantee, will share how adjunct faculty have been involved in the development and teaching of their Business Administration OER degree pathway.
When: Wednesday, Dec 6th 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Jon Iuzzini: Associate Director, Adjunct Faculty Initiative, Achieving the Dream
Tom Ayers: Dean of Information Technology, Broward College
Claudine Dulaney: Adjunct Business Faculty, Broward College
This document discusses the institutionalization of IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) in higher education institutions. It explains that establishing IQAC helps promote acceptance of authority, standardization of policies and procedures, and harmonization among stakeholders. IQAC executes goal congruence through planning, augmentation, execution, and evaluation. It works to periodically assess and audit quality assurance systems and stimulate academic and administrative mechanisms. Some key functions of IQAC include promoting value frameworks, global competencies, policies and processes, benchmarking with ethics and values, technological solutions, and focusing on teaching, learning, and evaluation through a constructivist approach.
Quality Assurance and Innovation: Case Studies of Massive Open Online Courses...FutureLearn FLAN
Presented by Ahmed Al-Imarah of the University of Bath at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK on 15 June 2017. This presentation formed part of the FutureLearn Academic Network section (FLAN Day) of the 38th Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG) conference. For full details, see http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/3004
Academic and clinical partnerships in nursing education can improve competency and training availability through a portfolio model. The portfolio allows assessment of outcomes of the partnership between academic and clinical partners. It documents both products and processes of learning. Key roles include a clinical liaison who collects data and an academic champion knowledgeable in both settings. Techniques for managing partnerships include identifying a leader, building communication systems, and using models like the synergy model to match needs and talents. Partnerships can increase faculty availability for teaching students, improve staff training, and benefit the community through collaboration between education and practice.
Anna Gover - Quality Perspectives on Microcredentials.pdfEADTU
This document discusses quality perspectives on microcredentials from Anna Gover, the director of ENQA. It provides context on microcredentials and ENQA. It then explores key questions around what defines quality for microcredentials and why higher education institutions offer and people take microcredentials. The document examines approaches to quality assurance of microcredentials and identifies key issues for internal and external quality assurance. It also discusses key issues for the digital delivery of microcredentials and provides some final reflections.
The document discusses barriers to transformation in higher education and proposes ways to challenge those barriers. The five main barriers are: viewing education as the role of specialists; a lack of demand crisis; technology being adopted to suit universities; high barriers to new competitors; and systemic inertia resisting change. The document suggests taking a learner-centered perspective, competing with existing approaches, and enabling changes within quality and funding systems to drive transformation through digital distance education.
Are you future ready? Preparing students for living and working in a digital ...Jisc
Many colleges and universities recognise they need to adopt a whole-institution approach to equip students with the skills, confidence and experience they need for the modern workplace.Technology is critical in helping students to develop and communicate these skills, but are universities and colleges making best use of it?
In this session we will explore what employers are really looking for; and how a university and college are using innovative approaches to best preparing their students to meet those needs.
Faculty survey results and interviews with senior decision makers leading their institutions’ MOOC strategies:
What were the original motivations behind your MOOC strategy? How have your motivations evolved after some experience with MOOCs? How are you measuring the success of your MOOC strategy? What lessons and best practices have emerged from your experience with MOOCs? What are your plans to expand the use of MOOCs? What advice would you give to other senior leaders considering a MOOC strategy?
Factors impacting the success in increasing adoption - Bill Ashraf, Strategic...Blackboard APAC
This document outlines six key characteristics for increasing technology adoption in higher education institutions: leadership from top administrators, institutional commitment through investment, robust and reliable infrastructure, effective support for academic staff, demonstrating benefits to students and staff, and using evidence-based decision making. It provides recommendations in each area and case studies of institutions that have successfully adopted technology. The overall document serves to guide institutions on best practices for improving technology adoption across their programs and curriculum.
The document discusses the institutionalization of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) in colleges and universities. It defines institutionalization as establishing something as a convention or norm within an organization. It describes the functions of the IQAC, which include verifying and ensuring quality standards, conducting periodic assessments and audits, keeping targets, promoting accountability and collaboration, and establishing a value framework. The document provides tips for benchmarking and discusses challenges to quality assurance, emphasizing the need for a long-term perspective plan and embedding quality culture throughout the institution.
This document discusses academic development in the UK higher education landscape. It provides an overview of academic development, including the roles of academic developers and various professional organizations. It also describes the author's work as an academic developer, including running a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP) and various projects to support teaching and learning. Research activities of the author are also listed, including publications and conference presentations focused on academic development topics.
Presentation of a paper at the ASCILITE Conference, discussing how we need to share the findings of failed research, so we can learn from other's mistakes. The full paper may be found at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311108135_Failing_forward_in_research_around_technology_enhanced_learning
This document outlines a transformation journey and strategic plan for Houston Community College from 2019-2023. It discusses establishing an entrance plan, conducting an organizational assessment, developing a strategic plan with four pillars (student success, organizational stewardship, performance excellence, and innovation). Progress updates are provided on enrollment, awards, dual credit enrollment, student demographics, finances, and call center metrics. The final phase discusses implementing an organizational restructure to improve communication, collaboration, and student services across the college.
