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Tempus BOPROCRO project Site visit to the University of Groningen May 10th 2005 Quality Assurance & Accreditation. Alie van Arragon & Rob van Ouwerkerk. University of Groningen. 22,000 students 5,000 employees 10 faculties 60 Bachelor’s programmes 100 Master’s programmes
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Tempus BOPROCRO project Site visit to the University of Groningen May 10th 2005 Quality Assurance & Accreditation Alie van Arragon & Rob van Ouwerkerk
University of Groningen • 22,000 students • 5,000 employees • 10 faculties • 60 Bachelor’s programmes • 100 Master’s programmes • PhD programme/Graduate Schools
Quality Evaluation • All universities • Teaching every 6 years: national • Research every 6 years: international • Since 1988 • Based on: self evaluation and visitation • Students participate
Consequences Before • Positive report • Passable / Middling Report • Negative report • Worst Case Scenario: yellow or red card • Possible but never effectuated: red card
Changes: University & Quality Evaluation • Secondary education • Bachelor and Master • Teaching = accreditation • Research = funding & Top Master • International standards
Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities Programme NVAO = Dutch/ Flemish Accreditation Organization Executive Board& Education Committee Participants Now
Route • Two years before Accreditation • Executive Board start process • Programme: Evaluation Report • University Education Advisory Committee • Executive Board • QANU
Route: next • Visitation Committee visits University / Programme • Report: oral & written, by QANU • Metaevaluation by NVAO • Executive Board requests accreditation from NVAO • After: Ministry of Education judges necessity
Goals of External Quality Evaluation • Testing Course by Quality Standards • Peer review • National Benchmark • International Benchmark
Main Points Quality Evaluation • Programme • Goals • Programme, tests & exams • Lecturers • Facilities • Output: quality & quantity • Research based • Quality assurance
Consequences Now • Positive report: what position? • Passable / middling report: changes? • Negative report: when can changes start? • Worst Case Scenario: yellow or red card • Yellow or red card means: second visitation • No improvement: no accreditation
Accreditation • Status and position of programme/faculty/department • Status and position of the university • State funding • Value of degree / diploma • Student (State) grants
Problems • Programme as starting point • RUG: 60 bachelor programmes and • 100 master programmes • Time consuming • Expensive: Є 10.000 per programme • Changing / Shifting Procedures
RUG: 2004-2005 programmes • Languages: 25 • Art & Culture: 4 • Linguistics: 6 • History: 8 • Pedagogical, Educational & Social Sciences: 6 • Medicine, Dentistry & Human Movement Sciences: 6 • Pharmacy & Biomedical Engineering 6
Focus in RUG • Internal Quality Assurance System • Cycle • 1 evaluation • 2 correct/improve • 3 check on effects • and so on ...
In what stage? • Depends on • faculty • programme • and whom you ask