Self-Assessment for Domain Academic Programmes

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ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES

Principle:THERE SHALL BE PROCESSES/MECHANISMS TO ENSURE THE DESIGN,

APPROVAL, MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ACADEMIC

PROGRAMMES TO ENSURE QUALITY EDUCATION AND ENHANCEMENT.

Standard Category 1 - Design and Approval

Criteria Statement:The program is in concord with the institutions mission, forms part of

institutional planning and resource allocation, meets national requirements, the needs of students

and other stakeholders, and is intellectually credible.

Standard 1.1: The goals and objectives of the programme are in line with the institutions mission and

purpose.

Required

Attachment

:

1) Programme strategic plan and/or institutional strategic plan2) Clearly defined concept of the programme and graduate profile3) Prospectus4) Sample syllabi5) Programme design and approval policies and procedures (attach or refer to the

regulation)

Please answer yes or no to the following: Yes No

1) Does the study programme comply with the ANQF qualifications levels?2) Are the mission and purpose of the programme evaluated on a regular basis?3) If yes, please indicate frequency:

If no or yes to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

How are staff members involved in the design and approval of the programme? Please describe the process.

Standard 1.2: The academic programme is thoroughly formulated, according to expected learning

outcomes, which correspond to an academic qualification.

Required 1) Design of the academic programme (see attached)


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Alignment with the ANQF

ANQF AP Qualifications Learning outcomes

Generic competences

Specific competences

Please, provide the list of academic programmes against which you have benchmarked the learning

outcomes.

Please answer yes or no to the following and indicate frequency.

1. Does the AP correspond to the requirements set for eachprogramme with regards to the structure and content?Yes No

If yes or no to question one, please explain and support.

Standard 1.3: The programme learning outcomes meet the needs of the students and other

stakeholders.

Required 1. Written policy for review/revision of learning outcomes based on the needs of


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Please answer yes or no to the following and indicate

frequency. Yes No

1. Does the programme provide opportunities forarticulation with other programmes within andacross institutions locally and internationally?

1. Is there a process for creating compliance with otherprogrammes within and across institutions locally

and internationally?If no or yes to 1 or 2, please explain and support :

Evidences supporting student and staff mobility for the last five years

Student mobility for the last five years

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2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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Teacher mobility for the list five years

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Student Additional data

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Student drop-

out rate

Student return

rate

Top five reasons for drop out

Top five reasons for return

Standard 1.5: The programme meets the characteristics and needs of the professional/vocational

education.

Required

Attachment

1) Policies and procedures for work-based placement and internships (attach or refer tothe regulation).

2) Analyses of the employers feedback reports and/or surveys (if applicable) for the last


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: three years.

3) Analyses of the students feedback reports and/or surveys (if applicable) for the lastthree years

4) Analyses of the alumni feedback reports and/or surveys (if applicable) for the lastthree years

Please answer yes or no to the following: %

1) What is the employers satisfaction level?2) What is student satisfaction level?3) What is alumni satisfaction level?

Graduate employment rate for the last five years.

%

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1. Employment relevant tothe qualification obtainedright after graduation

2. Percentage of studentscontinuing education aftergraduation.

3. Employment relevant tothe qualification obtained

after 2 to 5 years ofgraduation

4. Percentage of unemployedstudents

5. Employment not relevantto the qualification

obtained after 2 to 5 yearsof graduation

How are the students, employers and professional associations involved in the evaluation of the achievements

of the programme? Please describe the process.


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Standard 1.6: The programme has appropriate learning materials developed to satisfy the content of

the programme.

Required

Attachment

:

1. Policies and procedures aimed at updating the teaching and learning materials(attach or refer to the regulation)

2. Evidence and relevant analyses3. Improvement plans

Yes No

1) Are there set mechanisms to evaluate the teaching and learning materials?2) Are there regular reviews of the teaching and learning materials?3) If yes, please indicate frequency:

If no or yes to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last five

years. Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.

Standard Category 2: Teaching Staff

Criteria Statement: The institution provides for a high quality faculty to achieve the set goals for

academic programmes.

