The Peer Review Portal now has released the Benchmarking Project Type. You will be able to undertake benchmarking of processes and data at the following levels: course/program level, faculty/school/department, institutional, national and international levels.Benchmarking can be defined as 'a structured, collaborative, learning process for comparing practices, processes or performance outcomes. Its purpose is to identify comparative strengths and weaknesses, as a basis for developing improvements in academic quality. Benchmarking can also be defined as a quality process used to evaluate performance by comparing institutional practices to sector good practice. (TEQSA, 2014)
Some of the benchmarking themes include:
- First year transition support
- Work integrated learning
- Higher degree research processes and outcomes
- Student employability and mobility
- Teaching quality
- Support for academic staff
- International student experience
- Pathways and partnerships
HE institutions will be able to use the Benchmarking Project Type to ascertain how they are compared nationally and internationally with their peers for strategic planning and reporting purposes. Institutions will be able as part of the self-review process identify institutional recommendations for improvement as well as areas of good practice.
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