Quality Committee
Purpose
The Quality Committee acts with delegated authority from the Board of Trustees and is responsible for the monitoring and review of all quality assurance arrangements associated with the terms and conditions of OCNNER’s external licences.
It also advises the Board on widening participation and social inclusion issues, progression opportunities within and outside the OCN credit framework, and the culture of self appraisal and continuous improvement.
Remit
- To ensure that all external licence and quality assurance requirements are met and to ensure that all action plans are implemented
- To provide feedback to the National Open College Network Quality Team as appropriate
- To monitor self assessment activity, including monitoring the action plan, to recommend the approval of the annual report to the Board of Trustees
- To review outcomes of quality assurance processes and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees
- To consider an annual report of Quality Assurance activity, to include appointment and training of all Quality Reviewers and specialist Moderators, and to recommend improvements in Quality systems
- To monitor the procedures for the appointment and training of all Quality Reviewers and Moderators
- To monitor learner activity through the receipt of regular statistical reports on registrations, achievements and progression
- To participate as appropriate in appeals and complaints at the request of the Board of Trustees
Membership
Chair (who will be a member of the Board of Trustees) and Deputy Chair elected from the members below:
2 representatives from FE
1 representative from HE
1 representative from an LEA
2 representatives from a ‘voluntary’ and/or ‘other’ organisation from the membership
The committee will appoint a Deputy Chair at its first meeting. The committee has the power to co-opt additional members, with relevant quality assurance expertise, as appropriate at the request of the Chair. Co-opted members will be eligible to contribute to the quorum.
Each member of the committee will be required to record any interests in a register kept by the company secretary on an annual basis.
The Chief Executive and members of the Senior Management Team will be in attendance at committee meetings, where appropriate and at the request of the Chair.
The committee will be serviced by the Director of Quality and supported by the Quality Assurance Manager and Administrator (Quality Assurance).
Meetings and Quoracy
The Quality Committee will normally meet three times per year and report to the Board of Trustees through a standing agenda item. For the purposes of decision making, the committee requires a quorum of two plus the Chair or Deputy Chair, which will include co-opted Committee members.
