EVALUATION ON AREA 8: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

10.8 EVALUATION ON AREA 8: LEADERSHIP, GOVERNANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

10.8.1 Governance Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ the฀ HEP฀ ensures฀ that฀ its฀ policies฀ and฀ practices฀ are฀ consistent with its statement of purpose.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ stability฀ of฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ leadership฀ and฀ its฀ consistency฀ and direction.

Describe฀briefly฀the฀leadership฀style฀(manner฀of฀leadership,฀interaction฀ with academic staff members, and communication with other HEP’s

•฀ What฀are฀the฀leaders’฀perceptions฀of฀HEP’s฀strengths฀and฀their฀agenda฀of฀ strategic issues, directions, and plans for the future?

•฀ Describe฀ the฀ leadership฀ support฀ for,฀ and฀ commitment฀ to,฀ the฀ HEP’s฀ academic programmes.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀governance฀structures฀and฀functions฀of฀the฀HEP,฀and฀ the relationship between them. How are these communicated to all parties involved?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ structure฀ and฀ composition฀ of฀ the฀ major฀ institutional committees.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀composition฀and฀the฀role฀of฀the฀board฀of฀management฀of฀ the HEP, the Senate and other principal committees of the HEP. Comment on the effectiveness of these committees. How is the effectiveness of these committees evaluated?

•฀ Evaluate฀ the฀ role฀ of฀ academic฀ leaders฀ and฀ their฀ relationship฀ with฀ the฀ HEP’s officials. Evaluate the effectiveness of these relationships and note any problems.

•฀ Appraise฀ the฀ appointment฀ process฀ of฀ the฀ principal฀ committees฀ dealing with student-related matters, and whether there are student representatives in these committees.

•฀ Evaluate฀ the฀ effectiveness฀ and฀ autonomy฀ of฀ the฀ policy-making฀ body฀ of the HEP and comment on any factors relating to clarity of charge, responsibilities, size, representation, and relationship with the academic leadership and management.

•฀ In฀ campuses฀ that฀ are฀ geographically฀ separated,฀ comment฀ on฀ the฀ administrative relationship between the main campus and the branch campuses, including on the quality control mechanisms by the parent provider. Comment also on what mechanisms exist to assure functional integration, and achieve comparability of educational quality and the evaluation of students across various sites of instruction.

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ how฀ student฀ support฀ services฀ (academic฀ and฀ career฀ counselling, financial aid, administration, health service and personal counselling) are provided at the branch campuses. How well does this work?

•฀ Comment฀ on฀ the฀ internal฀ quality฀ assurance฀ system฀ and฀ the฀ unit฀ or฀ department responsible for it. Evaluate its effectiveness.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀community฀engagement฀activities฀of฀the฀members฀of฀ the HEP. How are such activities recognised?

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀comprehensiveness฀and฀effectiveness฀of฀the฀committee฀ system in the HEP and how it utilises consultation and feedback for

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ stakeholders฀ are฀ represented฀ in฀ committees฀ in฀ the HEP.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ role฀ and฀ function฀ of฀ the฀ Chair฀ of฀ the฀ governing board.

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ free฀ is฀ the฀ governing฀ board฀ from฀ undue฀ external pressures.

Comment฀on฀the฀HEP’s฀policy฀pertaining฀to฀conflict฀of฀interest.

Comment฀on฀the฀HEP’s฀participation฀in฀the฀socio-economic฀activities฀of฀ the community in which it is located.

10.8.2 Institutional and Academic Leadership Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀on฀the฀selection฀criteria,฀selection฀process,฀job฀description,฀and฀ the qualification and experience required of members of the institutional executive management team of the HEP.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ current฀ leaders฀ of฀ academic฀ programmes฀ and฀ departments in terms of their qualifications, experience and expertise on issues of curriculum design, delivery and review. Comment on the procedures and criteria for their selection, appointment and evaluation.

Comment฀on฀the฀mechanisms฀and฀processes฀to฀allow฀for฀communication฀ between the HEP leadership and the academic leadership of departments and programmes in matters such as recruitment and training, student admission, and allocation of resources and decision-making processes.

Appraise฀how฀the฀performance฀of฀the฀academic฀leadership฀of฀departments฀ and programmes is evaluated.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀ on฀ how฀ the฀ HEP฀ leadership฀ and฀ the฀ academic฀ leadership฀ create a conducive environment for innovation and creativity in the institution.

Comment฀ on฀ the฀ policies฀ to฀ strengthen฀ the฀ leadership฀ capabilities฀ of฀ the HEP leadership and the academic leadership. Comment on the programmes that the HEP and academic leadership have undergone for this purpose in the last five years.

10.8.3 Administrative and Management Staff Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Evaluate฀the฀mechanisms฀that฀are฀in฀place฀to฀ensure฀the฀appropriateness฀ and sufficiency of the administrative staff to support the implementation

Do฀students฀and฀the฀academic฀staff฀perceive฀the฀administrative฀staff฀to฀

be accessible and able to solve problems? •฀

Evaluate฀ the฀ mechanisms฀ for฀ training฀ and฀ career฀ advancement฀ for administrative and management staff of the HEP. Evaluate the achievement of the training programme in the last five years.

Evaluate฀how฀the฀HEP฀reviews฀the฀performance฀of฀its฀administrative฀and฀ management staff.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Evaluate฀the฀effectiveness฀of฀the฀training฀scheme฀and฀how฀it฀fulfils฀the฀ needs of the educational programmes.

10.8.4 Academic Records Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Comment฀on฀the฀policies฀and฀practices฀on฀security฀of฀academic฀records.฀฀

Evaluate฀ the฀ policy฀ on฀ privacy฀ and฀ confidentiality฀ of฀ records฀ and฀ its implementation.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

Comment฀on฀the฀HEP’s฀review฀of฀its฀policies฀on฀security฀of฀records฀and฀ safety system, and its effectiveness.

10.8.5 Interaction with External Sectors Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards

Evaluate฀ the฀ mechanisms฀ for฀ cooperation฀ between฀ the฀ HEP฀ and฀ the฀ external sectors, including its external stakeholders.

Evaluation on Enhanced Standards

•฀ Evaluate฀the฀agreements฀between฀the฀HEP฀and฀its฀external฀sectors.