The document discusses contract cheating in higher education and ways to address it. It defines contract cheating as outsourcing academic work to third parties. It notes a rise in commercial essay writing services and the need for a holistic approach across institutions that includes [1] clear, accessible policies; [2] education for both students and staff; and [3] using technology tools to detect breaches and promote integrity. The document provides examples of good practices like defining contract cheating in policy, including information in online courses and outlines, and using visual reminders around campus.
GAIHE Survey Report Results, by Andrew Gibson & Ellen Hazelkorngaihe
GAIHE Survey Report Results, by Andrew Gibson & Ellen Hazelkorn. Governance and Adaptation to Innovative Modes of the Higher Education Provision Project
1) There is a need for improved learning and evaluation in philanthropy to support adaptive strategies and decision-making, but evaluators face challenges keeping up with evolving demands due to limited resources.
2) Evaluators play an important role in articulating theories of change, gathering diverse data, synthesizing lessons, and facilitating learning conversations between foundations and grantees.
3) The article discusses five root causes that inhibit evaluation from having more influence: lack of professional development for evaluators, separation of evaluation from strategy development, single user focus of most evaluations, equity and diversity as a work in progress, and lack of spaces for shared learning across the field.
From Quality Assurance to Quality Enhancement (2006)JamesDunphy
Presentation given jointly - with David Lines - to the Heads of Educational Development Group in 2006 on the shift from Quality Assurance to Quality Enhancement within Scottish Higher Education
This document discusses the importance of evaluation for educational programs and policies. It begins by explaining that evaluation, though sometimes seen negatively, is essential for improving programs over time through an iterative process of experimentation, evaluation, and innovation. It then provides examples of evaluations that have successfully informed policy changes to improve programs. The document argues for more rigorous evaluations, especially those using comparison groups, to provide clearer evidence of impacts. Overall, it promotes viewing evaluation as integral rather than something to avoid.
Here are the key points regarding expected standards and quality assurance in public schools:
- Public schools are expected to meet national standards set by the Ministry of Education regarding infrastructure, resources, curriculum, teaching quality, student support services, governance structures, etc.
- Schools are responsible for conducting regular internal self-assessments to evaluate how well they are meeting the standards. This involves collecting data, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
- The General Education Quality Assurance (GERQA) agency conducts external evaluations of schools where teams assess programs and processes against GERQA's focus areas and reference points.
- GERQA provides recommendations for improvement. Schools are then responsible for developing action plans and implementing changes based in the evaluation.
Essential Role of Adjuncts Role of Adjuncts in OER Adoption and DegreesUna Daly
Faculty involvement is critical to the sustainability of OER adoption and degree pathways. More than half of courses at community colleges taught by adjunct faculty and institutional reliance on this faculty pool is growing. It is essential to devise scalable strategies for integrating adjuncts into this transformative work to improve student success.
Join us for this webinar to hear how adjunct faculty can participate and be acknowledged for the essential role that they are playing in developing OER degree pathways at many colleges. Findings and emerging strategies from Achieving the Dream’s Engaging Adjunct Faculty program will be explored with the program director. Dean of Information Technology and an adjunct faculty member at Broward College, an OER Degree Initiative grantee, will share how adjunct faculty have been involved in the development and teaching of their Business Administration OER degree pathway.
When: Wednesday, Dec 6th 11am PT/ 2pm ET
Featured Speakers:
Jon Iuzzini: Associate Director, Adjunct Faculty Initiative, Achieving the Dream
Tom Ayers: Dean of Information Technology, Broward College
Claudine Dulaney: Adjunct Business Faculty, Broward College
This document discusses the institutionalization of IQAC (Internal Quality Assurance Cell) in higher education institutions. It explains that establishing IQAC helps promote acceptance of authority, standardization of policies and procedures, and harmonization among stakeholders. IQAC executes goal congruence through planning, augmentation, execution, and evaluation. It works to periodically assess and audit quality assurance systems and stimulate academic and administrative mechanisms. Some key functions of IQAC include promoting value frameworks, global competencies, policies and processes, benchmarking with ethics and values, technological solutions, and focusing on teaching, learning, and evaluation through a constructivist approach.
Quality Assurance and Innovation: Case Studies of Massive Open Online Courses...FutureLearn FLAN
Presented by Ahmed Al-Imarah of the University of Bath at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK on 15 June 2017. This presentation formed part of the FutureLearn Academic Network section (FLAN Day) of the 38th Computers and Learning Research Group (CALRG) conference. For full details, see http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloudscape/view/3004
Academic and clinical partnerships in nursing education can improve competency and training availability through a portfolio model. The portfolio allows assessment of outcomes of the partnership between academic and clinical partners. It documents both products and processes of learning. Key roles include a clinical liaison who collects data and an academic champion knowledgeable in both settings. Techniques for managing partnerships include identifying a leader, building communication systems, and using models like the synergy model to match needs and talents. Partnerships can increase faculty availability for teaching students, improve staff training, and benefit the community through collaboration between education and practice.