Standard 2.1: The institution has policies and procedures promoting recruitment of a highly qualified

teaching staff capable of ensuring programme provisionsRequired Attachment:

1. Recruitment, hiring and firing policies and procedures (attach or refer to the regulation).2. The methods and procedures ensuring teaching staff competence with regards to the qualifications

offered.


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3. Policies and procedures for teacher promotion.4. Policies and procedures for young and new teaching staff5. Teaching staff effectiveness analyses6. Improvement plans7. Database of the teaching staff credentials.


1) Are the recruitment policies and procedures regularly revised?2) Are the stakeholders involved in the revision process?

If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Standard 2.2: The teaching staff qualifications for the programme are comprehensively stated

Required Attachments:

1. Teaching staff qualifications requirements2. Relationships between the teaching staff qualifications and the qualifications offered by the programme3. Effectiveness analyses and evidences4. Improvement plans


frequency. YesNo Frequency of Review

1) Are the teacher qualifications regularly revised?2) Are the stakeholders involved in the process?

If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Standard 2.3: The institution has well established policies and procedures for the periodic evaluation of

teaching staff

Required Attachment:

1. Teaching staff assessment policies and procedures2. Teaching staff assessment tools and mechanisms3. Effectiveness analyses and evidences4. Sample reflections (students, supervisors, peers)5. Time-table for assessments6. Evidences and effectiveness analyses for the methods applied.


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Please answer yes or no to the following: Yes N

1) Do the assessment activities provide for a constructive feedback?2) Do the assessment mechanisms provide for impartiality?3) Have the assessment mechanisms brought about positive changes?

If yes or no to 1- 3 above, please explain and support:

Provide a SWOT analyses for the teacher assessment mechanisms:

Standard 2.4: The institution promotes teacher professional development in accordance to the needs

outlined during regular evaluations (both internal and external)

Required Attachments:

1.Strategies of staff development designed to establish, develop and enhance staff competences2. Professional development plans (professional, methodological and reform oriented)3. Professional development topics (professional, methodological and reform oriented)4. Professional development schedule5. Professional development results and reports for the last three years


frequency. YesNo Frequency of Review

1. Is there a process for the review of the facultyprofessional development portfolios?

2. Is there a process for the review of facultyprofessional development practices?

If yes or no no to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Standard 2.5: There is necessary permanent staff to provide for the coverage of the qualifications

adequately

Required Attachment: 1. The number of the permanent staff (bachelor, master, PhD, Doctor ProfessoDiploma Specialists)


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2. The policies and procedures ensuring stability with regards to permanent st3. The list of the invited teaching staff4. Policies and procedures for securing the quality of the staff.


1. What is the percentage of effectiveness of the permanent staff?2. What is the overall percentage of the permanent staff?

Please, support the answers to questions 1 and 2:

Standard 2.6: There are set policies and procedures for the staff promotion in general and the young one

in particular

Required Attachment:1. Staff promotion policies and procedures2. Policies and procedures for the promotion of the young staff3. Policies and procedures for mentoring and coaching the young staff.

Please answer yes or no to the following: Yes/Frequency N

1. Are the staff promotion policies and procedures regularly reviewed?2. Is the young staff involved in the revision process?

If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain:

Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last fiveyears. Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.

Standard Category 3: Teaching and Learning Practices

Criteria Statement: The programme promotes productive teaching and learning practices based onthe evidence of student learning outcomes as well as provides for the faculty effectiveness in

achieving its educational objectives.

Standard 3.1: The programme clearly defines the teaching and learning approaches necessary to achiev

the stated learning outcomes.



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1) Sample research, graduation and other papers2) Graduation exam topics3) Sample examination tests4) Other mechanisms testing student learning outcomes

Please, fill in the table below outlining the learning outcomes approaches for the programme and and

teaching and learning practices linked to them (add rows if necessary)

Learning outcome Teaching methods Learning methods

Provide SWOT analyses for the last three years:

Please, provide the list of institutions and or countries against which you have benchmarked the teaching and

learning approaches.

Standard 3.2: There are set mechanisms evaluating quality of teaching and learning approaches.

1. Written policy for review and evaluation of the teaching and learning methods (if applicable)(attach or refer to the regulation).

