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INSTITUTION
To achieve our aims the RVC must
be
An Institution that:
 Seeks feedback and visibly
responds
 Defi nes learning-gain based
on the acquisition and mastery
of skills.
 Recruits, retains, rewards and
recognises members of staff whose
main focus is on teaching, learning and
assessment.
 Continues to develop pathways
for teaching staff
 Develops members of staff willing and
able to take on teaching leadership
roles.
 Optimises quality assurance and
enhancement processes and shares,
collects and analyses appropriate data.
 Invests in appropriate resources –
digital, physical and human resources
[HR].
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Specifi c initiatives:
 The RVC will improve the ways in which
feedback from students is sought and
responded to.
 We will strive to improve engagement
with graduates and employers to obtain
feedback.
 We will build on the defi nition of
educational gain used in the TEF
to provide a compelling
demonstration of gain prior to the next
TEF in three years’ time.
 Continue to develop ways in which staff
can be recognised and rewarded for
their contribution to teaching; where
teaching is held in equal esteem to
research and successful teachers have
clear career progression.
 Progress HR leadership development
programme.
 Develop CPD pathways for AdvanceHE
Fellowship to recognise the contributions
of RVC academic and professional
services staff to our core missions
 Review Quality Assurance processes
ensuring that they are effi cient and
effective.
 Enhance our capacity to use data
effectively allowing the institution to
better understand student engagement
and other KPIs.
 Understand income and expenditure
associated with different learning,
teaching assessment and student
experience activities to ensure they are
resourced appropriately.
 Work with colleagues in our
Professional Service Department (PSD)
to ensure appropriate resource to
address issues associated with
organisation and management including
curriculum mapping, course approval,
timetabling etc.
Study group of students in Camden