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?

Assess฀the฀appropriateness฀of฀the฀ratio฀of฀the฀academic฀staff฀to฀student.฀ 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.

Comment฀on฀the฀distribution฀of฀the฀varied฀roles฀of฀the฀academic฀staff฀in฀ teaching, research, consultancy, community service and administrative functions. Is the workload fairly distributed?

Evaluate฀the฀policies฀and฀procedures฀for฀recognising฀and฀rewarding฀the฀ academic staff. How are they implemented?

Evaluate฀the฀policies,฀criteria฀and฀processes฀in฀the฀appointment฀of,฀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

Comment฀on฀how฀the฀HEP฀ensures฀and฀encourages฀diversity฀among฀the฀ academic staff in terms of experience, approaches and backgrounds.

Evaluate฀the฀nature฀and฀extent฀of฀the฀HEP’s฀national฀and฀international฀ 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.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀existence฀of,฀or฀academic฀staff฀access฀to,฀institutions,฀ centres or activities that supports academic staff development.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀support฀available฀to฀assist฀academic฀staff฀to฀develop฀ 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.

•฀ Evaluate฀the฀HEP฀policy฀to฀retain฀the฀academic฀staff.฀Comment฀on฀the฀ 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.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀HEP’s฀criteria฀and฀administrative฀procedures฀for฀initial฀ appointment, promotion and tenure.

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀processes฀and฀procedures฀in฀handling฀disciplinary฀cases฀ 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.

•฀ Evaluate฀the฀mechanisms฀to฀train฀academic฀staff฀to฀use฀information฀and฀ 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

•฀ Comment฀on฀the฀conferences฀organised฀by฀the฀HEP. •฀

Comment฀on฀the฀participation฀of฀the฀academic฀staff฀in฀major฀conferences฀ 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?

Comment฀on฀the฀extent฀of฀research฀activities฀in฀the฀HEP฀by฀looking฀into฀ the number of academic staff members who are principal investigators, the value of research grants and the priority areas for research.

Evaluate฀the฀provisions฀on฀advanced฀development฀for฀academic฀staff.