AccreditationStrategic partners

Kazakhstani imperatives; employers

InternationalBenchmarks

Bologna Process

Institutional Policies and Guidelines

Inputs to Program Design

at NazarbayevUniversity

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Bologna Process

ECTS

Dublin descriptors

Bologna Cycle

EQF

Cycle 1. Bachelor

Cycle 2. Masters

Cycle 3. Doctoral

Level 6: Bachelor

Level 7: Masters

Level 8: Doctoral

ECTS credit = 25-30 hrsworkload Academic year = 60 ECTSBachelor Degree = 240 ECTS Masters Degree = 90-120 ECTS

Expectations for each cycleOutcomes-based

Student-Centred

Quality Assurance & Enhancement integral

(ESG 2015)

International Context

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National Context

Industry and employers

National frameworks and requirements

Students’ academic and cultural background

Market needs and potential employability

Consider cultural context and students’ academic background in terms of

knowledge, skills, attributes and prior learning styles.

National imperatives

As and where appropriate

Kazakhstan 2050; state programs

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Institutional Context

NU Academic Quality Framework

NU Strategies, Frameworks,

Guidelines and Policies

NU Graduate Attributes

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NU Academic Quality Framework

Program Approval through Academic Quality Committee (peer review) and Academic Council

NU Graduate Attributes

NU Strategies, Frameworks,

Guidelines and Policies

Institutional Context

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NU Academic Quality Framework

NU Graduate Attributes

NU Strategies, Frameworks,

Guidelines and Policies

NU Strategy to 2020Academic Quality Framework

Teaching and Learning StrategyAssessment Strategy

Instructional Technology Strategy

Align programs and courses

Institutional Context

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School Teaching and Learning Strategy

informs program design

Program Manager and Program Delivery Team

develop program

School Context

Approve program through the School

Teaching and Learning Committee and Dean

External review

Program Specificationand Justification

Then to institutional Academic Quality

Committee (peer review)

and Academic council7

Program Design

Develop Program Learning Outcomes

Develop Program Aims

International benchmarking

Level descriptorse.g. Dublin Descriptors,

UK FHEQ, Lumina Foundation DQP

NU Graduate Attributes

Strategic Partner input and review

Subject benchmark statements:

Accrediting bodies;QAA subject benchmarks

Program Aims and Learning Outcomes must demonstrably align with the NU

Graduate Attributes

Inform academic

level of program

Inform content of program

Identify content

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Program and Course Design

Develop ALIGNED assessment criteria and methods

Develop ALIGNED teaching and learning strategy to enable students to reach learning outcomes and

assessment criteria

Develop Course Descriptors, Learning Outcomesand Specifications (including syllabi)

Program Aims, Learning Outcomes and Content

Align with program learning outcomes and

graduate attributes

Assessment methods should be appropriate to

the learning outcome

Teaching and learning methods give students the opportunity to achieve the

learning outcomes

NU Graduate Attributes

Philosophy of Constructive Alignment

(Biggs, 2003)https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/sites/default/files/resources/id477_aligning_teaching_for_constructing_lear

ning.pdf

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AccreditationStrategic partners

Kazakhstani imperatives; employers

InternationalBenchmarks

Bologna Process

Institutional Policies and Guidelines

Program and Course Design – What are we looking for?

• Meet current/future national demand and requirements• Deliver NU Graduate Attributes• Employ internationally-benchmarked outcomes and content • Align attributes, outcomes, teaching, learning and assessment • Adopt a student-centred approach, with effective student support

mechanismsEmploy teaching and learning methods that are:• Innovative and inspiring• Research-integrated• Technologically-enhancedUse assessment methods that are:• Reliable, valid and fair• Inclusive and authentic • Challenging, varied and stimulating• Formative as well as summative, with multiple feedback opportunitiesSubject to ongoing quality assurance and quality enhancement…..

= Quality !!

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