EVALUATION ON AREA 5: ACADEMIC STAFF
10.5 EVALUATION ON AREA 5: ACADEMIC STAFF
10.5.1 Recruitment and Management Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Comment on the policies on qualifications, responsibilities, expertise and incentives.
Appraise the academic staff selection policy. How does staff selection emphasise recognition of academic merit?
Assesstheappropriatenessoftheratiooftheacademicstafftostudent. Confirm whether the HEP has enough academic staff necessary to implement each programme.
Appraise the role of the academic staff in teaching, research and scholarly activities, consultancy, community services, and administrative functions to show a balance of functions and responsibilities in line with academic conventions.
Commentonthedistributionofthevariedrolesoftheacademicstaffin teaching, research, consultancy, community service and administrative functions. Is the workload fairly distributed?
Evaluatethepoliciesandproceduresforrecognisingandrewardingthe academic staff. How are they implemented?
Evaluatethepolicies,criteriaandprocessesintheappointmentof,and promotion to, academic positions, particularly that of professorship and associate professorship. How does the HEP take into account national policy and international best practices on such matters?
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
CommentonhowtheHEPensuresandencouragesdiversityamongthe academic staff in terms of experience, approaches and backgrounds.
EvaluatethenatureandextentoftheHEP’snationalandinternational linkages, and how these enhance its scholarly activities.
10.5.2 Service and Development Evaluation on Benchmarked Standards
Appraise the evidence of, and mechanisms and procedures for, professional development and career advancement of the academic staff.
• Appraise how participation in staff development programmes is encouraged.
• Commentontheexistenceof,oracademicstaffaccessto,institutions, centres or activities that supports academic staff development.
• Commentonthesupportavailabletoassistacademicstafftodevelop teaching skills and instructional materials.
• Comment on how the HEP assure that academic staff, including part- time staff, possess the required skills to teach and evaluate students.
• EvaluatetheHEPpolicytoretaintheacademicstaff.Commentonthe academic staff leaving the institution in the last five years.
• Comment on the institutional policy on service, development and appraisal of the academic staff. Does the appraisal take into account participation in all relevant activities? Comment on the policy on consultancy and private practice.
• CommentontheHEP’scriteriaandadministrativeproceduresforinitial appointment, promotion and tenure.
• Commentontheprocessesandproceduresinhandlingdisciplinarycases involving the academic staff.
• Comment on the opportunities for communication among academic staff members and on activities that promote collegiality.
• Do academic staff members have sufficient input into organisational decision-making through the committee structure or directly?
• Evaluate the formative guidance and mentoring provided for new academic staff. How effective is it?
• Comment on the organised support available to assist new academic staff to develop teaching skills in line with current trends in pedagogy, curriculum design, instructional materials, and assessment.
• Evaluatethemechanismstotrainacademicstafftouseinformationand communication technology for self-learning, for access to information and for communication.
• Comment on student appraisal of the academic staff and its effectiveness.
Evaluation on Enhanced Standards
• CommentontheconferencesorganisedbytheHEP. •
Commentontheparticipationoftheacademicstaffinmajorconferences in the last five years. Comment on how the HEP support the participation of academic staff in national and international activities. How useful is the participation for the enrichment of the learning experience?
CommentontheextentofresearchactivitiesintheHEPbylookinginto the number of academic staff members who are principal investigators, the value of research grants and the priority areas for research.
Evaluatetheprovisionsonadvanceddevelopmentforacademicstaff.