The results of programme reviews, which monitor the effectiveness of programmes as a whole and the units which make up each programme, are fed into the five- yearly departmental reviews. Guidelines for Programme Review have been established. Each team works with the departments in their faculty and produces an annual report on individual departments, together with an annual summary report. Reports on individual departments are agreed for factual accuracy with the department concerned, then considered by the Dean of the appropriate Faculty and the Faculty Board. The summary reports are considered by the Education Committee and by Senate.
Any action required by either report is documented and monitored by the team the following year.
It is University policy that faculties and departments, with the support of Faculty Quality Assurance Teams, appropriate University committees and the Registrar's Office, work towards implementation of the Teaching and Learning Strategy. Documentation is an important aspect of quality assurance procedures and Faculty Quality Assurance Teams use a checklist and self-assessment questionnaire to request information from departments. Wherever additional documents are required, it is intended that existing material should be used as far as possible. An important feature of the work of Faculty Quality Assurance Teams is quality enhancement. Teams meet as a plenary group about three times a year, when there is an opportunity for exchange of views and sharing good practice.