The Quality Enhancement Steering Group (QESG) was set up in November 2024 to oversee and guide all quality enhancement activities relating to teaching, learning and assessment at the University of Aberdeen to enhance the student learning experience.
Purpose of the QESG:
- Provide strategic direction and oversight for all institutional quality enhancement activities
- Ensure alignment of enhancement activities (eg. the Learning & Teaching Enhancement Programme and the Annual Academic Development Symposium) with Aberdeen 2040
- Provide oversight of our institutional engagement with QAAS’s STEP activities, ensuring they align with our institutional objectives
- Inform plans and reports for QAAS which relate to STEP and any other TQEF enhancement activities
- Inform institutional representation on STEP networks, groups and collaborative projects
- Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of enhancement initiatives and recommend improvements
Membership of the Steering Group
Convenor – Prof Steve Tucker, Dean for Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement
Dean for Educational Innovation – vacant
Dean for Employability and Entrepreneurship– Prof John Barrow
Dean for Student Support and Experience – Prof Jason Bohan
Dean for Portfolio and Programme Development – Dr JP Mynott
Expert Academic Enhancement Representative - Prof Kirsty Kiezebrink
Head of Centre for Academic Development – Patricia Spence
Educational Development, Centre for Academic Development – Dr Aaron Thom
Head of UK Recruitment, Access and Outreach - Dr Sally Middleton
School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture - Dr Jonathan Hicks
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy and Art History - Dr Heidi Mehrkens
School of Natural and Computing Science - Dr Nigel Beacham
VP Education, Student Union – Samuel Seymour
Clerk- Margo Rocha