2. Mechanisms and tools for the teaching and learning approaches evaluation3. Evidences and effectiveness analysis4. Improvement plans


1. Are the mechanisms and tools for evaluating teaching and learningregularly revised?

2. Are the students involved in the evaluation and review processes?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain:


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Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last five yea

Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.

Standard Category 4: Research and Creativity

Criteria Statement: The programme promotes its research objectives, projects and expected outcomes.

There is a research ethos and culture, and mechanisms for the validating research outcomes.

Standard 4.1: The programme has a long term strategy and medium and short term programs whichaddress its research interests in a due manner.


1. Research directions and strategies2. Medium and short term programs3. Research methodology and publication requirements4. Links between the institutional strategy and research directions


1. Is the research methodology up-to-date?2. Are the publication requirements up-to-date?


Standard 4.2: The programme promotes development and innovation through sound policies

Required Attachment: 1. T

he incentive mechanisms for internationally recognized research2. Policies and procedures for promoting the young staff research activities3. Policies and procedures ensuring integrity and preventing plagiarism.


1. Are the policies and procedures regularly revised?2. Are the teachers involved in the revision?


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3. Are the students involved in the revision?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain:

Standard 4.3: The programme emphasizes internationalization of the research


1. Regulations encouraging involvement of the faculty and students ininternational research endeavors.

2. Regulations for publications in international peer-reviewed journals in theCIS countries

3. Regulations for publications in international peer-reviewed journals atinternational level.

4. The list of publications in the internationally peer-reviewed journals for thelast three years.


1. Are the regulations up-to-date?2. Are the publication regulations in line with the international standards?3. Are the publication regulations revised based on the benchmarking

results?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain:

Please, provide the list of the organizations and or countries against which you have benchmarked yourpublication regulations.

Standard 4.4: The institution has well established mechanisms for linking research with teaching

Required Attachment:1. Policies and procedures for linking research with teaching and learning2. Evidences and effectiveness analyses3. Improvement plans


1. What is the percentage of research-teaching and learning effectiveness?2. What is the extent of student satisfaction?3. What is the percent of teacher satisfaction?4. What is the percent of employer satisfaction?


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Please, support the answers to questions 1 -4:

Standard 4.5: There are mechanisms in place assuring quality of research and creativity


1. Policies and procedures for research and creativity quality assurance2. Criteria, standards, mechanisms and tools for research quality assurance3. Evidences and effectiveness analyses4. Improvement plans


1. Are the policies and procedures for research and development quality assuranceregularly revised?

2. Are the policies and procedures revised based on the benchmarking results?If yes or no to 1above, please explain:

Please, provide the list of the organizations and/ or countries against which you have benchmarked your R&D

quality assurance policies and procedures.

Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last fiveyears.

Standard Category 5: Student Assessment

Criteria Statement:The institution ensures impartial evaluation of students level of achievement

against the learning and educational objectives and promotes academic integrity.

Standard 5.1: The program evaluates students level of achievement against the objectives for each

learning outcome in accordance with the evaluation methods and criteria described in t

prospectus.


1. Policies and procedures for student assessment (attach or refer to the regulation)


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2. Student reflections about the assessment methods.3. Teachers reflections about the assessment methods.4. Evidences and effectiveness analyses.5. Improvement plan

Assessment methods linked to the learning outcomes.

Learning outcomes Assessment methods

Please, provide the list of the organizations and/ or countries against which you have benchmarked your student

assessment policies and procedures. Provide support for the choice of countries and/or programmes practicing t

type of assessment.


1. Do the assessment methods provide for the achievement of thelearning outcomes and ultimately the qualifications offered by the

programme?

2. Are the policies and procedures for student assessment regularly revisedand updated?

If no or yes to 1or2 above, please explain:

Standard 5.2: The institution treats students fairly and equitably through policies and procedures which

address student conduct and grievances.Required Attachments:

1. Student appeal policies and procedures (attach or refer to the regulation).2. Analyses of student complaints for the last three years.


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3. Records of handling student complaints.4. Data collection effectiveness analyses.5. Improvement plans.

List the major achievements and drawbacks.

Standard 5.3: The institution has clearly articulated policies promoting academic integrity and tracking

plagiarism.


