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Working with frameworks

Working with frameworks. Sue Rippon Head of Curriculum Development November 2009. QAA’s Academic Infrastructure. UK higher education institutions are each independent and self-governing.

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Working with frameworks

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  1. Working with frameworks Sue RipponHead of Curriculum Development November 2009

  2. QAA’s Academic Infrastructure • UK higher education institutions are each independent and self-governing. • The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) provides guidance and checks how well they meet their responsibilities, identifying good practice and making recommendations for improvement.

  3. Academic Infrastructure Code of Practice • Section 7: Programme design, approval, monitoring and review (2006) Programme specification '…the definitive publicly available information on the aims, intended learning outcomes and expected learner achievements of programmes of study …'(Handbook for institutional audit: England and Northern Ireland, 2006).

  4. Benchmarks • Subject benchmarks set out the academic characteristics and standards for 55 subjects at honours level 9 subjects at master’s level • Foundation Degree qualification benchmark (October 2004) • Master's degree characteristics reference point (currently available for consultation)

  5. Frameworks for higher education qualifications • First published in 2001 • One framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland and one for Scotland • Each defining levels of qualifications • EWNI framework revised in 2008

  6. Credit

  7. “Higher education credit framework for England” (August 2008): Table 1: Credit values typically associated with the design of programmes leading to main HE qualifications in England

  8. OU Major Awards

  9. Issues • QAA not actively promoting the use of credit • Aligning OU qualifications with the English, Welsh and Scottish frameworks • Positioning our minor awards which don’t fit with the HE frameworks • How much of this to explain to students

  10. Qualificationsand Credit Framework • Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency at http://www.qcda.gov.uk/19674.aspx

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