Monday, 19 October 2015

Dear colleagues,

UWA conducted a comprehensive review of assessment between April and October 2015.  At the 7th October meeting, Academic Council resolved to unanimously approve in principle the recommendations, as contained in the Review of Assessment Working Group Report and the new University Policy on Assessment, effective from 1st January 2016. The approval is subject to consideration of any further feedback by the Dean of Coursework Studies on the implementation plan of the policy from a teacher perspective and acceptance of a report on the plan at the December meeting of the Academic Council.

Implementation is to be staged with two main phases:

  • The first implementation phase will start on 1st January 2016 with the implementation of all aspects of the new policy that are consistent with current policy and/or aspects that can be implemented without compelling impediments.
  • The second implementation phase will start on 1st January 2017 and includes aspects of the policy that require technical development and/or may require changes to curriculum through the annual change process in CAIDi (Curriculum Approval Information Database online).

The parts of the policy that are included in each phase are now clearly indicated in the new policy.  Feedback on these two phases of implementation is welcome.

Feedback is to be provided direct to Faculty Associate Deans (Education) by the deadline of Thursday, 5th November 2015 .

For more information including copies of the approved policy containing the implementation plan and an implementation plan overview, and details for providing feedback please see the web at:

https://www.governance.uwa.edu.au/reviews-academic-and-administrative/review

Kind regards

Professor Grady Venville

Dean of Coursework Studies

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