UOW AUQA Audit Progress Report 210907 Final

Report on Response to AUQA’s Report on the Audit of the University of Wollongong September 2007 On 15 March 2006 AUQA’s Report on the Audit of the University of Wollongong (UOW) was publicly released. Commendations The report included 13 commendations for a range of practices across UOW’s areas of activity. Six practices have been included in AUQA’s Good Practice Database: • Heads and Associate Deans Leadership Program • Facilitating Transition to Working Life: Management Cadetships • Foundations of University Teaching Course • Peer Assisted Study Sessions program • Embedding Quality for Library Excellence • Developing Graduate Attributes: Information Literacies Introductory Program Recommendations and Affirmations The report also included 13 recommendations and five affirmations relating to areas for improvement. To ensure that these matters were systematically addressed, a Quality Improvement (QI) Plan was developed by the Strategic Planning & Quality Office (SPQ), in close consultation with the University’s Senior Executive, relevant Directors and other senior managers. Monitored by the University Planning & Quality Committee (UPAQ), the QI Plan lists planned actions and progress against each recommendation and affirmation and in relation to other improvement suggestions included in the AUQA report. Progress reports for each item are updated bi-annually in consultation with the responsible managers and endorsed by UPAQ before ...