Linda

Thanks for this announcement.
Before responding - do you know whether this is open to Departments in Wales
(and Scotland)?
Because we (in Wales, at least) had a different subject review scheme, with
non-numerical outcomes, and have not been published in the recent Subject
Overview Report, it might suggest that we are excluded, by virtue of not
being perceived as a "high scoring department".

Tim

Tim Coward

Head of School
Cardiff School of Art & Design
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Howard Gardens
Cardiff CF24 0SP
Wales
UK

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                Subject:        URGENT! FDTL 4 Art and Design Consultation
on priorities

                > FDTL 4 Art and Design Consultation on priorities
                >
                > The Fund for the Development and Teaching and Learning is
soon to launch
                > phase 4 of it's funding which includes all subjects
reviewed in the last
                > phase of QAA  Subject Review.
                >
                > For examples of projects already funded in phases 1-3 see
www.nct.ac.uk
                > and for an edited selection of projects that relate to our
subject areas
                > see our web site at www.bton.ac.uk/adc-ltsn
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                > Cliff Allen, LTSN Programme Director, has said:
                >
                > "The objective is to try to relate FDTL 4 projects to the
actual
                > enhancement and improvement needs of the subjects.
Previously FDTL funded
                > projects did not always meet the key priorities of
                > the subject. The aim is to try to embed practice and so if
the projects
                > which are funded relate to need there is a greater chance
of achieving
                > this.
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                >  As you know FDTL relates to the QAA process - projects
will only be
                > funded in high scoring departments. In terms of need,
HEFCE would like to
                > see some relationship between the outcomes of the QAA
reviews and the
                > enhancement activity funded as well as the activity being
closely aligned
                > to the subject's needs/priorities.
                >
                > You are asked to produce a number of key priorities/needs
for  the
                > disciplines recently reviewed by QAA. Please can these
relate, if possible
                > to the outcomes of the QAA reviews. You will also wish to
try to gauge
                > views within the disciplines about their perceptions of
the key
                > enhancement/improvement priorities in the light of the QAA
reviews and
                > other evidence.
                >
                > You may wish to focus on a limited number of needs to
ensure that the
                > funded
                > projects have a focus and are not too disparate in nature
and form."
                >
                > This is being sent to both GLADNET and ADC-LTSN JISCmail
lists as well as
                > to QAA subject reviewers and to as many heads of
departments of Art and
                > Design as possible.
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                > The task
                > I am asking you to give us your comments by close of play
Tuesday  1st May
                > - I know this is a tight time frame but  this is an
important issue so I
                > have produced a summary of issues from the subject
overview report for Art
                > and Design (available on the QAA web site at
www.qaa.ac.uk) and from the
                > report of the November 2000 conference of GLAD. Please
feel free to add or
                > comment on the priorities identified here:
                >
                > *     Assessment - use of assessment criteria
(relationship to learning
                > outcomes and teaching and learning activities); engagement
with subject
                > specific learning outcomes; grading and assessment bands;
feedback to
                > students and relationship to learning outcomes; assessment
of learning
                > process (not products); role of the learner in assessment
                > *     Learning - development of critical and analytical
skills;
                > integration of reflective practice in learning
                > *     Employability - relationship to programmes of
personal and
                > professional development; work experience and work based
learning; student
                > profiling and records of achievement; links with employers
and industry in
                > the learning process; redefinition of  'employment' in
relation to
                > lifelong learning needs
                > *     Learning resources - management of independent
learning; learner
                > information management skills; incorporating learning
technologies into
                > learner managed learning; role of technicians and
demonstrators in the
                > learning process
                > *     Quality enhancement - induction and mentoring of
part-time staff
                > into learning and teaching culture and practices; peer
observation of
                > teaching to enhance learning and teacher development;
continuous
                > professional development of teaching staff in learning and
teaching;
                > evaluation of the learning process which actively involves
the learners
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                > Linda Drew
                > Subject Centre Manager
                > Art, Design and Communication
                > Learning and Teaching Support Network
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