TY - GEN
T1 - Development of an academic risk model to support higher education quality assurance
AU - McDonald, T. J.
AU - O'Byrne, Derek
AU - O'Leary, Paul
AU - O'Riordan, Chris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This paper presents a model of risk management in higher education, to support the quality assurance framework and the activities, more generally, of a Higher Education Institute. Its purpose is to define the Institute's approach to academic risk and its management and to inform decision-making. Academic risk is defined and contextualized in terms of published literature. Decision-making and judgement is at the centre of all academic activities and accordingly inherent risk will always exist, through the exercise of judgement, the operation of academic policies and procedures and through compliance. A normative model of academic risk assessment is proposed, based on three levels: isolated academic risk, repeated academic risk and systemic academic risk. This is followed by a proposed model for action according to the level of risk. Finally the operation of the model in our higher education institute is presented.
AB - This paper presents a model of risk management in higher education, to support the quality assurance framework and the activities, more generally, of a Higher Education Institute. Its purpose is to define the Institute's approach to academic risk and its management and to inform decision-making. Academic risk is defined and contextualized in terms of published literature. Decision-making and judgement is at the centre of all academic activities and accordingly inherent risk will always exist, through the exercise of judgement, the operation of academic policies and procedures and through compliance. A normative model of academic risk assessment is proposed, based on three levels: isolated academic risk, repeated academic risk and systemic academic risk. This is followed by a proposed model for action according to the level of risk. Finally the operation of the model in our higher education institute is presented.
KW - Acdemic risk
KW - Risk assessment
KW - Risk response
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85088403432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11261
DO - 10.4995/HEAd20.2020.11261
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088403432
T3 - International Conference on Higher Education Advances
SP - 1323
EP - 1329
BT - HEAd 2020 - 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances
PB - Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
T2 - 6th International Conference on Higher Education Advances, HEAd 2020
Y2 - 2 June 2020 through 5 June 2020
ER -
