Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction on the Web

The 9 Specific Requests of the Subject Review Panel


Step 1: Getting to the Course Homepage

Start with the Homepage of the School of Crystallography: http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/

Then click on Teaching http://www.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/teaching/teaching.html

The click on Advanced Certificate in Powder Diffraction http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pd/welcome.htm

Step 2: Getting to the Course Administration Web Pages

Go the Course Index for 1999/2000 http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pd/index99.htm by clicking either on the course icon (in the top left-hand corner) or on the button at the bottom of the page (for which you will have to scroll down the page in order to reach it).

Scroll down the page, and click the administration button http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/admin.htm
To enter the administration area (or course material area), you will need to use the identifier and password provided by the course organiser. If you haven't received them, please contact us.

This takes you directly to the electronic filing cabinet for the course where information regarding this course is filed under the 6 aspects of provision as created by the QAA:

CDCO - Curriculum Design, Content and Organisation
      (http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect1.htm)

TLA - Teaching, Learning and Assessment
      http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect2.htm)

SPA - Student Progression and Achievement
      http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect3.htm)

SSG - Student Support and Guidance
      http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect4.htm)

LR - Learning Resources
      http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect5.htm)

QME - Quality Management and Enhancement
      http://pd.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/pdroot/admin/y99/aspect6.htm)


 

 

Step 3: The 9 Specific Requests

1. Internal subject monitoring reports or reviews for the last three years, including those from students, or other sources, as appropriate (incl. validation reports)

Filed under QME

2. External examiners reports for the last three years (if not contained within the monitoring reports)

N/A yet (but due to be filed under QME)

3. Minutes of relevant meetings

Filed under CDCO, TLA, SPA, and QME, under the heading "Formal Course Meetings"

4. Unit outlines and relevant associated documentation

Filed under CDCO

5. Samples of assessed student work to reflect the range of courses/programmes, stages and levels, attainment/marks. To include, as appropriate, examples of written work, examination scripts and papers, project/practical reports, dissertations, etc.

Filed under TLA

6. Marking and feedback sheets where used: assessment criteria: mark sheets should indicate how the sample is related to the class as a whole

Filed under TLA and SSG

7. Student intake and progression data, covering at least the three most recently available cohorts (the Cover Sheet was given out at the Preparatory Meeting as a guide)

Filed under SPA

8. A description of student support/welfare services, plus any recent analysis of student use, subject to normal constraints of confidentiality in respect of counselling and similar activities

N/A (but see comments filed under SSG)

9. Additional evidence relating to each aspect of provision to exemplify and support statements made in the self-assessment

You can see the everything delivered so far on the WWW! (The course material itself is filed under LR)


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