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Annual Monitoring of Taught Provision - Overview

The aim of annual module and programme monitoring is to formalise a process of reflection on the delivery of teaching and thereby to enhance taught provision. The reporting structure is designed to link this process to planning and strategy at school, college and University levels.

In relation to module monitoring, the module leader (or equivalent), in consultation with the module team, is expected to:

• consider aspects of student performance and achievement (as available)
• take account of feedback and observations from students, staff, and external examiners
• review past changes to the syllabus and its delivery, and consider how these aspects could be enhanced for the future
• review the module aims and intended learning outcomes and the success of assessment methods in evaluating student achievement
• identify good practice in teaching
• take into account recommendations or needs identified in annual monitoring or periodic review of cognate programmes or the School Learning and Teaching Development Plan
• ensure that recommendations for appropriate actions are followed up to remedy any identified shortcomings.

In relation to annual programme monitoring, the programme leader (or equivalent), in consultation with the programme team, board (or equivalent) is expected to:

• ensure that the programme remains current and valid in light of developing knowledge in the discipline, practice in its application, and internal and external initiatives
• evaluate the extent to which the intended learning outcomes are being attained by students
• ensure that external examiners' views are take into account
• take account of student views as expressed by representatives or through internal and external feedback processes
• evaluate the continuing effectiveness of the curriculum and of assessment in relation to the intended learning outcomes, especially in relation to the coherence of teaching carried out in prescribed and optional modules
• identify and disseminate good practice within the programme
• take into account recommendations or needs identified in annual module monitoring or periodic programme review or the School Learning and Teaching Development Plan
• ensure that recommendations for appropriate actions are followed up to remedy any identified shortcomings.

In the case of jointly taught provison, the annual module amd programme monitoring processes should comply with the University's Policy on the Quality Assurance for Joint Degrees and Jointly Taught Programmes and Modules

The following detailed information is available from this website:

1. Annual Monitoring of Taught Provision - Outline of Process
2. Module Monitoring Report - Guidance and Forms (download as .doc)
3. Programme Monitoring Report - Guidance and Forms (download as .doc)

Learning and Teaching Strategies and Development Plans

Considerations of Good Practice in Learning and Teaching