QAA Enhancement Themes

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The Scottish Higher Education sector has just commenced a new three year national enhancement theme: Resilient Learning Communities. Every Scottish Higher Education Institution contributes to the enhancement theme, through collaborative engagement and their own institutional projects and initiatives.

Resilience: The quality of being quick to adapt to disruption and change

 

There are three strands of activity for the university with events and projects planned within each strand:

  • Strand 1: Facilitating Resilient Students
  • Strand 2: Facilitating Resilient Staff
  • Strand 3: Creating Resilient Processes and Structures

 

There is more detail about the Theme work in the summary document and year 2 plan here:

Summary document

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More details about work within each of the strands is gviven below, and will be added to during the year:

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Strand 1: Facilitating Resilient Students

Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:

  • Student mental wellbeing resources: Identifying and sharing good practice.
  • HISA events on mental health and employability

Strand 2: Facilitating Resilient Staff

Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:

  • Assessment and Feedback Symposium (November 2021)
  • Research into Reflective Practice

Strand 3: Facilitating a Resilient Institution

Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:

  • Focussing on resilience in our taught programmes for educators
  • Considering the resilience of our curricula during Curriculum Review
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Enhancement Themes Consultation Group

Enhancement Themes activity is overseen by a group which reports to the University's Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committtee (QAEC). Group members are:

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  • Professor Keith Smyth, Head of Learning and Teaching Academy (Chair and the University’s representative on SHEEC (Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee)
  • Dr Heather Fotheringham, Learning and Teaching Academy (staff lead for the Enhancement Theme)
  • Heather Innes, HISA VPHE (student lead for the Enhancement Theme)
  • Jane Steele, Learning and Teaching Academy (clerk)
  • Rhiannon Tinsley, Academic Registrar
  • Dr Iain Morrison, Dean of Students
  • Andrew Bowie, HISA
  • Kevin Sinclair, Student Engagement Manager
  • Dr Iain MacInnes, Subject Network Leader, Humanities
  • Iain Eisner, Careers Manager
  • Elaine Dalloway, Educational Development Unit