Faculty Quality Assurance Team (FQAT)

Useful FQAT Information

Faculty Quality Assurance Teams consider and review departmental mechanisms for monitoring and sustaining the academic standards in relation to teaching and learning within the University. They also comment on best practice within a school or department.

FQAT Members in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

2010/11

Dr Sheila Trahar (FQAT Chair)

Ms Sue Baic - Department of Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences

Dr Jonathan Burnside - School of Law

Mrs Shirley Hume - School of Economics, Finance and Management

Dr Michael Naughton - Department of Sociology and Law

Dr Nieves Perez-Solorzano  - Department of Politics

Dr Helen Woodfield - Graduate School of Education

Vacancy - School for Policy Studies

FQAT Report

FQAT members visit each School and Department in the Faculty on a rolling basis. The FQAT produces an annual report of the main issues and FQAT themes for discussion and approval at the Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee (Undergraduate / Postgraduate). This report is discussed at the University's FQAT Plenary meeting on an annual basis.