Title: ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE
1- ACADEMIC QUALITY ASSURANCE
- Dublin Institute of Technology
2Academic Quality Assurance
- The Dublin Institute of Technology
(DIT) - School of Biological Sciences
- Quality Assurance Manual Handbook
- for Academic Quality Excellence
3DIT- Locations
Cathal Brugha St.
Grangegorman
Bolton St.
Pembroke St.
Aungier St.
Kevin St.
Rathmines
Chatham Row
4DIT- 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
5DIT- 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
6DIT - 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
7School 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
8Research 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
9International Linkages
10- QUALITY ASSURANCE MANUAL
- HANDBOOK FOR ACADEMIC QUALITY
- ENHANCEMENT
11DIT 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
12DIT 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 -
13DIT 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
-
14DIT Committee Structure for Quality Assurance
15DIT 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
16DIT 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
17DIT 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
18EUA 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
19EUA 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.
20- Concludes review of DIT
- and
- Academic Quality Assurance
- Thank you for your attention