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Title: ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE


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  • ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE
  • Dublin Institute of Technology

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Academic Quality Assurance
  • The Dublin Institute of Technology
    (DIT)
  • School of Biological Sciences
  • Quality Assurance Manual Handbook
  • for Academic Quality Excellence

3
DIT- Locations
Cathal Brugha St.
Grangegorman
Bolton St.
Pembroke St.
Aungier St.
Kevin St.
Rathmines
Chatham Row
4
DIT- Applied, Industry-Oriented Education,
Professions
  • Apprenticeship
  • Advanced Certificate
  • BSc Degree (ordinary and honours)
  • Postgraduate Degrees
  • Part-time programmes (including Continuing
    Professional Education Training)

Serving Dublin City and Ireland since 1887
5
DIT- Profile
20,500 students
4,000 graduates annually
6 Faculties Applied Arts Built
Environment Business Engineering Science Tourism
Food
(10,000 f/t)
150 p/t programmes
85 f/t programmes
2000 staff
Awarding DIT degrees to PhD
6
DIT - Emphasis on research
  • Research programmes
  • MPhil, PhD
  • Research/development
  • centres
  • Research staff

Supporting economic, social and cultural
development Linked to industry, hospitals, IBTS,
IMB, IBEC International links, EU, US, Asia,
Africa
7
School of Biological Sciences
Honours B.Sc Biochemistry, Molecular Biology
Biotechnology
Honours B.Sc Biomedical Sciences
667 students 4 Honours degree 1 Ordinary
degree 2 Masters and 1 part time programme 31
academic staff 10 technical staff 2
administrative
B.Sc Physical and Life Sciences
Honours B.Sc Medical and Molecular Cytology
Honours B.Sc Food Science
European M.Sc. Sefotech
M.Sc. Molecular Pathology
8
Research Profile
Shellfish Diseases Finfish Proteomics
Molecular Diagnostics Cancer detection Foetal
Development Inflammatory Disorders
Biomedical Sciences Marine Science Food,
Nutrition and Health Veterinary Science 11 Full
time Ph.D. and 3 research assistants
Breast Feeding Nutrition in disadvantaged
areas Elderly Nutrition Dietetic training
Scrapie Diagnosis Brucellosis Diagnosis
9
International Linkages
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  • QUALITY ASSURANCE MANUAL
  • HANDBOOK FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY
  • ENHANCEMENT

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DIT Handbook for Academic Quality Enhancement
  • First formalised QA Handbook approved by
  • Academic Council 1995
  • Review by International Team designated by
  • the Higher Education Authority in Ireland
    1997 revision
  • Amended 2000
  • Current handbook amended and approved
  • June 2005

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DIT Handbook for Academic Quality Assurance
  • First conducted review of practices in other
  • institutions in Ireland and abroad
  • Now building on the current Handbook with
  • recent revisions and additions formalised June
    2005
  • Main addition quality assurance in postgraduate
  • research and external review of research
    activities

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DIT Handbook for Academic Quality Assurance
  • Includes legislative context (complies with The
    Qualifications
  • Education Training Act, 1999)
  • Accords with European University Association
    (EUA)
  • principles for QA
  • Accords with Bologna process and Berlin
    Communiqué (2003)
  • Total institution involvement
  • Self-evaluation
  • Consultation with and feedback sought from
    stakeholders
  • Peer review
  • Act on findings
  • Publish findings

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DIT Committee Structure for Quality Assurance

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DIT Handbook for Academic Quality Assurance
Four Major Sections
  • Foreword by the President
  • Legislative overview
  • Part A Introductory Sections
  • Part B Programme Validation
  • Part C Monitoring and Review of Academic
    Activities
  • Part D Other Quality Assurance Procedures

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DIT Handbook for Academic Quality Excellence
  • Part A Introductory Sections
  • Mission Statement
  • General Principles for Quality Improvement
  • Roles Responsibilities
  • Glossary of terms
  • Part B Programme Validation
  • Validation of new full-time or part-time
  • programme

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DIT Handbook for Academic Excellence
  • Part C Monitoring and Review of Academic
    Activities
  • Examinations
  • Annual monitoring
  • Programme review
  • School review
  • Faculty review
  • Part D Other Quality Assurance Procedures
  • Quality Assurance in research degrees
  • Partnership with external organisations/institutio
    ns
  • Quality Audit
  • Student Grievance Process

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EUA REVIEW
  • EUA review of Quality Assurance in DIT 2005
    (March October)
  • Review commissioned 2004 by DIT National
    Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI)
  • NQAI has statutory obligations under the
    Qualifications (Education Training Act 1999,
    Ireland) regarding the effectiveness of QA
    procedures at DIT.
  • EUA Team from universities
  • Norway
  • Turkey
  • Canada
  • Assistant Director, Irish Universities Association

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EUA REVIEW Four central strategic
questions
  • What is the institution trying to do?
  • Clear mission to decide on priorities, strategic
    objectives means to achieve them
  • How is the institution trying to do it?
  • How the organisation, governing structures
    process allow DIT achieve this
  • How does it know it works?
  • Are internal quality arrangements satisfactory
  • How does the institution change in order to
    improve?
  • Has the DIT the capacity for change improvement
    to deal with fast-changing environment.

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  • Concludes review of DIT
  • and
  • Academic Quality Assurance
  • Thank you for your attention
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