QAA Enhancement Themes
The Scottish Higher Education sector has just commenced a new three year national enhancement theme: Resilient Learning Communities. Every Scottish Higher Education Institution contributes to the enhancement theme, through collaborative engagement and their own institutional projects and initiatives.
Resilience: The quality of being quick to adapt to disruption and change
There are three strands of activity for the university with events and projects planned within each strand:
- Strand 1: Facilitating Resilient Students
- Strand 2: Facilitating Resilient Staff
- Strand 3: Creating Resilient Processes and Structures
There is more detail about the Theme work in the summary document and year 2 plan here:
More details about work within each of the strands is gviven below, and will be added to during the year:
Strand 1: Facilitating Resilient Students
Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:
- Student mental wellbeing resources: Identifying and sharing good practice.
- HISA events on mental health and employability
Strand 2: Facilitating Resilient Staff
Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:
- Assessment and Feedback Symposium (November 2021)
- Research into Reflective Practice
Strand 3: Facilitating a Resilient Institution
Work taking place within this strand in 2021-22 includes:
- Focussing on resilience in our taught programmes for educators
- Considering the resilience of our curricula during Curriculum Review
Enhancement Themes Consultation Group
Enhancement Themes activity is overseen by a group which reports to the University's Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committtee (QAEC). Group members are:
- Professor Keith Smyth, Head of Learning and Teaching Academy (Chair and the University’s representative on SHEEC (Scottish Higher Education Enhancement Committee)
- Dr Heather Fotheringham, Learning and Teaching Academy (staff lead for the Enhancement Theme)
- Heather Innes, HISA VPHE (student lead for the Enhancement Theme)
- Jane Steele, Learning and Teaching Academy (clerk)
- Rhiannon Tinsley, Academic Registrar
- Dr Iain Morrison, Dean of Students
- Andrew Bowie, HISA
- Kevin Sinclair, Student Engagement Manager
- Dr Iain MacInnes, Subject Network Leader, Humanities
- Iain Eisner, Careers Manager
- Elaine Dalloway, Educational Development Unit