University of Technology, Jamaica 8 The Academic Affairs Division comprises eight colleges and faculties along with the following academic management offices: Office of Distance Learning (ODL); Office of Quality Assurance (OQA); Office of Teaching & Learning (OTL); School of Graduate Studies Research and Entrepreneurship (SGSRE); Western Campus; The Calvin McKain Library; Caribbean Sustainable Energy and Innovation Institute (CSEII); and the UTech Academy. The Academic Affairs Division under the guidance and direction of the Deputy President continued to provide academic services for students and other stakeholders. Such services included development and implementation of curricula, standards, policies, procedures and regulations to govern the delivery of the University’s academic programmes at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Institutional Accreditation Further to institutional accreditation being granted by the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ), an update was provided to the UCJ on October 3, 2019, in respect of Risk Management Training as well as actions taken based on other recommendations. The UCJ has scheduled a mid-cycle site visit to UTech, Jamaica for 2022. Office of Quality Assurance For the period under review the Office of Quality Assurance (OQA) focused on enhancing the Academic Advisement Process. This was driven by the addition of a Senior Quality Assurance Officer with responsibility for managing the Academic Advisement process across the University. The OQA also worked on preparing the Annual Report for Institutional Accreditation (March 31, 2020). The conduct of Academic Quality Audits remained a priority as this is the main internal quality assurance activity for ensuring the quality of course offerings. Work continued on changing from a paper based to an online administration of the Student Instructor-Module Evaluation. The aim is to have online evaluations as of Academic Year 2020 to 2021. Institutional Accreditation The Office of Quality Assurance is currently working on the first full Annual Status Report for submission to the University Council of Jamaica (UCJ). The submission date of March 31, 2020 was missed due to onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. An extension was sought and the annual report should be ready for submission by June 30, 2020. Prof. Colin Gyles Deputy President ACADEMIC AFFAIRS DIVISION Dr. Winsome Russell Associate Vice President
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