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PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO ANY COLLEAGUES WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THE TEACHING OF HISTORICAL/CRITICAL/CONTEXTUAL STUDIES (HCS) FOR STUDIO COURSES. The enclosure below is the draft benchmark statement which will be relevant for all 'service teaching' - NOT the History of Art Architecture & Design statement, which only applies to full time HAAD courses (or those which include at least 50% of the subject). Concerns have been expressed that the Art & Design statement may not give sufficient weight to the HCS areas, and that this omission may lead to a marginalisation of staff or erosion of resources. This is not the intention of the A&D panel, and they have incorporated some of the suggestions made by HAAD colleagues, but if you want to suggest any further amendments, please contact David Buss directly at the address given below, especially if you have not had a chance to comment on the earlier draft. The version which is agreed next Friday will be posted on the QAA website for a public consultation period (from around July to October) but major changes are unlikely to take place after that. We all know benchmarking is boring, but it's better to make your views known now rather than complain about it when the statements start to have an impact on budgets and teaching! Both statements will also go on to the AAH website as soon as possible, and certainly before they make it to the QAA site in July > ---------- > From: SUE PEAK > Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2001 9:23 am > To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; DAVID BUSS; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; > [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Cc: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask] > Subject: URGENT - Subject Benchmarking > Importance: High > > <<Subject Benchmark Statements - Master (3).doc>> <<Subject Benchmark > Statements - RTF Master (3)>> > <<Subject Benchmark Statements - Master (3).doc>> <<Subject Benchmark > Statements - RTF Master (3)>> > > > > Subject Benchmarking in Art and Design > > > > The attachment to this e-mail contains the third draft of the Art & > Design > > Statement which will be considered by the Benchmarking Group at our > final > > meeting on Friday 11 May. This is still a consultation document. > Please > > copy to as many of your colleagues/members as possible, asking them to > > e-mail any comments to [log in to unmask] not later than 17.00 on Thursday > > 10 May. > > > > The CHEAD/Subject Associations meeting in Birmingham on 3 May > > confirmed that there were no serious omissions in the second draft, but > > agreed that further editorial work and minor amendments were desirable. > I > > have now produced this third draft based on the recommendations made at > > the meeting and in the feedback received from various sources. > > > > I have tried to avoid the degree of detail and specificity which > > colleagues feared might have resulted in 'hostages to fortune', > > but to facilitate the levels of interpretation which were felt to be > > necessary and appropriate. Similarly, I have deleted the lengthy annex > > listing course titles from the UCAS Handbook, and I have not included a > > glossary. This has produced a shorter document, which was also a > > recommendation from various quarters, but brevity and conciseness has > > meant that it has not been possible to incorporate all of the points > > raised through the consultation process. I have endeavoured to > eliminate > > duplication except where necessary. I was also encouraged to 'sing the > > praises' of Art & Design a little more than in the previous draft. In > > editing section 6, I have tried to re-write this in a way which avoids > > confusion through the similarities with section 4 (although clearly > > section 6 must refer to section 4). > > > > Your comments will be most welcome. Once again, please suggest words, > > phrases and sentences which express what you want the Statement to say. > > > > David Buss > > >