AL-MUSANNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

1. AL-MUSANNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) and َQuality Audit Portfolio(QAP) By P.S. Kabaly Member – QAP Team

2. َQuality Assurance • Planned and systematic mechanisms to ensure that specified requirements are met, and that responsibility for quality and standards is properly discharged.

3. Quality Assurance Manual • A document available in hard and softcopy, which sets out the colleges approach to quality assurance and enhancement, and specifies how this translates into practice through a rigorous set of policies, procedures, guidelines, forms and regulations.

4. Quality Assurance Manual- An Introduction • QAM sets out the policies, procedures and regulations through which the college will conduct its day to day operations. • College’s approach to monitoring, reviewing and seeking to improve its performance in all areas. • All the staff of college (Teaching and Administration) must be familiar with the contents of the QAM.

5. Responsibility • Staff should know how the manual relates to their own role in the institution. • Whole-hearted commitment of each and every staff member. • Quality is the responsibility of all.

6. QAM Section One: Introduction • 1.0 General remarks • 1.1 A brief history of the College • 1.2 College vision • 1.3 College mission statement • 1.4 College values • 1.5 Strategic planning • 1.6 The meaning of ‘quality’

7. QAM Section Two: Quality in the College 2.1 The College’s quality philosophy 2.2 The scope and purpose of the Quality Assurance Manual (QAM) 2.3 The College’s annual quality cycle 2.4 Organisational structure 2.5 Management responsibilities 2.6 College Council 2.7 College committees

8. QAM Section Three: Management and Operation of the College 3.1 Management of the College: Overview 3.2 Financial management of the College 3.3Policy and procedures for maintenance and repair of equipment and facilities 3.4 Policy and procedures for specialist laboratories and workshops 3.5 Policy on ancillary services of the College 3.6 Health and safety policy 3.7 Health and safety procedures 3.8 Policy on community engagement 3.9 Policy on media relations 3.10 Policy on inter-institutional relations 3.11 Policy on relations with the private sector and governmental organisations

9. QAM Section Four: Teaching and Learning 4.1 Teaching and learning strategy 4.2 Course delivery 4.3 The quality of teaching 4.4 Learning resources strategy 4.5 Policy and procedures for On-Job Training (OJT) 4.6 The structure of academic programmes 4.7 Approval of courses and programmes 4.8 Monitoring of courses and programmes 4.9 Review of courses and programmes 4.10Staff-Student Programme Committees

10. QAM Section Five: Assessment 5.1 The College’s responsibilities in relation to assessment 5.2 Assessment strategy 5.3 Moderation procedures

11. QAM Section Six: Academic Standards • 6.0 The definition of academic standards • 6.1 The importance of academic standards • 6.2 Responsibility for academic standards • 6.3 Underpinning academic standards

12. QAM Section Seven: Assessment and Examination Standards • 7.1 Examinations • 7.2 Extenuating circumstances • 7.3 Coursework • 7.4 Examination Meetings • 7.5 The reporting of results • 7.6 Progression regulations • 7.7 Regulations governing repeat of a course, or a semester of study • 7.8 Exclusion of a student on academic grounds • 7.9 Assessment offences

13. QAM Section Eight: Student Guidance & Support • 8.1 Student recruitment • 8.2 Student admissions • 8.3 Student guidancee • 8.4 Policy on students with disabilities • 8.5 Student discipline procedures • 8.6 Student complaints procedures • 8.7 Policy on student feedback • 8.8 Graduate follow-up

14. QAM Section Nine: Human Resource Development • 9.1 Policy and procedures for recruitment of academic staff • 9.2 Policy and procedures for recruitment of administrative staff • 9.3 Policy on induction, mentoring and development of College staff • 9.4 Procedures for induction of College staff • 9.5 Procedures for the mentoring of College staff • 9.6 The development of College staff • 9.7 Staff appraisal

15. QAM Section Ten: Research and consultancy policy • 10.1 Research and consultancy policy • 10.2 Support for research • 10.3 Support for consultancy

16. QAM Section Eleven: Quality Audit • 11.1 Procedures for internal quality audits • 11.2 Procedures for external quality audits

17. Quality Audit Portfolio

18. QAP is a self study of the HEI activities

19. What is a self study Portfolio • A document about the HEP • Covers the entire institution • Explains the HEP, its mission and vision, its special characteristics and its contents • Provide a concise summary of the HEP’s quality assurance systems for each function • Provide a robust analysis of the effectiveness of those systems • Identifies strengths • Identifies where improvements are needed

20. In other Words…. • Portfolio states what we do and why • How we do it • Why we do it in that particular way • Where well we are doing • How we know how to do it better next time

21. What does a portfolio Look Like? • Maximum 30,000 words; 100 pages • In English (and Arabic, if necessary/requested) • Hardcopy and PDF form • A list of Supporting documents

22. Quality Audit Self Study External Review Activities Quality Audit Report QA Portfolio Self study Activities

23. Typical Portfolio Contents • Table of contents; list of tables; list of figures • Introduction • Executive summary (2 pages) • Description and explanation of the self study methods/used • Main sections (one for each major function, e.g. governance, teaching, research, HR etc) • Conclusions • Glossary of terms, Abbreviations and Acronyms • Appendices

24. Content Section • Governance and Management • Student Learning by coursework programs • Staff research and Consultancy • Industry and Community Engagement • Academic Support Services • Students and Student support services • Staff and staff support services • General Support services and Facilities

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