Two more schools of pharmacy (Liverpool John Moores university and Portsmouth university) have achieved high scores in their Quality Assurance Agency teaching quality assessments (TQAs).
The Portsmouth school received the top score of four in each of the six assessed areas, while the Liverpool JMU school achieved five fours and one three. The six assessed areas are: curriculum design, content and organisation; teaching, learning and assessment; student progression and achievement; student support and guidance; learning resources; and quality management and enhancement. The one area for which the Liverpool school failed to achieve full marks was teaching, learning and assessment.
These results continue the trend for schools of pharmacy to come out well in TQA exercises. No school for which results have been published has scored less than 22 out of a possible 24 points.
Commenting, Dr Robert Dewdney (head of education, Royal Pharmaceutical Society) said: "The schools of pharmacy have been working hard for many years to raise the standards of pharmacy education, with practitioners and teacher-practitioners for practice involvement and with the Society, through its degree accreditation and other supportive activities. This work has clearly paid off."
The Journal's tabulation of TQA results last week contained an error (PJ, March 4, p355). The figures provided by the QAA for Liverpool related to pharmacology courses at Liverpool university, and not to pharmacy courses provided by Liverpool John Moores university.