6. Quality Assurance
Quality assurance should occur at both the course and the unit level. Faculties will oversee and assure the quality of all courses and units and the appropriateness and quality of assessment in those courses and units, and undertake moderation and benchmarking, in accordance with Table 5.
Table 5: Staff responsibilities with regard to quality assurance of courses and units
Timing and category of task |
Action required |
Responsible officer1 |
Course and unit oversight |
- Establish course/discipline committees and appoint chairs according to the needs of the Faculty/School.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Develop a process for the approval of Unit Outlines and the development, moderation and review of assessment within the Faculty/Schools.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Oversee all units offered by the School.
|
Head of School |
- Monitor unit evaluations and assessment practices in the Faculty/School and provide advice as appropriate.
|
Executive Dean or nominee
Head of School |
Quality assurance of assessment |
- Ensure a whole of course approach to assessment, including alignment of criteria and standards to unit and course learning outcomes.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Ensure there is an appropriate and varied range of assessment types, mapped across the course, that are developmental, especially in relation to academic literacy the University graduate attributes and their English language capabilities.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Ensure that all assessment is moderated at the design stage, during its implementation and post-implementation.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Ensure that assessment is equivalent across campuses/locations and appropriate to the development level of the unit.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
Moderation and benchmarking |
- Ensure that the design, pre- and post-moderation of assessment in units is implemented in accordance with Faculty quality assurance practices and procedures.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
- Ensure the external benchmarking of units in accordance with University and Faculty quality assurance practices and procedures to safeguard the academic standards of the course.
|
Executive Dean or nominee |
1 Any role assigned to a Lecturer in Charge will also be discharged by a National Lecturer in Charge where such a position exists.
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