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Relationship between external and internal quality assuranceA university point of view
Dr. Cis Van Den BogaertUniversity of Antwerp
Bari, 17 April 2012
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AntwerpBelgium’s 2nd city, Flanders’ largest city
economical and cultural centre major port, industry, commerce, diamonds, fashion, Rubens …
University of Antwerp
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
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7 (9) faculties
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Applied EconomicsApplied Economics
Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy
Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy
LawLaw
Political and Social SciencesPolitical and Social Sciences
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Medicine and Health SciencesMedicine and Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences
Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences
SciencesSciences
Applied EngineeringApplied Engineering
Design SciencesDesign Sciences
+ autonomous institutions:- Education and Teacher Training- Development Policy- Sustainable Development
+ autonomous institutions:- Education and Teacher Training- Development Policy- Sustainable Development
Education Committee / Course leaderDiscipline / Degree programme
Faculty
Institution
Faculty Board / Dean
University Board / Rector
Advice
Decision
Educational organization
Education CouncilPolicy development
Cell for Innovation and Quality
Assurance of Education (CIKO)
University
Professional
Academic
Flanders’ structure of higher education
1 ECTS credit = 25-30 hours workload60 ECTS credits = 1 academic year
Secondary school
Professional Bachelor (180 credits)
Advanced Bachelor(minimum 60 credits)
Academic Bachelor(180 credits)
Master(min. 60 credits, mostly 120 credits)
Advanced Master(minimum 60)
PhD
University College
The Netherlands/ Flanders:External Quality Assessment
Inst
ituti
on
QA
A
gency
Acc
redit
ati
on
Org
aniz
ati
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Internal evaluation
Degree Programme
Self-evaluationReport
Visitation Guide
Visitation
VisitationReport
VisitationCommittee
AssessmentFramework
NVAOAccreditation
ReportAccreditation
Decision
Accreditation
The 8-year QA cycle
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Curriculum review
Self-reflection & self-evaluation report
Implementation of the new curriculum
VisitationAccreditation
internal quality assurance
external quality assurance
Follow up internal/external QA
Visitation report
Education committee takes/plans actions
Follow up report to Faculty Board/QA-cell
Feed
back
Follow up report to Education Council
Reading group of peers
New Accreditation System(NAS - Flanders)
I. Institutional Review1. Vision
strategic policy, planning, goals2. Realization
actions, procedures, instruments3. Check
internal quality assessment, feedback4. Improvement
actions for improvement
II. Assessment of degree programmes1. Intended learning outcomes2. Teaching – learning process3. Assessment and achieved learning outcomes
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Relationship iQA - NAS
How do we …
• cope with NAS?• prepare for NAS?• use NAS to improve our iQA?
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Our strategic roadmap
1. Translate our educational vision into clear, achievable goals and make sure that our faculties support these goals
2. Define, conduct and assess university-wide and “faculty-deep” actions to achieve these goals
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1. Educational vision: goals
1. Nexus teaching – research2. Competence-based education3. Student-centred learning4. Internationalization
2-page policy document “Vision on education: realization”
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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
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Our way to make our actions successful
1. Bring faculties together, let them show their good practices• Yearly Policy Days• Faculty DUOs
2. Make documenting feasible and visible• Digital programme portfolio
3. Invest in innovative development in the faculties, in line with our goals and actions• 2012-13: Assessment Policy
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1. Faculty DUOs
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Humanities and Social Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Applied EconomicsApplied Economics
Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy
Literature, Languages, History and Philosophy
LawLaw
Political and Social SciencesPolitical and Social Sciences
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences
Medicine and Health SciencesMedicine and Health Sciences
Life Sciences
Life Sciences
Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences
Natural, Engineering and Design Sciences
SciencesSciences
Applied EngineeringApplied Engineering
Design SciencesDesign Sciences
2. Documenting : Blackboard
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3. Innovate: assessment policy
1. University Fund for Educational Innovation• 2012: money used for Assessment Policy – every faculty
can hire project staff for one year (0.5 fte)
2. 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• …
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Secret of success and challenge
cooperationherding cats?
