student feedback and leadership - Office for Learning and Teaching

Student Feedback & Leadership
9.6 Critical Success Factors
What were the contributors to success?
Factors that contributed to success of the project are as follows:
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Commitment of staff to improving the School's learning and teaching.
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Availability of financial resources to undertake School upgrading
of selected learning spaces in the School.
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The assistance from sources external to the School, VET Sector,
and industry personnel.
What were the impediments to success?
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Lack of willingness on the part of students to provide considered
feedback.
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The University’s facility management systems.
List separately – strengths and weaknesses of the Project
Strengths
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Availability of internal School funding to upgrade learning spaces.
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The consolidation of the School LTC (Learning and Teaching Commitee).
Weaknesses
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Lack of involvement in data gathering by a broad range of students.
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The University’s poor maintenance record of facilities.
9.7 Other Issues, Challenges and Suggestions
What issues, challenges have been faced by the team members
in this project?
While the time allocated to the project was generous, all team members
undertake busy teaching loads, some of which is offshore, as well as in
some cases, considerable administration duties. The strong commitment
to learning and teaching investigation was tempered by the need to execute
such activities. A further issue was poor student involvement (particularly
at undergraduate level) in focus groups and general data gathering
about their learning experiences.
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