Work scheduling and implementation deadlines for initiatives
The quality assurance of the Course Council consists in the implementation of the QA Model proposed and coordinated by the Quality Presidium and in the planning and implementation of corrective actions, the effectiveness of which is assessed annually through the analysis of indicator trends in the Annual Monitoring Form and, in depth, periodically in the Cyclic Review Report.
Corrective actions under the control of the Department and/or the Course Council are planned according to the organisational and management modalities of the Department and/or the CSD and are coordinated and monitored by the Quality Assurance Manager (QAM).
The Course Council appoints an internal review group (review panel) whose activities are organised as follows:
- Survey of the demand for training (through the steering committee and the other initiatives indicated in framework A1.b): every year by 31 December;
- updating of the training objectives: every year by 31 January;
- redesigning of the course catalogue: every year, if necessary, within the ministerial deadlines for the modification of the frameworks;
- harmonisation of the course unit programmes: every year by 31 July;
- updating of the teaching syllabuses (Syllabus) for the following academic year every year by 31 July;
- evaluation, by the QAM and the Course Council, of the students' questionnaires: every year by 31 October;
- compilation of the SUA-CdS: every year according to ministerial deadlines, normally between the end of May and the beginning of June;
- compilation of the Annual Monitoring Form: every year by 31 October;
- meetings of the Review Group aimed at monitoring actions and proposing improvement initiatives: at least three per year and in particular (i) one in January
- analysis of the training demand survey and possible redesign of the course catalogue, analysis of the Evaluation Committee's annual report, monitoring of drop-outs and proposals for improvement (teaching mentoring); (ii) one in March/April
- analysis of the report of the Joint Instructors and Students' Committee, preparation of the SUA-CdS, harmonisation of programmes, updating of course unit records, preparation of the Prospectus; (iii) one in September/October
- analysis of the results of the student opinion survey, analysis of the Course Council indicators and preparation of the AMF, assessment of the status of the actions reported in the CRR, preparation of the SUA-CdS.
The overall planning of QA activities leads to daily contact with student representatives, tutors, instructors and staff in the academic office and central offices. In correspondence with deadlines for documents or fulfilments (review, SUA form, beginning and end of semesters, examination and graduation sessions), activities intensify and take the form of drafting texts or collecting information.
To these activities must be added those at the University/Department level:
- the compilation of the annual report of the Joint Instructor-Students Committee;
- the compilation of the annual report of the Evaluation Committee;
- the redefinition of the policy, organisation and responsibilities for the QA of the Boards of Studies, the scheduling of work and the deadlines for the implementation of initiatives at the University level.
