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considered. Form 1 requires a series of simple yes/no responses and only where concernsare identified are further details required. The programme team is also invited to highlightgood practice that could benefit others. A written record of the PRM’s discussion must bekept.2.3 A School will therefore document, on an annual basis, its performance in each of itsprogrammes, both undergraduate and graduate, against a range of quality parameters:• Admissions, progression and completion data• Previous monitoring report• Monitoring of core (and optional) modules• External examiner’s reports and University and School responses• Any CHE/accrediting body or other external reports• Consultation with employers and former students• Staff evaluation• Student evaluation• Programme aimsSee section 3 below for observations about the consideration of statistical data.2.4 This process is instrumental in maintaining and enhancing the quality of programmesoffered by Schools, but a mechanism is still required in which to audit this process withinthe School. This should be managed through a Programme Audit Meeting (PAM) whichmay, for instance, subsume a meeting of a School Teaching and Learning Committee.Student representatives, undergraduate and/or graduate as appropriate, should be present.To ensure accountability, the PAM should be overseen by a member of the School who isindependent of the process of annual programme monitoring (e.g. Dean of School,Programme Co-ordinator.)2.5 The PAM will consider the monitoring reports for all School programmes, undergraduateand graduate, using the minutes of the PRM meetings and completed programmemonitoring forms (Form 1) as evidence. The PAM will wish particularly to discussunresolved matters of concern identified in the reports, along with the action proposed toaddress them and the identification of the person or body responsible for resolving them.Where there is a lack of clarity, the School may wish to consider its own documentationrelating to such topics as those listed under 2.3 above.52