About the Project

Support for this project has been provided by the Office of Learning and Teaching.

The Teaching and Learning Standards Project (PDF, 159.88 KB) pilots a methodology for the use of inter-university peer review and moderation across disciplines. The aim is to contribute to the need for a learning standards framework (PDF, 289.78 KB) that enables the higher education sector to develop self-regulated, robust approaches for assuring quality and standards, particularly in final year undergraduate subjects.

Eight university partners are involved in this project, using common final year subjects across eight disciplines. Subject convenors will share subject outlines and selected assessment artefacts for review by at least two other partner universities. The moderation process includes inputs (e.g., subject outlines, assessment tasks, marking criteria) and outcomes (i.e., assessment samples). External blind peer review of both inputs and outcomes will determine the consistency of subject-level standards and how these compare with comparable final year subjects in other universities.

A user guide (PDF, 177.04 KB) has been developed for inter-institutional peer review and moderation of final year subject and program achievement standards. Where relevant, capstone subjects have been used and program learning outcomes considered to identify approaches for assuring program achievement standards through inter-university moderation. Further resources, including guidelines for practice will be published in early 2013.

This site will be updated on a regular basis with progress reports, publications and resources.