Biology continues York's teaching record with another perfect score
Posted on 2 March 2000
The score is York's fourth 'perfect' score and continues the University's superb marks for Subject Review, which have led to its dominating the university teaching 'league tables' in recent years.
The Subject Review process measures the quality of teaching in every subject in every university. York has been ranked second out of 98 UK universities for these scores so far.
The Review team from the Quality Assurance Agency visited the Department of Biology from 28 February to 2 March. Their visit was a formal process which looked at six aspects: curriculum design; teaching, learning and assessment; student progression and achievement; student support; learning resources; and quality management and enhancement. Each area was awarded a score out of 4 (total possible marks: 24). The Department submitted a document in advance which detailed aims and objectives in each of the six areas. As part of their audit, the assessors sat in on lectures, seminars and laboratory teaching.
"We are delighted with this affirmation of the high quality of our teaching programmes. It is a tribute to the dedication and skill of all our staff and students in the department ," said Head of Department, Professor Alastair Fitter.
Subject Review is an ongoing process. The University of York's results so far are as follows:
- History Excellent
- Chemistry Satisfactory
- Architecture Excellent
- Computer Science Excellent
- English Excellent
- Social Work Excellent
- Music Excellent
- Social Policy Excellent
- Sociology 23/24 (new marking system introduced. Scores over 21 constitute 'excellent'.)
- Language and Linguistics 22/24
- Electronics 24/24
- History of Art 21/24
- Mathematics 22/24
- Physics 24/24
- Health Studies 21/24
- Psychology 24/24
- Biology 24/24