Data for Risk Assessment and Enhancement
- Start date: 2010-09-14
- End date: 2011-07-29
- Status: complete
- Funding Initiative: EQUIP
This project will assist the University in (a) devolving the responsibility for (and understanding of) the assessment of risk to a wider range of staff within the Faculties, and (b) extending the range of data for risk assessment purposes. The data will include statistics generated through OASIS (an on-line facility linked to the student record system), NSS outcomes, the reports of external examiners and, crucially, the evidence of student satisfaction obtained from programme and module questionnaires.
The project will:
- Identify the information needed by programme teams, Faculties and Academic Board for quality assurance and enhancement purposes;
- Identify student priorities for enhancement and the associated data requirements;
- Ensure student access to data and support student representatives in the effective use of such data;
- Agree minimum datasets to be made available to programme teams and to Faculty staff with risk assessment responsibilities;
- Review the form and content of programme and module questionnaires;
- Assist staff and students in developing their skills and confidence in the analysis and interpretation of data (both qualitative and quantitative) for risk assessment purposes;
- Enable the University to further develop its risk assessment methodology as the integrating hub of its quality assurance, enhancement, resource allocation and planning processes.
The project links to both the University’s Learning, Teaching and Assessment and Student Experience strategies as well as the Enhancement Policy. The provision of relevant and valid data, accessed efficiently, is the foundation for improving the effectiveness of decision-making and ensuring efforts are focused where the greatest impact will be felt.
Lead Contact: Dr Colin Fryer
Organisation/Institutions:- University of Derby