Academic Quality Enhancement Aims

The aims of Quality Enhancement at Birkbeck are as follows:

• To meet and, where possible, exceed the needs of students and staff in pursuit of the College's aim to provide quality, research-led teaching to a diverse student body, which is mature and predominantly part-time, over a broad range of subjects.

• To increase emphasis on transferable skills and employer engagement, as well as continuing to promote widening participation.

• To strengthen and integrate the effectiveness of the support and learning environment including the infrastructure and resources to deliver the College’s overall mission and priorities.  This includes a commitment to the professional development and career enhancement of all staff.

• To adopt an approach of integrating as far as possible enhancement measures and methods into routine procedures, to reinforce both the philosophy and the practice of quality enhancement.

• To ensure consistency of Birkbeck’s quality procedures with national requirements set by the Quality Assurance Agency and other channels of policy.