1. Policies and procedures promoting academic integrity (attach or refer to the regulation).2. Mechanisms tracking for cheating and plagiarism.3. Punitive sanctions preventing cheating and plagiarism.4. Evidences of consequences for cheating and plagiarism and effectiveness analyses.5. Improvement plans.


1. Does the organization of the process provide for effective functioningof the process?

2. Are the policies and procedures regularly revised?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last fiveyears. Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.

Standard Category 6:Learning Environment

Criteria Statement: The institution promotes quality educational provisions through creating an

environment conducive to learning.

Standard 6.1: The programme has its own property and resources, which effectively support the

implementation of its stated mission and objectives and create a learning environment.


1. Programme infrastructure.2. Policies and procedures promoting a learning environment (attach or refer to the regulation)


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3. Policies and procedures considering resource allocation and provisions for the programme (attach orrefer to the regulation)

4. List of the resources available (laboratories, libraries, official internet sites, auditoriums, computer laband the like).

5. Effectiveness analyses of the resources provided.6. Improvement plans.


1. Are the resources provided up-to-date and ensure achievement of thequalifications stated in the programme?

2. Are the resources regularly updated?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain:

Standard 6.2: The programme ensures that all students understand the requirements and receive timely

useful and regular information and advice about relevant academic requirements.


1. Policies and procedures ensuring regular information flow for the students (attach or refer to tregulation)

2. Policies and procedures promoting additional learning support and advice for students (attach or refer the regulation)

3. Relevant publications.4. Student feedback on the learning support provided.


1. Does the organization of the process provide for effectivefunctioning of the process?

2. Are the learning support mechanisms (advising, tutoring) regularlyrevised?



1. What is the student satisfaction rate with the learning environment?2. What is the teacher satisfaction rate with the learning environment?

Please, support the answers to questions 1 and 2:


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Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last five yea

Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.

Standard Category 7: Quality Assurance

Criteria Statement: The programme has internal quality assurance system that promotes its

maintenance and continuous improvement.

Standard 7.1: The programme is constantly updated and improved to ensure compliance with market

demand based on the cyclical monitoring and review.

Required

Attachments:

1. Procedures for monitoring and periodic revision of the implementedprograms and activities (attach or refer to the regulation).

2. Monitoring mechanisms ensuring impartiality of the process (attach or refer the regulation).

3. Mechanisms, processes and procedures for reviewing porgrammes on a timebasis (attach or refer to the regulation).

4. Evidences and effectiveness analyses5. Improvement plans

Please, indicate the major findings for the last five years:

Standard 7.2: The programme provides an educational feedback system that examines it on the basis of

the results of evaluation regarding the level of student achievement against the learning

and educational objectives.


1. Programme feedback mechanisms (students, teachers, alumni, employers surveys, reflections)2. Evidences and effectiveness analyses3. Improvement plans to comply with market demands


1. Does the organization of the quality assurance provide formaintenance and improvement?


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2. Are the policies and procedures regularly revised?If yes or no to 1or2 above, please explain and support:

Standard 7.3: There are well established policies and procedures for programme internal quality

assurance


1. Progarmme internal quality assurance mechanisms.2. Policies and procedures promoting student involvement (attach or refer to the regulation).


1. Do the quality assurance processes provide for enhancement of theprogramme?

2. Are the quality assurance processes transparent?3. Are the quality assurance processes made publicly available?

If yes or no to 1 to 3 above, please explain and support:

Standard 7.4: The quality assurance is designed and actually operated to attend to societal needs and

students requests, as well as to check the functions of the system itself.


1. Records of the activities such as meetings and committees attending to the societal needs.2. Mechanisms to reveal societal needs.3. Evidences and effectiveness analyses of the mechanisms.4. Improvement plans to integrate the needs of the society.

Please, provide the list of the organizations and/ or countries against which you have benchmarked your

programme quality assurance policies, procedures, standards and criteria. Provide support for the choice of

countries and/or programmes practicing this type of quality assurance.

Please, based on the SWOT analyses guidelines, provide the analyses for standard category for the last three

years. Make references to the policies, procedures and regulations to justify the statements.


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