Please find attached a revised draft version of the Social Policy Subject Benchmark Statement. The revision was requested by the QAA who suggested that an update might be required as the original statement is now over six years old. In response the Executive Committee of the Social Policy Association established a small working group to make suggested revisions to the subject benchmarks before sending them out to the social policy community for consultation.
We welcome any suggestions/amendments/additions to the draft document. Wanting to create too many hostages to fortune, we are particularly interested in gauging views on the following matters:
- We HAVE to incorporate the employability and skills agendas into the document. So far, this has been done in a slightly clunky introduction: is this adequate or should more mention be made of this dimension in the text? If you think it should suggest where and how!
- Generally speaking are the key subject areas mentioned about right? Any obvious additions or subtractions?
- The working group was concerned about how well the statement deals with devolution in the UK. Is this topic area dealt with adequately?
The finished statement has to be with the QAA by early December. We would be grateful, therefore, if comments could reach us no later than 30th November.
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Many thanks,
Nick Ellison
Chair, Teaching and Learning Committee, SPA Exec.
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