Quality Assurance and Enhancement Handbook (Version 2)

[First version approved by Academic Policy and Planning Committee on behalf of Senate, February 2005; Version 2 approved by Academic Policy Committee, February 2008]

The following sections of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Handbook supersede the February 2005 edition of the document.

All pro-forma contained within each section of the handbook are also available for separate download within the Documents section of this website.

Section 01: Quality Enhancement Strategy  
Section 02: Enhancement-Led Internal Subject Review (ELISR) (updated Jan 2009)
Section 03: Framework for the Review of Business and Academic Support Departments (This section of the QAEH is no longer current and will be removed at next revision of QAEH. The review of Business and Academic Support Departments is now subsumed into the ELISR process whereby Schools are asked to comment on the effectiveness of central and School based support in enhancing the student experience)
Section 04: Programme Approval
Section 05: Programme Monitoring
Section 06: Programme Re-Approval
Section 07: Module Development, Approval, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
Section 08: Student Evaluation and Feedback Mechanisms
Section 09: External Assessors
Section 10: Collaborative Arrangements
Section 11: External Module Accreditation
Section 12: Academic Audit
Annex 1: Quality Enhancement Roles and Responsibilities

A complete version of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Handbook incorporating all sections is available on request from the Quality Office.

Last updated: 19-Feb-2010