This topic came up in discussion of the DfES Quality Assurance group on DSA
needs assessments just this week. From adoption of the QA group's
recommendations assessments will be required to *demonstrate* contact with
the HEI - that answers your complaint. In return it was proposed that there
will be a requirement on HEI's to provide assessors with full course details
including hours of study, mode of delivery, facilities available and much
more (The OU already do this when they request an assessment). If the HEI
does not supply this info and a request is recorded - it will be back in your
court.
How you respond to the request will be up to you - fill in a form each time,
put the info on your website under the course code or get your departments to
provide the info now.
It sounds like you already know what information should be considered. I
would expect the assessors/centres to make it known what they would need once
the system is in place.
Mick Trott
In a message dated 07/02/03 15:57:41 GMT Standard Time,
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<< Would assessors of need please contact the HEI to find out what is required
within the course - I've had the most inventive comments made on needs
assessment forms that bear not the slightest resemblance to reality - the
worst being a statement that a student was on a one year course when it was
in reality a four year course [so what funding would be available in years
2, 3, 4 ?]. Another stated that a first year student would be required to
produce a 20,000 word dissertation in the first year when in reality that
wouldn't occur until the third year [which I would have thought was pretty
standard throughout the HE system?]
Dr. John S Conway >>
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