AQA Support for Quality Conference 2017

AQA held its fifth Support for Quality conference on Thursday 28 September, 2017, at Te Wharewake o Pōneke on the Wellington waterfront.

The theme of this year’s conference was ‘Enhancement’, and we were fortunate to be able to have Professor Roni Bamber, Chair of the Student Transitions Enhancement Theme Steering Group in Scotland, as our Keynote speaker.

University speakers presented how they were progressing enhancement initiatives from their Cycle 5 Self-Reviews and Dr. Pat Sandbrook, Chair of the Committee on Student Administration and Academic Services (CSAAS), presented a CSAAS enhancement initiative on course advising. The day concluded with an excellent Student Panel providing their perspectives on quality enhancement.

The programme from this event can be found here, and presentations and photos can be found below:

Presentations:

Professor Roni Bamber, Keynote Speaker: The Value of Enhancement Themes

Andrew Bainbridge-Smith, University of Canterbury: Implementation of UC-wide Graduate Profile

Heather Merrick, University of Auckland: Graduate Profiles and Graduate Outcomes

Fiona Coote, Massey University: Academic Standing

Lizzie Kelly, AUT: Recognition of Student Contributions

Megan Wilson, University of Otago: Annual Monitoring of New Programmes

Sue Walbran, Victoria University of Wellington: Programme Reviews

Cassandra Jutsum, University of Waikato: Benchmarking

Paula Morrison, Lincoln University: “Konquering the Krakken” Lincoln University’s approach to the AQA Audit Report

Photos:

Professor Roni Bamber

Andrew Bainbridge-Smith

Fiona Coote

From left: Professor Roni Bamber, Dr. Pat Sandbrook, Megan Wilson, Lizzie Kelly, Sheelagh Matear, Paula Morrison, Cassandra Jutsum, Sue Walbran, Andrew Bainbridge-Smith, Heather Merrick and Fiona Coote