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Date: | August 26 - 2022 |
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A QAA re-review of The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has found that the School has 'effective arrangements for managing academic standards, and the student learning experience'. This is a positive judgement, confirming there can be public confidence in the School's awards and in the quality of the learning experience it provides for its students.
The re-review was conducted after the initial Enhancement-led Institutional Review (ELIR), carried out in October 2020, found that GSA did not meet sector expectations in relations to the arrangements it had in place for securing the academic standards of the awards it offers and for enhancing the quality of the student experience and the outcomes of two investigations undertaken through the QAA Scotland Scottish Concerns Scheme. QAA, GSA and the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) agreed arrangements to monitor the implementation of GSA’s action plan for addressing the recommendations.
It was undertaken by a team of four reviewers, three of whom were drawn from the original ELIR team with this continuity viewed as being important to allow a decision to be made on the GSA’s progress with the recommendations of the original review. One of the re-review team was also a member of the peer team which investigated the Concerns.
The re-review took place onsite through an update visit in May 2022, followed by a re-review visit in June 2022.
'The 2020 ELIR report and recommendations raised challenging issues many of which we had already identified and begun to work on', says Professor Penny Macbeth, Director of The Glasgow School of Art.
'Since the publication of that report we have continued to address these issues systematically and with rigour, working collaboratively with staff and students across the GSA. The ‘effective’ judgement in the 2022 re-review reflects the outcomes of that work and the step-change that has happened.
'With our new Strategic Plan and our commitment to continuous improvement we will continue to build on areas of strength and work to address those areas where further change and enhancement is needed to ensure that we deliver a consistently excellent experience for all of our students.'
The re-review team commended GSA in the following areas:
The re-review team also makes a number of recommendations, asking GSA to:
QAA will continue to meet with GSA representatives on a quarterly basis to monitor the School’s progress in meeting all outstanding recommendations from the original review and Concerns Scheme investigations.
You can read the re-review report on the QAA website.
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