QAA’s Annual Subscribers’ Meeting 2009

3 June 2009, Belfast Waterfront

‘Managing the quality of higher education in a changing environment’

Event programme

1000	Registration and refreshments
Session 1	Looking at current and future challenges that may impact on the quality of UK higher education.
1030	Welcome and introductions	Sir Rodney Brooke Chair of the QAA Board
1035	Plenary session: ‘Challenges for the future of higher education’	Sir Reg Empey Minister for Employment and Learning (Northern Ireland)
1045	Keynote session: ‘Camelot, Calamity, or Catch 22: Global Higher Education Myths and Realities’	Dr Don Olcott jr Chief Executive, Observatory for Borderless Education (OBHE)
1105	Keynote session: ‘Quality assurance, enhancement and information requirements in a changing environment’	Professor Philip Jones Vice Chancellor Sheffield Hallam University
1125	Panel session
1145	Discussion groups
	Session theme	Facilitator
	Student’s increasing expectations and their information needs	Aaron Porter Vice-President (Higher Education) National Union of Students
	Future possibilities for the development of quality assurance	Dr Stephen Jackson, Director of Reviews Group, QAA
	Developing a Transnational Education Strategy	Carolyn Campbell Head of International Affairs, QAA
	Changing approaches to teaching	Professor Colin Stirling, Vice President, Teaching and Learning, University of Manchester
1230	Lunch
1315	Discussion groups (session themes and facilitators as above)
Session 2	QAA’s approach to changes in higher education
1400	Challenges for the future of higher education. What QAA is doing to respond to the changing nature of UK higher education?	Peter Williams Chief Executive, QAA
1410	Arrangements for revising the Quality Assurance Framework in England	Dr Stephen Jackson Director of Reviews Group, QAA
1420	Review of the Academic Infrastructure	Dr Jayne Mitchell Director of Development and Enhancement, QAA
1430	The Quality Enhancement Framework in Scotland and the role of international reviewers	Norman Sharp, Director of QAA Scotland
1440	Update on Institutional review in Wales	Dr Stephen Jackson, Director of Reviews Group, QAA
1450	Question and answer session with QAA panel
1545	Closing remarks	Sir Rodney Brooke Chair of the QAA Board
1600	Refreshments and close of conference