Quality Arrangements Sample Clauses

Quality Arrangements. ‌ The pursuit and achievement of high quality learning, teaching and learner experiences is a key driver for the College, featuring strongly within our vision, purpose and ambitions. Comprehensive systems are in place to review and enhance curriculum quality, planning, outcomes, and target setting. These systems include detailed self-evaluation by academic and support teams and audit, feedback and review arrangements involving the Board of Management, Executive, Learners, Staff, Employers, and Awarding/Certification Bodies. The College is committed fully to the Education Scotland/SFC quality arrangements and has engaged positively in the creation of our first Evaluation Report and Enhancement Plan under the new quality framework arrangements. Work is progressing to meet fully the requirements of reporting in 2018, including the publication of endorsed grades in respect of our Leadership and Quality Culture; Delivery of Learning and Services to Support Learning; and Outcomes and Impacts. Levels of learner retention and success are consistently “sector leading” for the College as a whole, with significant strengths evident across almost all curricular provision. Whilst 2016/17 has seen a small dip in this performance, robust measures are in place to ensure that this high level of successful outcome continues as a long-term trend. As a part of this focus the College is committed fully to the work being undertaken through the Scottish Government FE Retention project. Levels of learner satisfaction and post course success are above sector average, and work will progress through the period of this agreement to further gather and track employer satisfaction in respect of learner skills and attributes.
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Quality Arrangements. The pursuit and achievement of high quality learning, teaching and learner experiences is a key driver for the College, featuring strongly within our vision, purpose and ambitions. Comprehensive systems are in place to review and enhance curriculum quality, planning, outcomes, and target setting. These systems include detailed self-evaluation by academic and support teams and audit, feedback and review arrangements involving the Board of Management, Executive, Learners, Staff, Employers, and Awarding/Certification Bodies. The College is highly supportive of, and committed fully to, the new Education Scotland/SFC quality arrangements and has already commenced work to embed arrangements for this new model across the College and develop our first validated self-evaluation report for publication in October 2017. Levels of learner retention and success are consistently “sector leading” for the College as a whole, with significant strengths evident across almost all curricular provision. The College is not complacent with regard to this performance and an on-going focus will be maintained to ensure that this high level of successful outcome continues as a long-term trend and feature of the College. This includes the implementation of clear improvement plans within curriculum or service areas as necessary and transparency of reporting and analysis of feedback and outcomes across the College and at Board level. Levels of learner satisfaction and post course success are above sector average, and work will progress through the period of this agreement to further gather and track employer satisfaction in respect of learner skills and attributes.
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Quality Arrangements. ‌ The pursuit and achievement of high quality learning, teaching and learner experiences is a major driver for the College, featuring strongly within our vision, purpose and ambitions. Comprehensive systems are in place to review and enhance curriculum quality, planning, outcomes, and target setting. These systems include detailed self-evaluation by academic and support teams and audit, feedback and review arrangements involving the Board of Management, Executive, Learners, Staff, Employers, and Awarding/Certification Bodies. The College is committed fully to the Education Scotland/SFC quality arrangements and has engaged positively in the creation of our Evaluative Report and Enhancement Plan under the joint Education Scotland/Scottish Funding Council quality framework arrangements. Comprehensive outcome focused action plans have been developed through these arrangements, with these underpinning improvements in learner outcomes and services for our region. The endorsed grades in respect of the three key principles within the quality arrangements for 2017/18 are as follows: Outcomes and Impact Very Good Delivery of Learning and Services to Support Learning Very Good Leadership and Quality Culture Excellent Levels of learner retention and attainment at D&A are consistently amongst the best in the sector, with significant strengths evident across almost all curricular provision. Further improvement in outcomes was evident in 2017/18, with an overall increase of +2.1% on successful outcomes and robust measures are in place to ensure that these high level outcomes remain a long-term trend. As a part of this focus the College is committed fully to the work being undertaken through year 2 of the Scottish Government FE Retention project. Levels of learner satisfaction and post course success are above sector average, and work will progress through the period of this agreement to further gather and track employer satisfaction in respect of learner skills and attributes.
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Quality Arrangements. The parties have previously adopted Amended and Restated Supplemental Agreement No. 1 (Quality Agreement), effective as of March 1, 2006 (the “Quality Agreement”). The Quality Agreement shall govern the parties’ quality roles and responsibilities with respect to the Ultrio 2 Assay Product.
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Related to Quality Arrangements

