Role Descriptor for Panel Chair

• To chair Cross-Faculty Approval Panels (CFAPs) as requested by AQSC, including setting any necessary conditions, and sharing recommendations and commendations.
• To read and scrutinize programme and module submissions to the CFAP and Panel members’ comments on those documents.

Person Specification for Panel Chair

• To be enthusiastic and informed about enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment at LU.
• To have experience developing and/or delivering modules and programmes at LU, ideally including quality assurance dimensions (e.g. APR).
• Ideally, to have experience reviewing course or module proposals via an approval or validation panel or through teaching committee scrutiny.
• To be familiar with the Curriculum Transformation Programme, its key principles and aims.
• To be familiar with all aspects of the Education Framework.
• To be familiar with key external quality assurance reference points (FHEQ, QAA subject benchmarks, OfS quality (“B”) conditions of registration).
• To be familiar with LU academic regulations.

Role Descriptor for Panel Member

• To participate in Cross-Faculty Approval Panels (CFAPs) as requested by AQSC
• To read and scrutinize programme and module submissions to the CFAP and Panel members’ comments on those documents.
• Where necessary, reviewing responses to any conditions or recommendations.

Person Specification for Panel Member

• To be enthusiastic and informed about enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment at LU.
• If an academic, to have experience delivering modules and programmes at LU, and if not, to be familiar with module/programme delivery at LU.
• Ideally, to have experience reviewing course or module proposals via an approval or validation panel or through teaching committee scrutiny.
• To be familiar with the Curriculum Transformation Programme, its key principles and aims.
• To be familiar with all aspects of the Education Framework.
• To be familiar with key external quality assurance reference points (FHEQ, QAA subjectbenchmarks, OfS quality (“B”) conditions of registration).
• To be familiar with LU academic regulations as they pertain to teaching and learning.

Cross-Faculty Approval Panels (CFAPs) constitute stage three of the University’s new programme approvals process. They are an important step for assuring both the quality of Lancaster’s taught provision, and the alignment of programme designs to the principles of the Education Framework.

Student involvement in the approval process is encouraged and as such, expressions of interest for student panel members have been sought to support this process. Thank you to all students who have completed the student expression of interest form. We are now no longer accepting submissions.

The student panel member will receive a fee for their attendance at the panel and preparatory work undertaken prior to the panel. Information about the role expectations of the student panel member can be found below.

Role Descriptor for Student Panel Member

• To participate in Cross-Faculty Approval Panels (CFAPs) as requested by AQSC
• To read and scrutinize programme and module submissions to the CFAP.

Person Specification for Student Panel Member

• To be enthusiastic and informed about enhancement of teaching, learning and assessment at Lancaster University.
• To be familiar with module/programme delivery at Lancaster University.
• To be familiar with the Curriculum Transformation Programme, its key principles and aims.
• To be familiar with all aspects of the Education Framework.