Countdown to TLQPR

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Countdown to TLQPR

• Coming soon to your neighborhood

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What are the Stakes?

• Serious money maybe hundreds of millions in the
  next budget cycle
• Institutional reputation and credibility
• Others reviewed so far including CUHK have
  done well

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So you dont want a merger?(worst case scenario)

• HKUST
• Best in RGC grants
• High on RAE
• Poor in TLQPR
• (poor teaching?)
• ?

• CUHK
• Not as good in RGC or RAE, but
• Good in TLQPR
• (good teaching?)
• ?

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Argues for

• World Class U
• Tops in research
• Tops in teaching
• ??

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Where are we now?

• Self-Evaluation Document
• Submitted at end of July
• UGC has selected units to visit
• Visit program due on 22 November
• Two page summary from each unit
• Due on 8 December
• Need a draft by mid-November
• Visit on January 13 and 14

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Two Page Summary

• Outline paper
• May be in bullet point form
• No more than two pages
• Content
• First 4 EQW Domains as outline headings
• Exemplary accomplishments in a domain
• Areas that most need improvement

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The Domains

• Design of curricula
• Design of teaching and learning processes
• Design of student assessment and use of
  assessment results
• Implementation quality
• Commitment of resources

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Exemplary Accomplishments

• What kinds of evidence support this as being
  exemplary?
• What factors helped make it exemplary?
• The six Quality Principles?
• Various data sources?
• Institutional or School policies and service?
• What would make it even better?

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Quality Principles

• Using measured outcomes
• Orientation to process of student learning
• Coherence of processes
• Collaborative responsibility
• Benchmarking and sharing of good practice
• Priority for continuous improvement

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Areas needing improvement

• Why do you think this needs work?
• How might you make improvements?
• Application of quality principles?
• Use of School or institutional services?
• Will this be a priority?
• What areas did you consider for improvement but
  did not include?

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How to write this.

• Meet as a group to brainstorm on items to include
• Exemplary activities
• Areas needing improvement
• Select someone to do the drafting
• Submit by November 16
• Joint effort to refine it by November 30

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Resources

• The SED copies will be provided
• EQW Profiles yours and others
• http//www.ust.hk/webaa/eqw_profiles
• Or via the TLQ Portal
• The Online QA Guide
• Other material on the TLQ Portal
• http//publish.ust.hk/vpaao/tlq

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The Visit

• Time slots (4 units each time)
• 1110 am 110 pm and 245- 445 pm on Monday,
  13 January
• 900 am 1100 am on Tuesday, 14 January
• Meeting with 10-15 representatives, including 5-7
  students
• Need names of all by 18 November

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The Visitors

• Prof Rosie Young, Chair
• Honorary Prof, Medicine HKU
• Former chair of Education Commission
• Prof David Dill
• Public Policy Analysis and Education, UNC at
  Chapel Hill
• Prof Roger Geiger
• College of Education, Penn State

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Visitors, contd

• Prof Edmond Ko
• VP (Education) and Dean of Students ay CityU
• Prof Leung Tin-pui
• VP (Student and Staff Development) at PolyU
• Prof William Massey
• President, Jackson Hole Higher Ed Group

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Visitors, contd

• Prof John Spinks
• PVC (Academic and Student Affairs) at HKU
• Prof Joseph Sung
• Chair Professor of Medicine, CUHK
• Prof Wee Chow Hou
• Chair of Executive Programs, Nanyang Business
  School, Singapore

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Visitors, contd

• Dr Don Westerheijden
• Center for Higher Education Policy Studies,.
  University of Twente
• Prof Ralph Wolff
• Executive Director, Senior College Commission,
  WASC
• Prof Danny Wong
• VP (Academic) at OUHK

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Visitors, contd

• Dr David Woodhouse
• Executive Director, Australian Universities
  Quality Assurance Agency
• Dr Anne Wright
• E-Learning Advisor, ICT Strategy Unit, Department
  for Education and Skills, UK

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Preparation

• The SED - its long (20 pages) and boring, but
  get to know it
• CELT make sure at least one member on the unit
  panel has had some contact with CELT that can be
  described in a positive way
• SSLC hold a meeting before the visit, and
  include SSLC student members in your group
• Know your unit summary, and work together to
  prepare for the questions

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Overview of the SED

• Introduction
• Discusses institutional philosophy and approach
• Stress on diversity and delegated authority
• Outlines the QA system
• University-wide
• School
• Department

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SED, contd

• Issuing Arising from the First TLQPR
• Accountability
• Priorities for Teaching and Research
• Sharing Best Practice
• Organizational Culture
• Reducing Variance
• Curriculum Design
• Teaching Assistants
• Student Input and External Feedback
• Recognition and Incentives

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SED, contd

• The Domains an EQW Profile
• Summarizes our activities in each area, citing
  examples of good practice
• Conclusions
• EQW and the institutional mission
• Current initiatives and work in progress

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Action Items

• By 16 November 2002
• Submit outline paper draft
• Submit names of unit reps (staff and students)
• 2-21 December Preparatory meetings
• 6-10 January Practice sessions
• 13-14 January
• Panel visits
• Now to 13 January Get to know our story

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UGC Deadlines

• 22 November 2002
• Submit program details, including names of
  representatives (staff and students)
• 8 December 2002
• Submit requested information
• Submit department/unit outline papers
• 13-14 January 2003
• Visit by TLQPR Panel