Development of Internal Quality Assurance System For Practical Training in VET Institutions

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Development of Internal Quality Assurance System
For Practical Training in VET Institutions n
LT/05/B/F/PP 171005 Cumbernauld
College Scotland Partners institution and
relevance of the project product to it Tom
Dodds, Assistant Principal Jim ODonnell, Funding
Manager
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programme

• Our institution
• Our Education System
• Quality systems
• Self Evaluation
• What we hope to gain from the experience.

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Our Institution

• Central Scotland location -
• Glasgow City Centre Airports Motorways
• 8000 Student Enrolments
• 8m turnover
• Fastest-growing college in Lanarkshire
• Centre of Excellence
• Undergoing 10 new build and refurbishment.

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Serve two Communities
Main Campus
Kirkintilloch Learning Centre
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College Structure

• Care and Management Faculty,
• Technology and Science Faculty,
• Training Unit - Commercial Services,
• Government and Community Programmes.
• EU Funded Programmes.

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Our Education System

• Pre school 3-5 curriculum
• Primary school 5-14 curriculum
• Secondary school 5-14 curriculum, Standard
  Grade, Highers
• College National Qualifications,
  Access-Advanced Higher, Vocational
• Qualifications (SVQ) HNC, HND, Degree (Heriot
  Watt University)
• University Degree, Post Graduate.

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Scottish Credit Qualifications Framework (SCQF)
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Our Target Audience

• New Vocational Curriculum for schools Skills
  for Work
• Skillseekers (16-25) Government funded
  non-employed status
• Modern Apprenticeships (16-25 and Employed
  status to SVQIII level III)
• Training for Work unemployed 6months, large
  scale redundancies, SIPs
• Get Ready for Work referred by Careers Service
  16-18, employability skills
• Re-skilling for 25 audience.

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Our Quality Systems

• Governed by the Scottish Further and Higher
  Education Funding Council (SFC)
• Have to meet the quality standards of a number
  of external bodies
• Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
• Her Majestys Inspectorate of Education in
  Scotland (HMIe) on behalf of SFC
• Scottish Quality Management System (SQMS)
• City and Guilds
• British Computer Society (ECDL)
• Investors in People.
• Internal Moderation (carried out by college)
• Internal Audit (carried out by college)
• External Moderation (carried out by external
  bodies)
• External Audit (carried out by external
  bodies)
• External agencies check on how we apply our
  quality systems.

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Our Quality Procedures

• Assessment Policy
• Core Skills Policy
• Quality Policy
• Assessment Moderation Procedures
• Annual Course Review
• Internal Audit Procedures
• Programme Evaluation
• External Assessment Procedures

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Our System

• Seek approval for new qualifications
• Must meet requirement of external agency
• Demonstrate we can deliver (Staffing, Environment
  and Materials)
• Visit by awarding body to check
• Once approved
• Internal moderation Sampling to check,
  feedback
• Internal Audit ensure moderation process is
  working
• External Moderation
• External Audit.

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Self Evaluation

• Ensure college meets the elements of the HMIe
  quality framework
• Area A Curriculum resources, processes and
  outcomes
• Area B Leadership and quality management
• Annual course review
• Monitor student achievement
• Staff/student consultative meetings
• Identify weaknesses and areas of good practice
• Quality improvement plan to address weaknesses
• Plan becomes starting point for next session
• Close the loop monitoring and review

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What we hope to gain from the experience

• Meeting and working with new partners
• Developing a strong partnership
• Insight into partner country quality systems
• Disseminate good practice from the Scottish
  model
• Learn from the new quality model
• How it fits with the proposed European
  Qualifications Framework (EQF)

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Useful web addresses
www.hmie.gov.uk www.sqa.org.uk www.bconstructive.c
o.uk www.cityandguilds.com www.cumbernauld.ac.uk w
ww.dfes.gov.uk/consultations/conDetails.cfm?consul
tationId1372
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our contact details

Cumbernauld College Tryst Road Cumbernauld Scotlan
d G67 1HU Tom Dodds, Jim ODonnell Tel 00 44
(0) 1236 784517 Fax [phone]
784561 jodonnell_at_cumbernauld.ac.uk tdodds_at_cumberna
uld.ac.uk Web. www.cumbernauld.ac.uk Entitlement
to Learning www.myetl.org.uk
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