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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"QAA"”.
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Reflections from practice using the UK QAA Quality Code as a framework to assist in managing and subsequently closing an international branch campus
… December 2012, by the Quality Assurance Agency [QAA] is an independent body whose role is safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education wherever it is delivered around the world. The Quality Framework was a unification of standards across the whole of the UK, whereas …
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Quantum Advantage via Physics-Inspired Methods in Optimization: Empirical and Theoretical Analysis
… algorithms, such as Quantum Adiabatic Algorithm (QAA) and Quantum Hamiltonian Descent (QHD), offer a promising paradigm for solving these problems by utilizing quantum dynamics to accelerate navigating complex landscapes of objective functions. However, the precise conditions under which these …
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Topics in quantum algorithms : adiabatic algorithm, quantum money, and bomb query complexity
… study on the quantum adiabatic algorithm( QAA) . We tested the performance of the QAA on random instances of MAX 2-SAT on 20 qubits and showed 3 strategics that improved QAA's performance, including a counter intuitive strategy of decreasing the overall evolution time. The second result is …
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Exploring the impact of organisational and environmental factors on the behaviour of English universities
… outcomes in Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) reviews and research selectivity exercises.The results of the case study informed the development of a model that can be used to plot the organisational-type/level of environmental dependence of organisations and predict the behavioral traits …
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Implementing and enacting placement learning precepts in UK pre-registration nurse education: a caste study experience
… the requirement of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) (2001). The research analysed whether the precepts that relate to the practice component of the school’s pre-registration programmes were being implemented, enacted and experienced by those engaged in them. To achieve this Yin’s (2003) …
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A Realist Exploration of Social Prescribing Evaluation
… thesis and demonstrate how the author meets the QAA Doctoral Descriptors.<br/><br/>This portfolio is the first to use Realism and Complexity as a theoretical backdrop to explore the subject of social prescribing evaluation. To date, evaluations have been criticised for poor methodological rigour, …
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The construction of a model of qualitative evaluation to support the development of the policy and practice of measuring student satisfaction in a higher education institution
… as part of audit procedures set up by the QAA. This formalisation is raising the status of student satisfaction on the quality agenda of HE managers. The research study was designed to establish whether it is practicable to develop a qualitative based evaluation model. The model was …
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Factors Influencing the Spatial and Temporal Distrubtion of Primary Productivity and Community Respiration in the Mississippi Coastal Estuarine Region
… :S 0.6). Overall, a quasi-analytical algorithm (QAA) approach was better suited for measuring the distribution of light (i.e. Kd and Zeu) using satellite remote sensing methods in these optically complex waters, while simpler remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) and band ratios , tended to predict …
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Development of a health safety and environment (HSE) performance review. Methodology for the oil and gas industry in Libya
… used to successfully analyse the data. With the QAA Subject Review in mind as a potential model for the sought methodology, and a mapping of the four research problems with data analysis results from Stages 1, 2 and 3; six HSE Performance Review Aspects emerged: Prevention, Surveillance, …
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The application of phronesis to teaching and quality management : a case study in further education
… Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). As a result phronesis could provide a more effective foundation for teaching and quality management. After an analysis of the academic and official literature, the empirical research adopted a case study method based on semi structured …
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An Investigation into the Impact of Formative Feedback on the Student Learning Experience
… the National Student Surveys, 2005 – 2008 QAA Institutional Audit Reports showed low levels of satisfaction with the feedback that students received. . The aim of the research undertaken in this thesis was to explore the issues with feedback from the point of view of students, academics and …