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Relationship between external and internal quality assurance

Relationship between external and internal quality assurance. A university point of view Dr. Cis Van Den Bogaert University of Antwerp Bari, 17 April 2012. Antwerp Belgium’s 2nd city, Flanders’ largest city economical and cultural centre

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Relationship between external and internal quality assurance

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  1. Relationship between external and internal quality assurance A university point of view Dr. Cis Van Den Bogaert University of Antwerp Bari, 17 April 2012

  2. Antwerp Belgium’s 2nd city, Flanders’ largest city economical and cultural centre major port, industry, commerce, diamonds, fashion, Rubens … University of Antwerp

  3. University of Antwerp • Founded in 2003 (merger), roots in 1852 • Antwerp University Association: 1 University + 4 University Colleges • Medium sized: ±15.000 students • Publicly funded • Autonomous education and research policy • Active pluralism • Excellence in research • Research-based education:bachelor, master, PhD

  4. Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences 7 (9) faculties Humanities and Social Sciences Life Sciences Sciences Applied Engineering Applied Economics Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Design Sciences Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy Medicine and Health Sciences Law • + autonomous institutions: • Education and Teacher Training • Development Policy • Sustainable Development Political and Social Sciences

  5. Educational organization Discipline / Degree programme Education Committee / Course leader Advice Cell for Innovation and Quality Assurance of Education (CIKO) Faculty Faculty Board / Dean Education CouncilPolicy development Institution University Board / Rector Decision

  6. Flanders’ structure of higher education 1 ECTS credit = 25-30 hours workload 60 ECTS credits = 1 academic year Academic PhD Advanced Master (minimum 60) Professional Advanced Bachelor (minimum 60 credits) Master (min. 60 credits, mostly 120 credits) Professional Bachelor (180 credits) Academic Bachelor (180 credits) University College University Secondary school

  7. Self-evaluation Report Degree Programme VisitationGuide Visitation Committee Visitation Report Assessment Framework Accreditation Report NVAO Accreditation Decision The Netherlands/ Flanders:External Quality Assessment Internal evaluation Institution Visitation QA Agency Accreditation AccreditationOrganization

  8. The 8-year QA cycle internal quality assurance Implementation of the new curriculum 2 Self-reflection & self-evaluation report Curriculum review 8 4 6 Accreditation Visitation external quality assurance

  9. Follow up internal/external QA Visitation report Education committee takes/plans actions Follow up report to Faculty Board/QA-cell Feedback Follow up report to Education Council Reading group of peers

  10. New Accreditation System(NAS - Flanders) • Institutional Review • Vision strategic policy, planning, goals • Realizationactions, procedures, instruments • Checkinternal quality assessment, feedback • Improvementactions for improvement • Assessment of degree programmes • Intended learning outcomes • Teaching – learning process • Assessment and achieved learning outcomes

  11. Relationship iQA - NAS How do we … • cope with NAS? ✔ • prepare for NAS? ✔ ✔ • use NAS to improve our iQA?

  12. Our strategic roadmap Translate our educational vision into clear, achievable goals and make sure that our faculties support these goals Define, conduct and assess university-wide and “faculty-deep” actions to achieve these goals

  13. 1. Educational vision: goals Nexus teaching – research Competence-based education Student-centred learning Internationalization 2-page policy document “Vision on education: realization”

  14. 2. Actions: university-wide & faculty-deep • 7 action lines: • Nexus • Learning outcomes • Alignment • Master’s thesis • Feedback groups • Assessment policy • Course information • 4 goals: • Nexus • Competences • Student-centred • International

  15. Our way to make our actions successful • Bring faculties together, let them show their good practices • Yearly Policy Days • Faculty DUOs • Make documenting feasible and visible • Digital programme portfolio • Invest in innovative development in the faculties, in line with our goals and actions • 2012-13: Assessment Policy

  16. Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences 1. Faculty DUOs Humanities and Social Sciences Life Sciences Sciences Applied Engineering Applied Economics Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences Design Sciences Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy Medicine and Health Sciences Law Political and Social Sciences 15

  17. 2. Documenting : Blackboard

  18. 3. Innovate: assessment policy • University Fund for Educational Innovation • 2012: money used for Assessment Policy – every faculty can hire project staff for one year (0.5 fte) • Developing an Assessment Policy • University Policy Note (UPN) on assessment • Faculties write their own policy notes based on the UPN • Faculties design assessment tools and procedures • benchmarking of master’s theses • assessment criteria for all courses of a programme • formative assessment of large groups of students • …

  19. Secret of success and challenge cooperation herding cats?

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