Organisation and responsibility for Course QA
Quality Assurance of Study Courses (CdS) is a constituent element of the management, monitoring and measurement of the dynamics governing teaching, knowledge and know-how.
Study courses, in particular, are at the heart of the educational mission of higher education institutions. They are designed through the design of one or more output figures, defined through the identification of their scientific, cultural and/or professional characteristics and, consistently, of the training paths leading to the acquisition of the specific knowledge and skills associated with the output profiles.
Course design must involve students and external stakeholders most appropriate to the character and objectives of the course. The external stakeholders of the study course include all the actors and organisations and institutions potentially interested in the cultural and professional profile of the graduates designed by the study course (organisations representing the production of goods and services, the professions and/or - if considered relevant to the project - scientific societies, research centres, academic and cultural institutions of national or international relevance, etc.). Where functional for the proposed project, stakeholders may be represented by a Steering Committee, consisting of a representation of the Department's faculty and representatives from the world of work, culture and research representing the stakeholders of one or more study courses.
Documentation relating to the Department's QA objectives and the annual report on QPD activities is accessible on the following web pages:
Course of Study - Review Group - Quality Assurance Manager
For the purposes of Quality Assurance, each student body is required to apply, to the extent of its competence, the policies and general guidelines for Quality established by the Governing Bodies;
- carry out self-assessment and review activities of its own training pathway and of the management of the CdS according to the analyses reported in the annual report of the Joint Committee of Teachers and Students (CPDS) and of the data provided by ANVUR, the Evaluation Committee and the Management Control division, also comparing itself with similar Committees with a view to benchmarking;
- to promote continuous improvement and assess its effectiveness;
- to implement the evaluation of teaching in accordance with the University's arrangements.
The Course Council, through its President, is also responsible for the information reported in the ANVUR documents (SUA-CdS, Annual Monitoring Form, Cyclic Review Report).
To this end, each school establishes a Review Group (RG) composed of figures from within the school itself who are able to contribute to the evaluation of the course from various points of view (teaching staff, technical-administrative staff, students).
During the self-evaluation process, the Review Group takes into consideration anything that can contribut to the analysis of the degree course results, in particular:
- the annual report copiled by the related Joint Committee of Teachers and Students;
- the Evaluation Committee report;
- the progress of students' careers;
- the availability of specific services (tutoring, internationalisation, guidance, internships, etc.);
- consultation with the socio-economic system of reference (including the Steering Committee, sector studies, specific meetings with the social partners);
- the availability of resources (human and infrastructural); student opinion on teaching, the organisation of the degree course and the training pathway;
- any other report provided by the RAQ, the Education Manager and the Coordinator/Director of the teaching quality service.
The work of the Review Group (RG) takes the form of the compilation of an Annual Monitoring Form and the drafting of the Cyclic Review Report, which is discussed within the Council of the relevant CdS and forwarded to the University Quality Assurance Committee (PQA) and the University Evaluation Committee.
Finally, the Quality Assurance Manager (RAQ) has the function of monitoring and verifying the correct implementation of the improvement actions approved by the Course Council. The RAQ is identified from among the Professors of the CdS.
Course Organisation, RG and RAQ
