Teaching and Learning Quality Process Reviews
Review
Review Report
Response from HKU SPACE
Related Websites
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 Quality Assurance System is "exemplary" and highly recommended the booklet "Quality Assurance in HKU SPACE" to other institutions as reference.
- 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
The 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