500 Tips for Quality Enhancement in Universities and CollegesThis handbook seeks to provide practical, realistic suggestions about how quality can be measured, maintained and improved in institutions. It is addressed to a cross-section of staff who make up colleges and universities, not just those responsible for quality audit. |
Contents
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Getting people to come back | 24 |
Valuing Staff 8 Enhancing quality through staff induction 9 Enhancing the quality of training 10 Using appraisal to enhance quality 11 Managing str... | 26 |
Enhancing Learning Through Teaching And Assessment 14 Student learning support 15 Learning environment quality 16 Quality of learning outco... | 42 |
Learning in small groups | 58 |
Ringing the changes in groupwork | 61 |
Preparing for quality visits | 100 |
Writing a selfassessment document | 104 |
Quality on the day | 109 |
Quality of library and computing services | 111 |
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Making use of feedback from observers | 117 |
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Motivating experienced staff regarding teaching observation | 121 |
Enhancing largegroup teaching | 63 |
Enhancing the quality of assessment | 66 |
Diversifying assessment | 69 |
Quality Processes 25 Reviewing systems 26 Recordkeeping 27 Practising equal opportunities 28 Enhancing the quality of committees 29 Choosing e... | 71 |
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Designing structured feedback questionnaires | 88 |
Designing open feedback questionnaires | 90 |
Feedback from interviews with students | 92 |
Establishing a culture of student feedback | 94 |
Feedback from student representatives on course committees | 96 |
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Working out what to observe in smallgroup teaching | 125 |
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Helping people find their way about the campus | 130 |
Early mornings and late evenings | 134 |
Weekends | 137 |
Keeping things going during vacations | 139 |
Some suggestions about car parking | 141 |
Quality on the Internet | 144 |
Conclusions | 147 |
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Other editions - View all
500 Tips for Quality Enhancement in Universities and Colleges Sally Brown,Phil Race,Brenda Smith Limited preview - 1997 |
500 Tips for Quality Enhancement in Universities and Colleges Brown, Sally,Race, Phil,Smith, Brenda Limited preview - 2013 |
500 Tips For Quality Enhancement In Universities & Colleges Sally A. Brown No preview available - 2004 |
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