Call for Student Feedback: January Common Awards Management Board - for Common Awards (Durham) students only:
Common Awards Management Board
The Common Awards Management Board is a committee with responsibility for and oversight of the quality and standards of the overarching Common Awards partnerships and programmes. The membership of the Management Board is constituted by representatives from Durham University, the Archbishop’s Council, staff at TEIs and students from TEIs.Each TEI has a TEI Management Committee
which reports to the overarching Common Awards Management Board for
consideration of issues relating to programme delivery at their institution.
Role of the
student representative to the Management Board
The role of the student representatives
to the Management Board is as follows:
- To be present at the relevant meeting(s) of the Common Awards Management Board that they have agreed to attend;
- to gather and collate feedback from students at TEIs, and submit items of student feedback to the Chair of the Management Board;
- to provide an update at the meeting on any feedback received from students at TEIs;
- to report back to students on matters raised and discussed at the Common Awards Management Board.
How does the Common Awards framework shape your programme?
It is sometimes difficult for students
to know which aspects of their programme depend on Durham, and which depend on their local institution, and so difficult to know how to direct feedback.
The Common Awards team has recently developed some new guidance for students
around how the Common Awards
framework is designed to be responsive to student feedback,
which should help you to know where responsibility falls.
Call for student feedback
We would like to provide Common Awards
students at all TEIs with the opportunity to provide feedback to the
Management Board. The Board takes the issue of anonymity very seriously;
individual students will not be named in any student feedback considered by the
Board, and any identifying information will be removed before feedback is
considered.
Students should provide any feedback
that they have to the elected Student Representatives for the Management Board
by Friday
19th January 2024:
- Simon Hall (Luther King Centre): simon@simonhall.me.uk
- Kaarina Leong (Emmanuel Theological College): kaarina.leong@emmanueltc.org.uk
- Izzy McDonald Booth (Lindisfarne School of Theology): izzymcdonaldbooth@gmail.com
The Student Representatives will collate
this feedback and submit it to the Common Awards Team in advance of the next
meeting of the Management Board. We will then pass this feedback on to the
Chair of the Management Board for consideration.
Examples of the types of student
feedback that it would be appropriate to be raised at the level of the
Management Board:
·
Student views on the content and design of the overarching Common
Awards programmes and modules and the methods of teaching and assessment
o For
example: do students feel there is a sufficient range and depth of modules
available? Are the assessment methods balanced and appropriate and is it clear
what is expected of students for each assessment type? Do students feel the
programmes allow them to develop the necessary skills and subject knowledge?
·
Student views on Common Awards policies and processes that they
have experience of (for example, admissions, APL, concessions, academic
complaints)
o For
example: are these processes clear and unambiguous to follow? Is sufficient
information provided?
·
Student views on the operation of the Common Awards Scheme more
broadly
o For
example: what things do students feel are going well and are there any areas
that could be improved? Are there any areas of good practice that they wish to
highlight?
We wouldn’t expect to take student feedback to the overarching Management Board regarding TEI-specific issues, such as issues relating to the resources, staffing or programme delivery at any individual TEI. These types of issues should be considered at TEI Management Committees.
If you have any
questions please let us know.
With best wishes
The Common Awards Team
Common Awards Team
Curriculum, Learning & Assessment Service
Durham University, The Palatine Centre, Stockton Road, Durham DH1 3LE
email: common.awards@durham.ac.uk
web: https://www.dur.ac.uk/common.awards/