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University of Warsaw
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• The quality of education assurance and
• enhancement system
• at the University of Warsaw

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THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ASSURANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

• The quality of education assurance and
  enhancement system at the University of Warsaw
  (UW) is built with the observance of the autonomy
  and specific character of the University units,
  on the basis of their positive experience in the
  quality of education assurance, as well as in the
  conviction that high quality is strengthened by
  self evaluation, dialogue, cooperation, support
  and popularisation of the best and most effective
  solutions.
• The University of Warsaw Senate Resolution
  No.240 of 20 June 2007

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THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ASSURANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

• Normative Acts
• The University of Warsaw Senate Resolution No.
  240 of 20 June, 2007 on the quality of education
  assurance and enhancement system at the
  University of Warsaw
• The University of Warsaw Senate Resolution No.
  241 of 20 June, 2007 on surveys at the University
  of Warsaw

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THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ASSURANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

• The quality of education assurance and
  enhancement system at the University of Warsaw
  includes
• The University Team for Quality of Education
  Assurance (UTQEA)
• The Faculty Team for Quality of Education
  Assurance (FTQEA)
• Teams for Quality of Education Assurance in other
  organisational units of UW

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THE UNIVERSITY TEAM FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION
ASSURANCE (UTQAE)
Members of the University Team for Quality of
Education Assurance (UTQAE) are elected by the
Rector of the University of Warsaw for a term of
office specified for University bodies. The UTQAE
includes

• Rectors Plenipotentiary for Quality of Education
  the chairman of the UTQEA
• Nine academic teachers from UW didactic units
• One representative of PhD students
• Two representatives of students

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THE UNIVERSITY TEAM FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION
ASSURANCE (UTQAE)

• The main areas in which the UTQEA undertakes
  actions for assurance and enhancement of
  education quality at the UW include
• policy specifying the aims and strategy of the
  assurance and enhancement of education quality
• procedure of quality assurance
• principles of assessing students (including PhD
  students)
• principles of the assurance of academic didactic
  staff quality
• principles of reviewing and improving the quality
  of didactic resources and measures of support for
  students
• principles of collecting, analysing and
  publication of the information regarding the
  quality of education at the University of Warsaw

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INTERNAL EVALUATION OF QUALITY AT THE UNIVERSITY

• The UTQEA prepares the forms for reports on self
  evaluation to be executed at the university
  didactic units. The team gives also the fixed
  term to do the self - assessments and the
  benchmarks of evaluation of quality at the
  University of Warsaw

The university didactic units have to prepare to
prepare the reports on self evaluation, which
are submitted to the UTQEA
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INTERNAL EVALUATION OF QUALITY AT THE UNIVERSITY

• The UTQEA prepares its own report on the
  education quality at the UW includes
• the analysis of self - evaluation reports
  submitted by the university didactic units
• the results of university surveys concerning the
  conditions of education at the UW
• the motions and propositions concerning education
  quality at the UW as well as recommendations
  regarding the popularisation of the examples of
  good practice in the field of education quality

The report prepared by the UTQEA is presented to
the Rector of the UW
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FACULTY TEAMS FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION ASSURANCE
(FTQEA)

• The Faculty Teams for Quality of Education
  Assurance (FTQEA) act on the level of didactic
  units.
• They undertake actions for the assurance and
  enhancement of quality of education in the
  particular didactic units.
• The main function the Teams perform is to advise
  the Head of the unit and recommend him/her
  towards the course of action to be taken.
• Each of the FTQEA includes chairman,
  representative of the academic teachers at the
  didactic unit, representative of the PhD students
  from didactic unit and representative of the
  students from didactic unit.

