QAA Membership Resources

Tuesday 28 November 2023, 10:00 - 10:45 GMT

These online webinars are a chance to find out more about QAA’s new International Associate Membership and how it could benefit your organisation.  It will include a presentation and time to ask any questions you may have about joining.  

International Membership is an opportunity to become part of a growing global community of higher education professionals and institutions - including QAA’s UK Members – with an interest in enhancing their quality culture, practice and the student experience.

International Associate Membership is available to those institutions who can demonstrate their legitimacy as organisations that have been reviewed/accredited or licensed by their local quality agency, or other approval body.

Wednesday 29 November 2023, 12:30 - 14:00 (Online)

The role of the programme leader is pivotal in the delivery of an organised, well-designed curriculum which not only guarantees support for students to achieve the learning outcomes and QAA benchmarks but looks more holistically at the student experience.

Now in its second year this network offers a unique networking opportunity across HE institutions, enabling leaders to strive for and deliver excellence.

This session, led by Kate Chapman, Swansea University and Sam Grierson, University of Warwick will:

• Reward aspirations, harness talent and drive autonomous practice
• Invest in the development of a modern progressive curriculum
• Enhance the professional standing of the role of programme leader

Who should attend?

This event is for programme leaders, educational developers, educational planners, and those with responsibility for the delivery or oversight pf postgraduate, undergraduate or foundation programmes of study in UK HE institutions. 

Please note the online registration closes the day before the event. Please email us if you would like to register after the online registration has closed.

Tuesday 5 December 2023, 14:00 - 16:00 (Online)

This network brings together student engagement colleagues from across the higher education sector and will look at the theme of the impact of the cost of living on students’ abilities and desires to engage in all aspects of university life.

The interactive session will provide:

• A short policy briefing giving delegates timely insights into the current higher education landscape
• An update on the UK Quality Code and how this interacts with student experience (with further time to discuss and feed into this at the end of the session) 
• A student panel discussing insights into the cost of living and ways to tackle this to improve engagement as well as interactive breakouts to share practise.
• A reflective session on how practises and structures by design can be further exclusionary to enabling access and engagement within the context of the cost of living. 

There will also be an additional breakout discussion between 15:30 – 16:00 to hear more about the UK Quality Code. Delegates will have the opportunity to discuss and feedback on its progress and feed into the development. Please stick around to deepen your knowledge and understanding of how the Code affects student experience directly.

Who should attend?

This event is for QAA Members in roles such as sabbatical officers, student representatives, student engagement and student union staff and students.

Please note the online registration closes the day before the event. Please email  membership@qaa.ac.uk if you would like to register after the online registration has closed.

12 December 2023, 09:30-10:30 GMT

This workshop, exclusively for international members, is the first of two we are offering this membership year on Academic Integrity.

This event provides an introduction to and overview of academic integrity, and will be followed by a second event on January 17 2023 which focusses specifically on academic integrity in the context of artificial intelligence.

The session on 12 December will provide useful insights for international members on academic integrity and QAA’s work in this area, and will complement the further event on January 17.

Please note the online registration closes the day before the event. Please email membership@qaa.ac.uk if you would like to register after the online registration has closed.