Scottish Quality Concerns Scheme in context - student guide - sparqs

A resource for students, developed by sparqs to give context to QAA Scotland’s Scottish Quality Concerns Scheme.
The Scheme provides an opportunity for students, staff and other parties to raise concerns about the quality and standards of Scottish higher education to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Scotland. QAA Scotland is Scotland’s quality body for higher education. Its role is to safeguard academic standards and improve the quality of the student experience.
QAA Scotland published guidance on the Scheme in July 2022, which is available on their webpage around how to raise concerns in Scotland. The sparqs guide provides some context for students, and sits at the bottom of the QAA webpage, as well as on the sparqs website.
The sparqs resource outlines where and when the Scheme is the appropriate route for concerns and provides examples of issues that would be eligible for consideration under the Scheme.
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For further information, please contact:
- Name: Megan Brown
- Role: Senior Development Consultant
- Email: megan.brown@sparqs.ac.uk
- Phone: 07469 354245
(September 2022)
Item Number:287
- Self-Evaluation and Action Plan (SEAP) guidance for SAs and student officers - sparqs
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership - sparqs
- Online and blended learning: best practice for a successful student induction - sparqs
- Suggested questions for Course Reps to use 2024-25 - sparqs
- Online and blended learning: reflective questions for students and staff - sparqs
- The Future of Learning & Teaching: defining and delivering an effective and inclusive digital/blended offering - SFC et al
- A guide to inducting students association education officers - sparqs
- Developing the future careers of SA education officers: outduction toolkit - sparqs et al
- Creating and reviewing student engagement roles - sparqs
- Supporting Sabbatical Officers as they leave office - University of St Andrews Students
- Online Student Learning Experience Model - Perth College UHI
- Students as active partners in shaping their learning experience - Leeds Trinity University College
- Theory of partnership: Ladder of Citizen Participation - Sherry R Arnstein
- Understanding the SU's key relationships: The Cadogan Matrice
- ABCD of Effective Feedback - sparqs
- Framework for the Development of Strong and Effective College Students
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland - sparqs and sector partners
- Student Partnership Staircase - sparqs
- Supporting Senior Student Officers in Universities - sparqs
- Engaging Students in Online Distance Learning - sparqs
For all resources published by sparqs, see the "sparqs Resources" category in the list on the left, including the following:
- Student Learning Experience model
- Scotland's Ambition for Student Partnership
- A Student Engagement Framework for Scotland
+ resources linked to the SEF - ABCD of Effective Feedback
- Student Partnership Staircase
See all sparqs publications (Strategic Plans, celebration reports, etc.) here.