PAQC Work-plans

The PAQC work-plan has been designed using three academic quality timelines:

The first is based on the quality requirements of time based course delivery
which has a definitive start and end date;
The second is a quarterly based programme quality cycle; and
The third is for ad-hoc activities associated Programme Monitoring and
Review and professional accreditation requirements.

Resource links to the right present the main PAQC work plan activities in a visual
plan view or a linear timeline view using the cycles to sort the activities. Both are
the same and are intended as a generic model only which will be tailored to the
requirements of each individual PAQC.

The standardized academic work plan will be modified and tailored to
the requirements of each PAQC in the early part of the 2020 academic year
in collaboration with the Committee Chair and Academic Programme Managers.

Other aligned processes that are connected to this draft work plan are:

The frequency of meetings for each Committee will be set according to the needs of the confirmed work plan, with some Committees requiring more meetings in a year, and some less.
Agenda and minute templates will be re-designed to complement the requirements of the work plan and to align with those developed for Academic Board.
Standardization of work plans will assist the committee secretariat and Te Korowai Kahurangi in providing a centralized management for distribution of agenda items and other key communications between committees.
The workplan includes a range of elements that will form part of a reporting process of key issues from PAQC to QAB/AB and other committees and stakeholders. This is envisioned to be quarterly with a report covering the action items which occurred during the reporting period.
The above-mentioned reporting structure will be developed to allow for escalation of matters from PAQC to other committees or other Institutional Agencies, including a process for feedback of any actions taken as a result. Issues will be able to be raised at any time by a PAQC and may include academic risk/issues of concern; issues relating to resources; and issues related to Learning and Teaching. The formalizing of this process will be developed prior to the end of 2019.