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Who Is Feedback For? The Influence of Accountability and Quality Assurance Agendas on the Enactment of Feedback Processes
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Winstone, Naomi E.; Carless, David – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2021
In education systems across the world, teachers are under increasing quality assurance scrutiny in relation to the provision of feedback comments to students. This is particularly pertinent in higher education, where accountability arising from student dissatisfaction with feedback causes concern for institutions. Through semi-structured…
Descriptors: Accountability, Quality Assurance, Feedback (Response), College Faculty
The UK Higher Education Senior Management Survey: A Statactivist Response to Managerialist Governance
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Erickson, Mark; Hanna, Paul; Walker, Carl – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
In this paper, we present results from an extensive survey of United Kingdom (UK) university academics investigating satisfaction with senior managers and university governance: the Senior Management Survey (SMS). In total, 5888 academic staff across the United Kingdom Higher Education (HE) sector completed the survey, and results were used to…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Administration, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
School Improvement through School Inspection?
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Ouston, Janet; And Others – 1995
The United Kingdom's 1992 Education Act established the Office for Standards in Education (OFSTED), which was mandated to oversee an inspection system for all schools. This paper presents findings of a study that examined the extent to which the inspection process helped schools with their school-development planning. A survey was mailed to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Audits (Verification), Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement