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CinecaCineca Solutions for Higher Education & Solutions for Higher Education &

ResearchResearch

Massimo RimondiMassimo Rimondi

University ConsortiumNo-ProfitFounded in 1969

57 Members:• 54 Universities• 2 Research institutes• Italian Ministry of

University and Research

Total turnover: 70 mil.€Employees: 550

CINECA for Higher Education

CINECA for Higher Education

Mission & Core Activities:

•Supercomputing services for

scientific research

•IT services for the Italian

Ministry of university and

research

•IT services for universities

Italian Higher Education context

Studentsand learning

Research Accounting HRPlanning &Controlling

StudentsDatabase

CoursesDatabase

Research fundsDelivery

ProfessorsDatabase

Ministry of University and Research

Universities

U-GOV Project

Integrated Information System for Higher Education Institutions

• Solutions for• Teaching & Research• Accounting & HR• Governance Bodies

U-GOV Solution Map

Number of Users

Applications

•HR management (since 1990)•Accounting management (since 1997)

•Student management (since 2001)

•Research management (since 2005)

•Planning & Controlling (since 2002)

At least one CINECA’s solution

University Users

67 (69%)44 (45%)70 (75%)20 (21%)20 (21%)

83 (86%)

Gartner Group - Magic Quadrant Higher Ed.

Student Management System

U-GOV Students & Learning

ESSE3

What Student Management System

• Academic Lifecycle: • enrollment through graduation

• Bologna Process: • Diploma Supplement, ECTS, QA

• Solution for:• Students• Teachers • Administrative & Student Affairs

Staffs

Academic Organization

Academic Planning

Academic delivery & response

Internal & External Academic Assessment

External Assesment: Placement

Enrollments & Registrations

Students & Learning Lifecycle

Modules

Web portal and other applications

Course definitions, faculty budget

Other third party applications(Banks, institutions, ministry) E-learning platforms

Student life cycle managementfrom enrollment to degree

Timetables Lesson and Exam Scheduling

E-Learningmanagement

ESSE3 “solution map” Master Files and ConfigurationsMaster Files and Configurations

Academic Processes and Student Life-cycleAcademic Processes and Student Life-cycle

Online Services (Web ESSE3)Online Services (Web ESSE3)

DATASTRUCTURES

MINISTRYDATA

STUDENTSMASTER

ORGANISATION STRUCTURES

ACADEMICSMASTER

PROGRAMMESMASTER

REGULATIONSMASTER

ORIENTATIONSURVEYS

ENROLLMENT PROCEDURES

STUDENT’S ADMIN

TUITIONSEXAMS

MANAGEMENT

STUDENT CAREER

GRADUATIONINTERNSHIPS

& STAGES

POSTLAUREAM & JOB

PLACEMENT

CALLS& RANKING

CERTIFICATES

INTERNATIONALMOBILITY

REPORTS &STATISTICS

GATEWAYMULTICHANNEL

DEVICESCONFIG.

PROCESSES

STUDENT’S GUIDE

REGISTREDWEB AREA

STUDENTWEB AREA

TEACHERWEB AREA

OTHER USERSWEB AREA

WEBCOMMUNITY

SERVICES

ESSE3 Solution Map

Bologna supports Bologna

CINECA develops ESSE3 in full compliance with the Bologna Process action lines, toward the creation of the EHEA (European Higher Education Area).

– Credit Systems: ECTS, Diploma Supplement– Quality Assurance Module: has the objective of creating an information

system which will collect and make available supporting Quality Assurance practices documentation to relevant stakeholders in Higher Education Institutions. In 2013 it was turned into a TEMPUS project targeting the Central Asian countries.

Data for the QA of the Courses

ESSE3 publishes data for the “Monitoring and Results” standard for the Quality Assurance of the Courses:

D1 - Monitoring of the entrance students• the assessment of the mastery of the admission

requirements by the entrance students enrolled in the first course year;

• the number of the entrance students enrolled in the first course year, their secondary school of provenance and their geographical place of origin.

Data for the QA of the Courses

D2 - Monitoring of the students’ learning• the number of students enrolled in the didactic unit

in the academic year under consideration;• the number of students who have passed the

examination in the academic year under consideration;

• the medium value of the grades attributed to all the students who have passed the examination;

• the grade variance.

Data for the QA of the Courses

D3 - Monitoring of the students’ studies progression • the number of students who pass from one course

year to the successive one and the number of dropouts;

• the median and the mean value, with the associated variance, of the number of ECTS credits with which students pass from one course year to the successive one;

• the number of graduates within the official length of the programme.

Data for the QA of the Courses

D4 - Monitoring of the students’ opinions on the educational process

• the survey of the students’ opinions on the didactic units;

• the survey of the students’ opinions on the training periods outside University;

• the survey of the students’ opinions on the periods of international mobility;

• the survey of the final year students’ opinions on the educational process and on the student support services.

The Italian SP’s QA System

Starting with the 2013/2014 academic year the Italian Ministry requires that all the study programs must accomplish the QA standards defined by the National Agency for the Evaluation of University and Research (ANVUR).

Every year the Italian Universities must compile the Annual Unique Form (SUA-CDS) of the study programs, collecting the information for the administration end the QA of the study program.

The SUA-CDS

The SUA-CDS contains the following areas, very similar to the DOQUP standards and requirements:

A)Needs and objectives– Consultations of organizations representative of the

production– Educational objectives – Admission requirements – Learning outcomes – Final examination

The SUA-CDS

B) The student experience• Educational process• Assessment methods• Calendar and timetable of didactic units and exams • Teachers• Facilities• Student support services • Students’ opinions and graduates opinions on the

educational process

The SUA-CDS

C) Monitoring• Entrance students and student’s learning• Students’ studies progression• Opinions of organizations and companies with stage

partnerships

D) Organization of the course and the QA• Organization and responsabilities at the University

level• Organization and responsabilities of the course QA• Scheduling of the activities and iniziatives• Annual riexamination

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