UCU: Measuring the quality of education

Motion

Motion text: Congress believes that students should have the best possible experience of post compulsory education. However Congress is concerned that the criteria and methods used to capture the quality of students' experience is narrow, short term and utilitarian which results in measuring cost effectiveness rather than the real value of educational experience.
Congress further believes that crude ranking of colleges and universities based on these measures results in superficial, inadequate and inaccurate conclusions being drawn about the potential experience of students whilst studying.
Congress identifies that, as well as students, staff should also have a role in measuring the quality of an institution and that dignity and respect for all should be inherent in the process.
Congress calls on the NEC, together with input from regions and branches/LAs, to develop a national campaign to expose this aspect of commodification of the education experience.