Positive Quality Assurance Outcome for RGU

A review by Quality Assurance Agency Scotland (QAAS) has expressed confidence in RGU's progress in continuing to monitor, review and enhance its higher education provision to enable effective arrangements to be in place for managing academic standards and the quality of the student experience.

The Scottish Funding Council has a statutory obligation to ensure that provision is made for assessing and enhancing the quality of the higher education it funds. It is supported in this by the QAAS, which conducts regular reviews of all Scottish higher education institutions.

Following a Quality Enhancement and Standards Review (QESR), Review Panels will reach one of two decisions: either that it is, or is not, confident that the institution is making effective progress in continuing to monitor, review and enhance its higher education provision. RGU underwent its QESR on 21 February 2024 and published its final report of the Review on 18 April 2024.

The Review Panel’s report confirms, the review team is confident that RGU  is making effective progress in these key areas to enable effective arrangements to be in place for managing academic standards and the quality of the student learning experience.

In addition to its confidence decision, the QESR Review Team also commends two areas of good practice, commenting:

• Student partnership and collaborative working: The University is committed to a culture of partnership which empowers and engages students collaboratively in designing solutions and enhancements to facilitate student voice opportunities across the Student Union and the University to enhance the student experience. Evidence includes work on the Staff Student Charter, on the collaboratively written Student Experience Sub-Strategy, and the engagement of students in a wide range of project groups and committees.
• Development of the use of data: The University has demonstrated a commitment to making improvements in the use of data for the benefit of staff and students by working proactively on both policy and practical projects. Evidence includes the work on the RGU Assessment and Feedback Standard and the introduction of the attendance and engagement app which enables early interventions to help support students.

In response to this outcome, Professor Lynn Kilbride, Vice-Principal for Student Experience and Academic Development said:

“At RGU we are proud of our excellent student experience and this external review by QAA indicating confidence in our effective progress in continuing to monitor, review and enhance our provision is testament to the hard work and passion of our staff and students to continually make RGU a better place for us all to work and study.”

The full report is available online.