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Abstract:
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Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
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When Quality Assurance Meets Innovation in Higher Education - Report launch webinar
1. When Quality Assurance Meets
Innovation in Higher Education
A QAA-funded Collaborative Enhancement Project
Final Report Launch
14 May 2024
2. The context in which we operate
• Ethos of new public management and marketisation
• Made explicit in HERA 2017
• Increasing and diversifying provider base in England – ‘high-quality disruption’
• Divergences in regulatory approach
• OfS, DFENI, HEFCW, SFC
• Accelerating technological disruption
• COVID-19 and the ‘online pivot’
• AI, used by students and providers
• Data capture and prediction
• Adverse financial outlook
• Tuition fees declining in real terms
• Less welcome environment for international students
• Rising cost of living.
3. Raised some interesting questions…
• Is there a conflict – or at least a tension – between QA and innovation?
• Under what conditions does QA best support innovation?
• Do new providers ‘do’ quality differently?
4. Methodology
• Literature review
• How is quality assured, and how is QA perceived?
• What does ‘innovation’ mean in this context?
• Does QA inhibit or support innovation?
• Is technology driving change in QA practices?
• Survey exploring experiences of innovation and QA amongst UK higher education professionals
(n=176)
• What is driving innovation in HE?
• Which QA domains most impact/most positively impact innovation?
• Six focus groups (n=25)
• How do QA and innovation interact?
• How might QA better support innovation?
• Case studies of innovation and QA (n=6).
5. Literature review themes
• Embedding a student-as-consumer lens has made innovation more difficult
• Increasing QA influence is received negatively (and with resistance) by academics
• Innovation less likely to be successful when it is externally-driven (top-down?) and active QA –
associated with reduced agency and creativity
• COVID-19 stimulated innovation in L&T practice and in QA practice; the latter has not been routinely
leveraged by universities
• Mistrust between academics and administrators both a root cause and an outcome of contemporary
higher education.
6. Survey themes – QA an established
but ambivalent role
• Participants fairly evenly spread across QA, academic, enhancement and development,
professional services
• Almost 2/3 participants describe QA as being hybrid local/centralised, and more than a quarter in
fully centralised
• Good understanding that QA is an integral part of HE: vast majority participants across all functions
consider themselves as having responsibility for both assuring and enhancing quality
• Ambivalent story as to whether QA supports innovation and whether QA is responsive. In the
context of innovative practice, QA is a facilitator, a gatekeeper, and a distractor.
7. Survey themes – innovation in L&T
and in QA
• Most significant source of L&T innovation is incremental – ongoing reflection and refinement by
module leaders. New modes of delivery and new courses also important catalysts of innovation
• Most commonly reported motivators for innovation are student centred: improving student
satisfaction, promoting inclusivity, and to meet the needs of a changing student body
• Quality assurance domains with biggest impact on innovation are both top-down and bottom-up:
learning & teaching strategies, transformation strategies, capability of staff members
• Survey respondents reported that COVID-19 led to simplified processes and fast-track decision-
making, and 2/3 reported that at least some of these process changes had been retained. 3/4
respondents using data and learning analytics as part of QA/enhancement.
8. Focus Groups – different worlds but
shared passion?
• Reflected on the extent to which L&T innovation could be managed strategically, given that it relied
on individual creativity, capability and capacity
• QA staff identified as being in the middle of employer-driven, student-driven and staff-driven
innovation
• Financial context is impacting support for innovation and the need for it to be well-focussed,
• “...you can have the best, most interesting idea, but if it’s not going to make money it’s not going to happen … and lots of
great ideas don’t make money”
• Academic reputation is on the line, as well as their wellbeing and ability to stay fresh
• QA/enhancement can empower academics: importance of supporting innovation
champions and myth-busting
• Huge amount of passion, commitment and enthusiasm to do thing better.
9. Focus Groups – need for a reset?
• QA colleagues themselves described the combination of busy people and lots of (admittedly often
‘archaic’) paperwork as being one of the reasons creativity can be stifled
• Vicious circle - QA colleagues can be too absorbed in the nitty-gritty, but even when they try to lift
their heads and be more strategic in supporting innovation, get pulled back in responding to
academic wanting to change fields on forms
• QA described needing to ‘reset’ their relationship with academics – BUT many ‘things you can't do’
can be folklore and myth
• Encouraging academic colleagues to engage QA early enough, and to make evidence-based
proposals
• Some providers moving towards multi-functional teams in portfolio development. Layers,
levels and silos reduce agility and increase people being in their own bubble.
10. Calls to action
• Appropriately resourced and empowered QA teams who are intimately connected with
academic innovation through carefully thought-out structures and processes
• Leaders and colleagues must harness the passion for high-quality innovative practice that we have
affirmed exists in their institutions. We have shown that QA can be agile and innovative in itself –
build on this.