BTU Center for Quality Assurance

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?BTU Center for Quality Assurance

• EURASIAN SYMPOSIUM ON
• QUALITY ASSURANCE IN
• HIGHER EDUCATION

22 24th October 2007
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Why do we need Quality?

• Training of qualitative specialists
• Properly react to Labour market demands
• Provide good educational services
• Be competitive Nationally and internationally
• Arrange Students mobility
• Have recognition of diploma

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Aim and objectives of QA

• Aim to develop a mechanism that allows to
  assess the academic process
• Objectives
• To upgrade criteria for quality assessment
• To identify instruments of quality evaluation
• To develop system of internal and external
  assessment
• To develop Quality Culture

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ISO does it suit for universities?

• ISO description of processes and procedures
• ISO only for internal assessment, no way for
  accreditation
• ISO doesnt give international recognition for
  the institution
• ISO more suitable for the industry
• ISO activity is considered as a business
  process
• ISO HEI is more diverse in procedures than
  procedures of ISO
• ISO certificate is not a product standard

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Quality Management

• Quality Management
• Quality control to upgrade QA system (system
  possible to control, assess and measure)
• Quality Support and Enhancement constant control
  of quality process (to provide periodically a set
  of activities to support the QA system)
• Quality demonstration external assessment
  (state attestation, \ international expertise,
  national\international accreditation, any form of
  certification)

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Quality Assurance consists of

• Internal assessment (based on SWOT
  analysis\self-assessment)
• External assessment (attestation, accreditation)

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Internal assessment is based on

• Audit
• SWOT analysis
• Self-assessment
• Institutional assessment

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External Assessment is based on

• Accreditation requirements (national
  international)
• State attestation requirements
• State educational standards and educational
  standards of international agencies
• Peer review
• Feedback from industry
• International assessment

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Quality objects

• Students
• -Introduction to the system of Students Affairs
  (based on analysis of students feedback)
• -University graduates (career opportunities,
  feedback)
• -Link to industry
• Teaching staffIntroduction to staff development
  programme, e-learning,innovative methods of
  teaching, effective use of multimedia, etc.
• Curriculum Introduction to new approaches of
  curriculum development, new courses, new
  approaches of learning and new philosophy of
  learning (competence based teaching methods,
  module based learning), development/ discussion
  of new courses with industry

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Academic Quality and University-Industry
relationships

• Benefits for University
• Cooperative research with enterprises
• Access to up-to-date equipment
• Involvement into real industrial science and
  technology
• Professionally\technology oriented degree
  programmes
• Future employment opportunities for graduates

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Academic Quality and University-Industry
relationships

• Benefits for Industry
• Have consultants from University
• Training and retraining enterprise staff at the
  University
• Joint research with academics for enterprise
  development
• Have qualified, well trained graduates

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Perspectives for joint activities of University -
industry

• Continuing education programmes of short, medium
  and long duration offered by the University
• Sandwich courses
• Joint curriculum development
• Consultancy and contribution to enterprise
  development
• Joint research and development projects

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QA strategy starts with

• Development and discussions of a Strategy
  \Concept on Quality Assurance Enhancement
  System (new philosophy of learning, new learning
  strategies and contemporary requirements, new
  educational technologies, module based learning,
  competence based teaching methods, link to
  industry)
• Development of an Action Plan (activities and
  practical instructions)

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Expected results

• Development of Quality Assurance system
• Development of Quality Support System
• Development of Quality Enhancement System
• Academic Quality Guidelines\Handbook

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Realistic and effective results in Quality issue
will be reached by

• Tempus project on creating QA Center in KBTU
• Joint activities on quality issues (trainings,
  workshops, expertise, international conference,
  round table discussions)
• Exchange of experience with other universities

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