Annex 4
Timeline of stages in the Quality Board-led Institutional reviews
Submission of Reflective Analysis
| 3 Months |
| Reflective Analysis confirmed as appropriate to allow review to proceed. |
| Review team feed back initial impressions to review team chair. |
| Review team chair communicates overall impressions to institutional contact together with any requests for further information, and agrees provisional programme for visit in advance of visit. Visit starts with private meeting of review team for one day. This concludes with confirmation of programme for visit and requests for any additional material. |
| Visit - normally 3-5 days in institution. First half-day's programme decided by institution. Final meeting generally a 'wash-up' with senior staff. No conclusions given by review team. Private meeting of review team for up to one day to agree conclusions and overall headlines of report. |
| 2 weeks |
| Headline letter sent to institution. |
| 4 weeks |
| Draft report sent to review team for comment. |
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3 weeks |
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Review team secretary sends draft report to institution for comment. |
| 8 weeks comments back from institution. |
| Final draft prepared and meeting of Quality Board to agree final version with confirmed judgement. (Rector invited to attend for part of this meeting). |
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