Section 5: Quality review of Short courses

Published for 2025/26

5.1 Quality review of non-credit-bearing  Short Courses 5.2 Assessment of credit-bearing Short Courses

5.1 Quality review of non-credit-bearing  Short Courses 

1.All non-credit-bearing Short Courses should be subject to Annual Evaluation.
2.Annual Evaluations should follow the prompts on the Short Course Annual Evaluation Form.
3.

As a minimum, this annual evaluation should encompass the following areas/core data categories:

  • Number of applicants
  • Number of Short Course Learners registered
  • Completion dates
  • Course evaluation/feedback from participants
4.Completed Annual Evaluation Forms should be submitted to the relevant UCL department by the annual deadlines set for the undergraduate and taught postgraduate Annual Student Experience Review (ASER) cycles. Annual Evaluations should feed into the ASER process and action-planning undertaken by UCL departments.

5.2 Quality review of credit-bearing Short Courses

1.

Departments and Faculties will be responsible for monitoring the quality of credit-bearing Short Courses in accordance with the principles of quality review laid out in Chapter 9, by means of a credit-bearing Short Course questionnaire, which will:

i) be distributed during each instance of the course.
ii) concentrate on the effectiveness of teaching, learning, assessment, and student support, as perceived by the student.
iii) ensure the anonymity of respondents.

2.Departments will produce a Development and Enhancement Plan for their credit-bearing Short Courses, for review by the Departmental Education Committee, and submission to the Faculty Education Committee.