quality assurance, review and accreditation
part one: what is quality assurance and how does it affect me?
this part provides a to this topic, and deliberately includes considerable textual material to address:
- the nature and purpose of quality assurance
- benefits of quality assurance
- questions in, and elements of quality assurance
- planning of, and timelines in quality assurance
- training requirements for quality assurance
- self-evaluation and review
whilst external accreditation is an important feature of quality assurance, it must be accompanied by internal quality assurance processes, and the powerpoint presentation includes introductory questions to be addressed in quality assurance.
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link to part two: the work of the university's quality assurance office and the faculty offices.
link to part three: what is faculty review and what is self-evaluation for faculty review?
link to part four: what is program review and what is self-evaluation for program review?
link to part five: what is accreditation and how does it work?
link to part six: preparing for faculty review
link to faculty review