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INTERNAL EVALUATION OF QUALITY (SELF
ASSESSMENTS IN THE DIDACTIC UNITS)
The FTQEA receives the forms for reports on self
evaluation and the guidelines from the UTQEA
The FTQEA prepares the report on self
evaluation, which include

• the results of student surveys about their
  opinions on
• the organisational side of the classes
• the clarity of requirements and objectivity of
  assessment
• the manner of conducting the classes
• the attitude of academic teachers towards
  students and including PhD students and their
  availability during duty hours
• general evaluation of the classes

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INTERNAL EVALUATION OF QUALITY (SELF
ASSESSMENTS IN THE DIDACTIC UNITS)

1. strong and weak points of the didactic unit
2. plans and schedule of actions which serve the
   purpose of the elimination of undesired phenomena
   and the eradication of shortcomings. The plans
   may also refer to quality of education enhancement

• The report on self evaluation is submitted to
  the UTQEA

The report on self evaluation is disclosed and
published at the University website as well as
website of didactic unit
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THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION ASSURANCE AND
ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW

• Teams for Quality of Education Assurance in other
  organisational units of the UW -
• The Office for Quality of Education

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• The main task of the Office for Quality of
  Education is to support and
• coordinate operation of the education assurance
  and enhancement system
• at the University of Warsaw.

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION THE SECTION
OF PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• The main task of the Section of Plenipotentiary
  for Quality of Education is to support his action
  of conceptual and organisational character as
  well as coordination of ventures aiming at the
  assurance and enhancement of quality of studies
  at the UW.

• The Section assists the Plenipotentiary in
  collecting and processing information concerning
  the implementation of the system as well as
  cooperation with the UW didactic units within the
  implementation of the system.

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION THE SECTION
OF PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• The other tasks of the Section of Plenipotentiary
  for
• Quality of Education
• monitoring of the experiences of Polish and
  foreign higher education institutions in the
  field of education quality
• providing the students and University employees
  with information concerning the subject matter of
  education quality in higher education in Poland
  and abroad
• the care for coherent information policy
  regarding the issues of education quality at the
  UW
• Organisation of trainings and scientific seminars
  concerning the issues of education quality
• consultation and advisory actions within
  techniques, methods and procedures of quality
  assurance

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION THE SECTION
OF PLENIPOTENTIARY FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• In order to perform its tasks, the Section of
  Plenipotentiary for Quality of Education
  cooperates with the following units

Office of Student Affairs
Office for the Implementation of Bologna Process
Recruitment Office
University of Warsaw Office of Career Services
International Relations Office
Promotion Office
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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATIONTHE SECTION
OF EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• The Section of Evaluation of Quality of
  Education constitutes one of the most significant
  elements of the quality of education assurance
  and enhancement system at the University of
  Warsaw. Its main task is to conduct systematic
  research on the conditions of education at the UW
  as well as recommend actions for the improvement
  of the quality of education.

• The subjects of research conducted by the Section
  of Evaluation of Quality of Education are
• Conditions of education at the UW
• Opinions on quality and conditions of education
  at the UW

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION THE SECTION
OF EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• Conditions of education at the UW

• The description of conditions of education at the
  UW done by the Section for Evaluation of Quality
  of Education includes
• analysis of the needs of the University as well
  as didactic units, which are connected with the
  didactics and quality of education
• description of didactics at the UW
• description of actions undertaken at the UW for
  the improvement of education quality

The Section for Evaluation of Quality of
Education conducts systematic analyses of changes
occurring in these areas.
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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION THE SECTION
OF EVALUATION OF QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• Opinions on quality and conditions of education
  at the UW
• The basic conclusions concerning the quality of
  didactics at the University of Warsaw are
  prepared by the Section for Evaluation of Quality
  of Education basing on of the results of
  university surveys which will be conducted in
  electronic form among the following groups
• academic community
• present students of the first cycle and the
  second cycle studies, PhD students, non
  enrolled students of postgraduate studies
• research and teaching staff
• administrative staff
• prospective students and the UW graduates
• employers, media as well as other opinions on
  education at the UW (e.g. evaluations provided by
  outside sources, the State Accreditation
  Committee, etc.)

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THE OFFICE FOR QUALITY OF EDUCATION

• The Office for Quality of Education uses the
  results of research on quality of education for
  effective cooperation with the UW didactic units
  in the enhancement of the quality of education
  assurance system. The system enhancement is
  assisted by, among others, popularization of the
  results of research on education quality and
  promotion of good practices connected with the
  quality of education at the University of Warsaw.

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