Academic Audit

Following the completion of the ELIR process in 2005 and at the suggestion of the ELIR report, the systematic use of procedural audit was suspended.

Procedural audit may be implemented at the discretion of the University Executive and/or the Director of Quality when circumstances arise where it would be beneficial to the University to carry out an audit.

Thematic audit remains as part of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement processes of the University

Purpose

The purpose of audit at Glasgow Caledonian University can be identified as the following:

• to ensure that the quality assurance systems and procedures adopted throughout the University are efficient, effective and sufficient to deliver intended outcomes;
• to fulfil an enhancement function through the dissemination of information on good practice throughout the University and, where weaknesses are identified, to require and/or recommend appropriate action for improvement

Thematic

A number of thematic audits will normally be undertaken throughout the course of an academic session. Such audits will cover aspects not encompassed within the procedural audits and will be designed to review the operation of existing processes and procedures and/or to assess current practice across all relevant aspects of the QAA Code of Practice. The format and scope of each thematic audit will be individual in relation to the particular theme being audited.

Reports

The confirmed reports of past procedural audits and thematic audits are available on request to the Quality Office.

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Last updated: 19-Feb-2010

The process and procedures for academic audit are outlined in Section 12 of the the Quality Assurance and Enhancement Handbook.