Teaching and Learning Quality Process Reviews
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Review
TLQPR
TLQPR is "a Quality Assurance Mechanism of the HKSAR Government for tertiary institutions funded via the University Grants Committee".
Background
- The Reviews cover all public-funded self-accrediting institutions, including self-financed continuing education units
- The focus is on Education Quality Work
- The Reviews span from mid 2001 to end 2003
- The review panel comprises local and international experts
Scope
- UGC-funded taught programmes
- UGC-funded research postgraduate education
- Self-financed continuing education
Framework (5 Domains) of Education Quality Work
- Design of curricula
- Design of teaching and learning processes
- Design of student assessment and use of assessment results
- Implementation quality
- Commitment of resources to Education Quality Work
Review Report
Highlights
- The panel agreed that the HKU SPACE QA System is "exemplary" and highly recommended the booklet "QA in HKU SPACE" to other institutions as reference.
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Excerpts of the Review Report on HKU SPACE
Major Observations
- Management demonstrated positive attitudes and commitment to quality assurance
- Strong culture for sharing good practices and responding to student feedback
Commendations
- Impressive array of programme review processes
- 2001 Strategic Planning - proactive in meeting challenges
- "SOUL" Platform - deserved special mention as communication and teaching tool
- Part-time teachers - successfully managed
- Collaboration programmes - quality ensured
- Full-time academic staff and division heads - ensured programme quality
- Student members in committees - ensured feedback
Commendations on HKU SPACE Community College
- Very conscious of quality improvement
- Adhered to quality assurance processes
- Focused on whole-person education
- Very creditable academic achievement record of students
- Teachers are student-oriented
- Strong pool of administrators
- Focused on continuous assessment
Response from HKU SPACE
They Way Ahead
- To build creatively on strengths of part-time teachers
- To work with the strongest possible partner institutions
- To continue development of Credit Accumulation and Transfer System
- To continue to share good practice with the rest of HKU
- To continue to enforce the use of English in teaching and learning in CC
- To track academic and career achievement of CC graduates
- To provide more physical facilities for CC students
- To develop laboratory-based courses for CC
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