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AUQA Preparation Overview

Faculty of Business and Economics

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University Planning Environment

• Vision:– Macquarie@50

• Strategic Plans:– Strategic Directions: Partnership and Performance – Research Strategic Plan – Learning and Teaching Plan

• Operational Plans:– Review of Academic Structure– Curriculum Review– Capital Management Plan– One Voice, One Image

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Quality Enhancement Framework

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Academic Governanc

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• Faculty Board as representative academic assembly with student and cross Faculty representation

• L&T, Research, FSQC, SE • Faculty Executive as operational

management group• Terms of Reference for all

faculty committees• Agendas and minutes to be

posted on FBE Intranet• Loss of International

Custodian ?

Themes:

Representative Accountable Transparent

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• Development of Faculty Strategic Objectives

• Faculty and Departmental operational plans by Mid June

• Review and documentation of existing processes and guidelines

• Revision of budget/plan alignment

• Appointment of Faculty Secretary• Development of Faculty intranet• Planning Taxonomy and Scope ?

Policy and Planning

Themes:

UnifiedConsistentQuality

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• Faculty– New Faculty structure and roles– Prof development of Faculty Executive– Headstart Programme for ADs/HoDs– Position descriptions for HoDs and ADs– Workload Model Review – Faculty KPIs embedded in PDR

• L&T – Focus upon Quality Assurance– Transition to new degrees (UG and PG)– Foundation Year development and new

curriculum

• Research and HDR – Alignment of support for research with

research outputs– Identification of research specialisms– HDR Enrolments and Completions

Management

Themes:

CoordinationDeployment Performance

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• Local graduate market research completed

• LEU/LET data driven interventions

• External Reviews of Dept Accounting and Finance & Dept Economics in 2009.

• Review of moderation arrangements for all partners

• Unit review, and degree review planning cycle.

• University Honours and Graduate review pending

• Absence of Market and Cohort Data

Evaluation and Review

Themes:

ResultsReflectionImprovement

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Issues ?

• Lack of clarity in planning hierarchy• Lack of data, and systems to

collect/collate data, to help us understand where we are.

• External engagement and community referencing not systemised or resourced

• International recruitment focus rather than cohort experience