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Enhancing
Academic Practice Through Professional Standards
The idea of a framework for professional standards for
teaching and supporting learning in higher education
was proposed in the White Paper The Future of Higher
Education (2003). In response to this the UUK, SCOP
and the UK HE funding bodies invited the Higher Education
Academy to consult with the sector to develop such a
framework.
Following extensive consultation with the sector a National
Professional Standards Framework has been developed
for institutions to apply to their professional development
programmes and activities and thus demonstrate that
professional standards for teaching and supporting learning
are being met.
At the heart of this framework is acknowledgement of
the distinctive nature of teaching in higher education,
respect for the autonomy of higher education institutions,
and recognition of the sector’s understanding
of quality enhancement for improving student learning.
The framework recognises that the scholarly nature of
subject inquiry and knowledge creation, and a scholarly
approach to pedagogy, combine to represent a unique
feature of support for student learning in higher education
institutions.
The standards framework aims to act as:
Download the Higher Education Academy leaflet (213KB PDF) with full standards text.
More can be found on Professional Standards on the Higher
Education Academy site: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/professionalstandards.shtml
View the LSBU Action Plan Supporting Professional Standards 2004/2005 (8KB PDF)
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