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Internal Quality Assurance TU Delft 16.04.2009. Jenny Brakels Education & Student Affairs. Presentation. External system of accreditation Internal quality assurance TU Delft Questions. External system of accreditation.
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Internal Quality Assurance TU Delft16.04.2009 Jenny Brakels Education & Student Affairs
Presentation • External system of accreditation • Internal quality assurance TU Delft • Questions
External system of accreditation • External accreditation by NVAO(Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders) • Registration in the official register of recognised programmes in the Netherlands (CROHO) • Assessment of the quality of the programme • Focus on learning outcomes • 6-year-cycle
New external system for accreditation • Work load current system too high • Not recognized by professionals and students • Accountability vs. improvement • Basic quality vs. excellence • Implementation January 2010
Objectives new system of accreditation Lower workload Transparency Encourage quality culture 5
Outline new system • Insitutional audit possible which can result in high trust • High trust implies a restricted programme accreditation • In case of low trust or no institutional audit an extensive programme accreditation
System: Institutional audit No institutional audit Pos Neg Restricted programme accreditation Extensive programme accreditation From NVAO
Programme Accreditation • Quality of the programme: • Objectives of the programme • Contents of the programme • Results and examination • Dublin descriptors reference NVAO
Internal quality assurance TU Delft • Development Quality Framework TU Delft: • Emphasize the quality of education • Meet external demands accreditation system • Project team • Based on best practices within TU Delft
Outline Quality Framework TU Delft • Quality and quality assurance programmes good • Executive board (CvB) has a ‘direct view’ on that quality • Provable system of quality assurance on institutional level
Institutional level • Policy processes: • Annual quality document education TU Delft • Based on input Faculties, policy etc. • Supporting processes: • Monitor logistic quality • Midterm review institutional audit
Faculty level • Quality handbook • System of quality control, format gives prerequisites, opportunity for ‘couleur locale’ • Annual quality report faculty • For own reference and documentation • Preparation for external audit • Reporting to peers and executive board (CvB) • Mid term review programme audit
Implementation • Executive board, works council, students council • Continue work pilot 2008/2009