The quality assurance system
The university’s quality assurance system was established to maintain and further develop the quality of study programmes in a manner that can be documented. The system is wide ranging and comprises all processes that affect the quality of the education that we offer.
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The university’s quality assurance system was established to maintain and further develop the quality of study programmes in a manner that can be documented. The system is wide ranging and comprises all processes that affect the quality of the education that we offer. Maintenance and further development of the quality in education can be achieved through a quality assurance system that:
- Systematizes knowledge of activities and improving the circumstances that permit students and employees better understand these activities and each others’ views and perspectives
- Encourages work on learning issues
- Produces the information necessary to be able to propose and implement measures to improve the quality of education and study performance
- Clarifies the responsibilities of students and staff to ensure that efforts to improve the quality of education succeed
Helps to ensure that sufficient resources are made available for study programmes and support systems
A well-functioning quality development system emphasises the responsibility each of us has for the institution’s activities, and involves all groups in the university community in the educational process. It is therefore a precondition and goal that all significant information about planned and implemented evaluation measures be made freely available and communicated to the students and staff concerned.
Quality assurance takes place in accordance with a plan that ensures continuity and an overview. Schematically, it can be described as a recurring process consisting of four phases. During the planning phase, the educational objectives are defined and teaching planned. In the implementation phase, knowledge, skills and general competence are acquired, and evaluations are carried out to determine whether the work’s progress and direction are in accordance with the objectives. On completion of a course or study programme, evaluations and results are reviewed with a view to improving the course or study programme and/or correcting the objectives.