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Principles to Quality at NCI

NCI’s approach to continuous quality improvement is based on seven core principles.

The 7 core principles of NCI quality are:

Based on fact not assumption
Quality is business as usual
Quality is organisation wide
Strategically focused
Customer and stakeholder driven
Results orientated
Creating continuous improvement

Case Studies of Quality Assurance and Quality Enhancement at NCI

AQR 2024 Case Studies

AQR 2023 Case Studies

Case Study 1 - NCI Work Placements
Case Study 2 - Norma Smurfit Library Academic Integrity
Case Study 3 - The Impact of Student Surveys

AQR 2022 Case Studies

Case Study 1 - Online careers planning for Business students
Case Study 2 - Directed eLearning in Computing Modules
Case Study 3 - Norma Smurfit Library Turnitin (anti-plagiarism/student learning support) developments
Case Study 4 - The Flipped Classroom in Postgraduate Economics
Case Study 5: Building on online LibChat success for successful student and staff Library communications

AQR 2021 Case Studies

Case Study 1 - Learner Pod Initiative, NCI School of Business
Case Study 2 - Maximising Existing Technology for Fully Online Delivery, NCI School of Computing
Case Study 3 - Migration to Online Exam Boards
Case Study 4 - Norma Smurfit Library Libchat Service
Case Study 5 - Using Technology to Manage the Safe Arrival And Welcome Processes For New International Students
Case Study 6 - Moving Teaching Enhancement Online
Case Study 7 - Supporting the Move to Online Learning and Remote Working
Case Study 8 - NCI Students’ Union Initiatives on Academic Integrity and Alternative Assessments
Case Study 9 - Student Engagement and Onboarding in the Virtual Environment