Tempus DIUSAS Evaluation of Self-Reports General Remarks: University Du Maine, Le Mans June 2011
Tempus DIUSAS Evaluation of Self-Reports General Remarks: University Du Maine, Le Mans June 2011
Tempus DIUSAS Evaluation of Self-Reports General Remarks: University Du Maine, Le Mans June 2011
Mariusz Mazurkiewicz
e-mail: mariusz.mazurkiewicz@pwr.wroc.pl
Graduates
Industry
Program Outcomes
Outcomes Assessment Process (CQI) - Outcomes review - Outcomes evaluation - Corrective actions
Outcome measurements
Outcome measurements
o authorities of University/Faculty
o employers (industry) o stakeholders (society).
Surveys (questionnares)
The graduate satisfaction surveys conducted in YSU evaluate also satisfaction level of YSU graduates from University services and facilities Regulations for Approval of YSU Study Programmes
Occasional assessment of disciplines by questioning of students. Assessment of teaching staff by means of sociological polls among students.
Gradutes action: ?
Competitive system of teaching staff recruitment in accordance with the prescribed qualification requirements.
Assessment of teaching quality and teachers skills by colleagues through reciprocal lecture attending. future plans: testing the minimum necessary level of pedagogical skills in the staffing phase, organizing the quality enhancement of new appointed teaching staff, monitoring the professional progress of teaching staff.
Authorities action:
Contract system of teaching staff appointment. Competitive system of teaching staff recruitment in accordance with the prescribed qualification requirements for existing categories. Assessment of teaching quality and teachers skills by colleagues through reciprocal lecture attending .
Participation of industry in educational processes, internships, training, inivited lectures Research projects by appointment from industry
Future plans: including in provided information the missing so far descriptions of potential jobs available to the graduates of the offered specialties, presentation of possibilities of the academic programme tracks available for alternative continuation of education.
Students action:
various inquires have been made (student-professor, opinions of graduates and employers), and marketing events which help the branch to make the corresponding amendments
Graduates action:
?
Teachers action:
implement a system of indexes estimating the efficiency of the scientific-pedagogical activities of the professors and an estimation procedure using estimation results for re-contracting, progress
in accord to the mechanisms determined by external expert examination, education programs are discussed and estimated by partner enterprises, which are the leading enterprises of the region Practical career and student career support center representatives of the employers, labour market periodically participate in and head state exams and graduation paper defense works. Enlarge cooperation with practical partner organizations towards creation of joint educational-scientific laboratory basis within the branch and the enterprise
ensure the students participation in education planning and choice of alternative programs
improve the assessment system in order to raise the education quality and students interest; promote the students participation in the Academys management raise the role of students council in the reforming of the Academy surveys for the assessment of the teaching staff by the students;
Teachers action:
realize trainings for the teaching staff; annually the programs are monitored, discussed in the scientific council of each chair, refreshed
Authorities action:
recruit young specialists, encourage them morally and financially; work out an estimation mechanism for creativepedagogical activity of the teaching staff.
Teachers action:
There arent any officially confirmed mechanisms for regular review and assessment of educational programs
well-defined mission implying objectives and issues, which are reflected in the 5-year strategy plan
professional quality assessment standards (academicmethodological, clinical, public activities) The internal quality control is carried out regularly and has both perpendicular ( academic department- deans office-cyclic methodological committee-faculty scientific councils) and horizontal nature ( suplementary professional academic departments)
Students action:
survey, which reveals students opinion about lectures
Teachers action:
Education project description, expected learning outcomes, appropriate teaching and learning methods exist, but on the other side the policy and procedures of benchmarking realization are not given. trainings on qualification improvement.
Authorities action:
General remarks
Future plans and current actions are not or hardly distinguishable. Research activities and its influence on institution activities in educational area e.g. curriculum, projects, external financing is generally not described. Student scientific activity is not recognized. Vocational training part of curriculum? Invited lectures from external institution, industry are not mentioned. General strategy of HEI and its correlation to current activities is not described (some exeception).