Dear all,
Today we are launching the HERs Benchmarks and Audits discussion here on HER Forum. The discussion will remain open until 5pm on 15th November to ensure as many list members are able to participate as possible. For the background to this discussion please refer to my e-mail of last week - https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=herforum;620e7b93.1310 . Before we start I thought it would be useful to outline how we intend for this to work.
Last week we provided some broad themes we hope to cover in the course of the discussion. To help structure and focus the discussion, and to start things off, we have set out a number of specific questions at the end of this e-mail (although discussion is not limited to these).
As mentioned in my previous e-mail we have put a copy of the 2002 Benchmark report and the current Audit specification in the file area for reference. The files are in a folder called 'Benchmark and Audit Discussion' (see https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/filearea.cgi?LMGT1=HERFORUM&f=/Benchmark_and_Audit_Discussion)
The HER Forum list will still be open for business as usual so do feel free to post on other topics. To make it easier to follow the discussion please include B&A2013 in the subject line of your e-mail.
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We always welcome feedback on the format of these discussions, what worked and what didn't. Please get in touch with me off list if you have any comments (including ideas for future topics) we can use to improve future discussions.
If you have any queries about this specific discussion, please get in touch with me off list.
The discussion is now open. To start off the discussion the questions we would like you to consider are:-
* Do you currently use the benchmarks?
* If so, for what purpose?
* If you do not use the benchmarks, why?
* How do you see development of the benchmarks going forward?
* How do you see the inter-relationship between benchmarks and the HER audit process?
In your response it would be helpful if you could indicate if you have undertaken an audit, and if so when.
Over to you!
We hope you will all enjoy the discussion.
best wishes
Sarah
Sarah MacLean MA MIfA
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