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Overview

The A4QA Good Practices Forum will celebrate the A4QA initiative and provide an opportunity to share and discuss good practices in Quality Assurance across the UM.

08:30 - Registration & Coffee

09:00 - Introduction & Welcome Address
Prof. Frank Bezzina, Pro-Rector for International Development & Quality Assurance and Chair of the Quality Assurance Committee

09:10 - Address
Dr Colin Borg, Academic Registrar

09:20 - Keynote
Saying what you do and doing what you say - building a quality culture from the programme level up
Dr Tess Goodliffe

10:20 - Coffee Break

10:40 - Beyond Compliance: Collaborative Best Practices for the Annual Programme Review
Prof. Sandro Lanfranco, Head, Department of Biology

11:25 - Focus Groups
The APR Lab: Evaluating Experience and Shaping the Future
A moderated space where participants collaboratively reflect on past challenges and co-create a more impactful APR process and discuss how the A4QA initiative can better support academic quality.

12:15 - Plenary
The APR Exchange: Key Takeaways from the A4QA Focus Groups

12:45 - Smart Quality: Streamlining the APR through Digital Innovation
Prof. Joel Azzopardi, Department of Artificial Intelligence

13:15 - Closing Remarks
Dr Jacqueline Vanhear, Deputy Director, Quality Support Unit

13:20 - Light Lunch

Learning outcomes

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Keynote Speaker

Dr Tess Goodliffe, Director of Quality Assurance, Planning and Accreditation at Sohar University (Oman). She works with higher education institutions (HEIs) and quality agencies in all areas of development, strategy, review and capacity development. In her previous role at Oman Academic Accreditation Authority, she played a key role in the development and implementation of Oman’s national institutional accreditation process for HEIs in Oman. She has extensive experience working on quality review panels for QAA Scotland, BQA in Bahrain, and UQAIB in Dubai and has contributed to local, regional and international conferences on quality assurance and enhancement in higher education.