Design quality indicator

Teaching and research are the core functions of universities. But in Australia, we don't value teaching

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and a final report in December 2023.

Key Points: 
  • A review team is due to finish a draft report in June and a final report in December 2023.
  • Teaching and research are the two core functions of Australian universities.
  • This noted:
    Strength in higher education teaching is a critical element in ensuring strength in the sector as a whole.

The devaluing of teaching in higher education

    • Yet the teaching of university students has long been devalued in Australian higher education.
    • Significantly, most undergraduate teaching is now done by casual academics, who are frequently paid exclusively to teach but receive no professional development to do so.
    • For example, in 2016, the Coalition government cut funding to the Office for Learning and Teaching, a peak body that drove quality and innovation in university teaching.

What does ‘quality teaching’ mean?

    • Quality teaching has many different meanings in higher education, but few – if any – get to the heart of supporting academic staff to deliver effective teaching.
    • The national Quality Indicators for Learning and Teaching focus on three different areas of quality: the student experience, graduate outcomes and employer satisfaction.
    • These examples demonstrate how the management of teaching has become the dominant focus rather than the practice of teaching.

A new way to ensure quality teaching

    • The Universities Accord could signal a genuine commitment to quality teaching if it reinstated a peak national body focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning in higher education.
    • Our research shows this can be achieved by providing a strong conceptual understanding of what quality teaching looks like in the university classroom.
    • In 2019–2020, we trialled the Quality Teaching Model as a mechanism to underpin teaching professional development with 27 academics.
    • We worked with academics from a range of disciplines and at different career stages across designated teaching periods.
    • When interviewed, participants reported the QT Model helped them feel their teaching was valued.

Where to from here?

    • The accord is a crucial opportunity to ensure universities deliver their core function of teaching.
    • This is possible and achievable by reinvesting in the scholarship of teaching and learning, along with meaningful professional development in teaching for all academic staff.
    • They also have to cope with the challenges of online learning and uncertainty around what Artificial Intelligence means for teaching and learning.

New Promega Chemistry Will Enable Forensic DNA Labs to Solve More Challenging Cold Cases, Sexual Assault Cases

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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PowerPlex® 35GY System, launched today by Promega Corporation, is a first-of-its-kind eight-color DNA analysis kit that helps forensic laboratories get more information out of their most challenging samples.

Key Points: 
  • PowerPlex® 35GY System, launched today by Promega Corporation, is a first-of-its-kind eight-color DNA analysis kit that helps forensic laboratories get more information out of their most challenging samples.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230127005310/en/
    PowerPlex® 35GY System, launched today by Promega Corporation, will empower forensic laboratories to get more information out of their most challenging samples, providing more data to support cold cases and sexual assault cases.
  • PowerPlex® 35GY System is also ideal for working with sexual assault samples or for identifying unknown matches through familial searching.
  • By combining these Quality Indicators with the high-throughput capabilities of Spectrum CE System, PowerPlex® 35GY System can help forensics labs efficiently work through their sexual assault kit backlog, for example.

Blueground to Acquire Brazilian PropTech Startup Tabas, Accelerating Its Global Expansion in South and Central America

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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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Blueground , a PropTech scaleup offering a turnkey, flexible housing solution for renters globally, announces today it entered into agreement to acquire Brazilian PropTech startup, Tabas .

Key Points: 
  • Blueground , a PropTech scaleup offering a turnkey, flexible housing solution for renters globally, announces today it entered into agreement to acquire Brazilian PropTech startup, Tabas .
  • During the period between now and close, the two companies will continue to operate independently and will gradually integrate over the next year.
  • The combined organization will have a presence in 29 cities across 16 countries, employing over 1,000 people.
  • He aspired to create a seamless way for people to freely move between neighborhoods, cities, and countries around the world.

Vektor Medical’s Technology Attracts Seasoned MedTech Experts to Lead Sales and Quality Functions

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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Kathryn brings over a decade of quality and assurance experience to Vektors repertoire, said Rob Krummen, Vektor Medical CEO.

Key Points: 
  • Kathryn brings over a decade of quality and assurance experience to Vektors repertoire, said Rob Krummen, Vektor Medical CEO.
  • Im thrilled that Vektor has attracted leaders of Tim and Kathryns caliber given our compelling clinical data supporting vMap and early interest in the technology.
  • In his role at Vektor, he leads the commercial sales strategy and execution for vMap, while overseeing the field team.
  • Before joining Vektor Medical, Laird was Vice President of Sales in North America for Implicity, a leader in remote patient monitoring and cardiac data management solutions.

Volition appoints Sharon Ballesteros as U.S. Head of Quality and Development Process

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022
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AUSTIN, Texas, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition"), a multi-national epigenetics company, has announced the appointment of Sharon Ballesteros as U.S Head of Quality and Development Process.

Key Points: 
  • AUSTIN, Texas, April 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition"), a multi-national epigenetics company, has announced the appointment of Sharon Ballesteros as U.S Head of Quality and Development Process.
  • Sharon has over 20 years of experience within the in vitro diagnostics industry with senior program management, quality assurance, and process improvement roles at Siemens Health Diagnostics, Thermo Fisher, and Agena Bioscience.
  • Most recently, Sharon was Director of Design Quality and Risk at GRAIL where she led the company's Design Controls and Risk programs.
  • Gaetan Michel, Chief Operating Officer of Volition, said, "We're delighted to welcome Sharon to Volition.

University of Phoenix Successful Adoption of AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit Strengthens Nursing Coursework

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Friday, September 24, 2021
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University of Phoenix graduate nursing program uses the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys (AHRQ's) Quality Indicators (QI) Toolkit as a learning tool to help students better understand the quality improvement process and improve development of projects that enhance patient care.

Key Points: 
  • University of Phoenix graduate nursing program uses the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qualitys (AHRQ's) Quality Indicators (QI) Toolkit as a learning tool to help students better understand the quality improvement process and improve development of projects that enhance patient care.
  • The AHRQ QI Toolkit helps hospitals use AHRQ's Quality Indicators, which are standardized, evidence-based measures of health care quality.
  • The toolkit also provides general guidance on how to use quality improvement methods to develop a project in a hospital setting.
  • Ryan Mills, an instructional designer at the university working with faculty to improve curriculum and student skill-building, said, "I discovered the AHRQ Quality Indicators Toolkit and immediately realized the value it would provide.

VISTEX and RESERVOIR Jointly Validate the MLC Data Quality Initiative (DQI)

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Thursday, February 18, 2021
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HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. and NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistex joins client Reservoir in announcing the success of their first joint data validation exercise for the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)'s Data Quality Initiative (DQI).

Key Points: 
  • HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. and NEW YORK, Feb. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vistex joins client Reservoir in announcing the success of their first joint data validation exercise for the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC)'s Data Quality Initiative (DQI).
  • The MLC created DQI to provide an integrated way for music rights owners to verify that their owned and administered catalogs matched those records held by the MLC.
  • Working closely together, Vistex provided the software tools allowing Reservoir to be one of the earliest adopters of this initiative.
  • The Data Quality Initiative gave us a fantastic opportunity to assist with this groundbreaking new service and support Reservoir, who were very eager to engage with this.