Annual Monitoring
Activity on an annual basis - Annual Monitoring
Schools are expected on an annual basis to monitor each of their courses to ensure that no major difficulties have arisen and that appropriate opportunities for improvement have been identified. All taught courses leading to a University award must be monitored, including those offered at the international campuses; this includes sub-degree and taught postgraduate courses. Joint Honours courses and other joint degrees should be monitored by the lead School. For guidance on monitoring research degrees please see the relevant section of Research Degree Programmes.
At the module level, the minimum requirement is for each module convenor to consider annually any changes needed to their modules and to submit these amendments to the School for approval.
The timing of the monitoring is for the School to decide but is likely to be in the summer/ early autumn period.
Monitoring includes:
• Handling and considering External Examiners' reports
• Review of modules (including Student Evaluation of Modules (SEM))
• Student Evaluation of Teaching (SET)
• Learning Community Fora (LCF)
Schools are also provided with a quantitative data set (QDS), i.e. statistical data produced at each subject level showing admissions, progressions, completions etc. This information is supplied for Schools by the Planning & Management Information Division by 1 September following each academic year.
Schools are required to reflect on all this information and to produce a written account of the actions which will be taken as a result. The account may encompass a number of related courses which are being monitored together. This written account is retained by the School and forms part of the documentation for School Review.
Template forms are attached for use by Schools:
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