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City and Islington College. Project to define and enhance scholarly activity at City and Islington College. Ian Sterling – College HE Quality and Development Manager Ian.sterling@candi.ac.uk. Students at the Heart of the System.
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City and Islington College Project to define and enhance scholarly activity at City and Islington College. Ian Sterling – College HE Quality and Development Manager Ian.sterling@candi.ac.uk
Students at the Heart of the System • Purpose: To maintain and enhance the quality of the student experience and the linked area of colleagues work satisfaction
Steps • Define scholarly activity for City and Islington College • Develop a plan of action to maintain and enhance scholarly activity, working with university partners where appropriate.
Context: HE in FE at City and Islington College • The College has a number of Foundation Degrees, PGCEs in Life Long Learning, and HNC/Ds awarded by local universities or Edexcel. Together with a small amount of non prescribed HE. • The majority of programmes are level 4 and 5 and definitions of scholarly activity are for delivery at this level in QAA Framework of HE Qualifications in England and Northern Ireland.
Audit to find current situation • An audit of the College’s 84 staff teaching on HE was undertaken using 22 criteria developed following discussions with the HEA, and consideration of the criteria used by a College in an HEA funded project. • A recommendation following the audit was to provide time for staff teaching on HE for scholarly activity
Considerations • Students and staff • UK Quality Code for Higher Education • HEA UK Professional Standards Framework • Noted. QAA: Draft for Consultation RHEFE section 11. Expectations on the management of quality assurance of Higher Education.
Agreement with UCU • UCU and the College recognised the importance of resourcing and facilitating Scholarly Activity and Continuing Professional Development for HE teaching staff. • From 1 January 2012 an amount of remission time to carry out activities is calculated by multiplying the number of hours taught on HE provision by 1.15 • To be used on:
Industrial secondments or work shadowing • Developing Materials for the College’s VLE • Projects with SSCs or equivalent • Research and publications • Studying towards achievement of higher qualifications • HE curriculum development for instance programme and module specifications • Enhancement of teaching and learning • Development of assessment methodologies • Peer review methodology
Future 12/13 • Review progress • Formal agreements with University partners. • Handbook and inset on sessions on stages of staff development. • Consideration of becoming a member of the HEA.