Academic Quality Workshops

Academic Quality Workshops 2025-26

All workshops can now be booked through My Development.

The workshops are listed under Enhancing Educational Practice.

WorkshopDates

Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) : understanding APEL and APCL  
(Alison McLauchlin)

Bespoke sessions on request

Board of Examiners Briefings (Existing Chairs and Clerks)  (Frank Haddleton) (Online)

16 January 2026, 09.30-10.30
08 May 2026, 09.30-10.30

Board of Examiners Briefings (New Chairs and Clerks)  (Frank Haddleton) (Online)

16 January 2026,10.30-2.30
08 May 2026,10.30-2.30

Chairs of validation and review panels (new and existing Chairs) (Online learning resources and follow-up MS Teams meeting)  (Cheryl Holman)

Targeted bespoke sessions arranged 4x a year

Chairs of validation and review panels (existing Chairs) Sharing best practice (Cheryl Holmes)(Online)23 October 2025, 9.30-10.30
3 March 2026, 14.30-15.30 
Designing a Module (Neal Geach and Alison McLauchlin)

16 January 2026,10.00 -11.30
12 June 2026,15.30 -17.00

External Accreditation Agreements (Scott Isaacs)

Bespoke sessions on request

How to be an effective External Examiner (Frank Haddleton)Pre-recorded materials

Leading a Programme Development; validating a new programme (Catherine Rendell) (Online)

TBC

Module Leader roles and responsibilities (Alison McLauchlin/Neal Geach) (Online)

18 December 2025,15.30-17.00
04 June 2026,15.30-17.00

Preparing Definitive Module Documents (Marjolein Groefsema) (Online)23 October 2025,14.00-15.00
Short Course Development (Alison McLauchlin)

Bespoke sessions on request

Student Performance Data (Internal and External Data)Bespoke session as agreed with the School

In addition the Academic Quality team offers a number of targeted sessions for Collaborative Partnership Leaders and Programme Leaders:

Collaborative Partnership Leader (CPL) Network Sessions

Programme Leader Development Programme

Programme Leader Online Support Fora (Online)

Programme Leader Symposium