After attending a session, the reviewer offers a brief oral feedback to the member of staff, even if this includes a later appointment being made to provide the feedback. Oral feedback is confidential to the member of staff, and is always given privately. The purpose of the feedback is to offer constructive comment on the observations made rather than to prescribe preferred practice. Reviewers must preserve the anonymity of staff in all written reports and in discussions with other members of the institution. Learning Resources 63.
Reviewers also gather evidence through direct examination of the student learning resources.
Reviewers normally visit the facilities made available to the subject, and may observe students and staff using specialist IT or other equipment in the course of normal teaching and learning activities. In looking at library provision, reviewers may undertake catalogue searches or request access to on-line facilities. In evaluating the quality of learning resources, reviewers' direct observations of facilities are considered alongside evidence from student work, written documentation, meetings with relevant staff, and meetings with students. The emphasis is on access and use of facilities by students in the subject. Meetings with Staff 64.