  • Flexibility Arrangements 10.1 The Employer and an Employee may agree to make an individual flexibility arrangement to vary a term of the Agreement if the arrangement: (a) only varies the effect of (i) clause 47 Parental Leave (ii) clause 44 Compassionate Leave (iii) clause 46 Jury Service (b) meets the genuine needs of the Employer and Employee in relation to the matter mentioned in clause 10.1 (a) above: (i) is genuinely agreed to by the Employer and Employee; and (ii) is not inconsistent with section 55 of the Fair Work Act. 10.2 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement: (a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the Fair Work Act; (b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the Fair Work Act; and (c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no arrangement was made. 10.3 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the individual flexibility arrangement: (a) is in writing; (b) includes the name of the Employer and the Employee; (c) is signed by the Employer and the Employee (if the Employee is under the age of 18, signed by a parent or guardian of the Employee; (d) includes details of: (i) the terms of this Agreement that will be varied by the arrangement; (ii) how the arrangement will vary the effect of the terms; (iii) how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the arrangement; and (iv) states the day on which the arrangement commences. 10.4 The Employer must give the Employee a copy of the individual flexibility arrangement within fourteen (14) days. 10.5 Upon request by the relevant Employee/s, the Employer must provide copies of all flexibility arrangements made under this clause to the Union/Union Delegate/Employee Representative. 10.6 The Employer or Employee may terminate the individual flexibility arrangement by giving not more than twenty-eight (28) days’ written notice to the other Party to the arrangement; or if the Employer and Employee agree in writing at any time.

  • Implementation Arrangements Institutional Arrangements

  • Individual Flexibility Arrangements 38.1 Where the Employer wants to enter into a individual flexibility arrangement (IFA) it must provide a written proposal to the Employee. Where the Employee’s understanding of written English is limited, the Employer must take measures, including translation into an appropriate language, to ensure the Employee understands the proposal. 38.2 The Employer and an Employee covered by this Agreement may agree to make an IFA to vary the effect of terms of the Agreement if: (a) it deals with one or more of the following matters: (i) Time between which ordinary hours are worked; (ii) Salary sacrifice Agreements; (iii) Reduction in ordinary hours; (iv) Increase in annual leave accrual each year; (v) Increase in rate of accrual of Rostered days off; (vi) Increase in wages; (vii) Increase in training leave (Union or otherwise); (b) The IFA meets the genuine needs of the Employer and the Employee covered by this Agreement in relation to one or more of the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) above; and (c) The IFA is genuinely agreed to by the Employer and the Employee. 38.3 The Employer must ensure that the terms of the IFA: (a) are about permitted matters under section 172 of the FW Act; and (b) are not unlawful terms under section 194 of the FW Act; and (c) result in the Employee being better off overall than the Employee would be if no IFA was made. 38.4 The Employer must also ensure that any such IFA is: (a) in writing (including details of the terms that will be varied, how the IFA will vary the effect of the Enterprise Agreement terms, how the Employee will be better off overall in relation to the terms and conditions of his or her employment as a result of the IFA, and the day on which the IFA commences); (b) includes the name of the Employer and Employee; (c) signed by the Employer and the Employee, and if the Employee is under 18, by a parent or guardian of the Employee; and (d) provided to the Employee within 14 days after it is agreed to. 38.5 The Employer or Employee may terminate the IFA by either the Employer or Employee giving written notice of not more than 28 days, or at any time by both parties agreeing in writing. 38.6 Where any of the requirements of ss 202 and 203 of the FW Act are not met, the IFA is of no effect.

  • Business Arrangements Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has granted rights to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products to any other person and is not bound by any agreement that affects the exclusive right of the Company or such subsidiary to develop, manufacture, produce, assemble, distribute, license, market or sell its products.

  • Equity Arrangements On the Change of Control, and notwithstanding any contrary provisions of the Amended and Restated 1994 Stock Option Plan, the Second Amended and Restated 1996 Long-Term Performance Incentive Plan or the 2003 Equity Incentive Plan (or any plans that may become the successors to such plans) and any equity incentive agreements entered into between the Company and the Executive pursuant to such plans or otherwise, cause any unexercisable installments of any equity of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company held by the Executive pursuant to any such equity incentive agreement on the Executive’s last date of employment with the Company that have not expired to become exercisable, or in the case of any then effective restrictions on the vesting of any equity of the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate of the Company held by the Executive pursuant to any such equity incentive agreement, to cause such restrictions to lapse, as the case may be, on the Change of Control; and