Quality Assurance of Academic Programmes

Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area internal external

Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area internal external

Contents: Contents: Quality Assurance of new programmes degrees courses internationalization

Contents: Contents: Quality Assurance of new programmes degrees courses internationalization

Integrated planning Educational Planning Budget Quality Assurance Integrated planning Educational Planning Budget Quality Assurance

New programmes Research Employability VALIDATION

Validation team academic and pedagogical competence students and postgraduates professionals Validation team academic and pedagogical competence students and postgraduates professionals

Contents: Contents: Quality Assurance of new programmes degrees courses internationalization

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES EVALUATION GOOD PRACTICE MEASURES GOALSGOALS Quality Assurance PROCESSES

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES EVALUATION GOOD PRACTICE MEASURES GOALSGOALS Quality Assurance PROCESSES

Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression

Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression

4 years after graduation Demands of work Educational satisfaction 4 years after graduation Demands of work Educational satisfaction

,5 -0,50,511,5 1,8 1,6 1,4 1,2 0,8 0,6 0,4 0,2 Demands of work 1 Philologists Political scientists Behavioural scientists Economists Lawyers Historians, Philosophers Architects Social workers Theologians Doctors Psychologists PhysiotherapistsFine art specialists Natural Scientists Graduate engineers Engineers Informatics/Informa- tion Science Satisfaction

Demands of work 1987 Satisfaction 2004 Philologists Philologists

Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression Alumni Follow-up Final Year Projects Progression

”Essay writing integrates both knowledge in a number of fields related to the subject and methodological skills with features of the general goals of higher education such as independent work, critical capacity and effective communication” (Härnqvist, 1999)

5 papers Degree projects PASS LEVEL EXCELLENCE

Kjell Härnqvist: An Academic Issue, 1999 Kjell Härnqvist: An Academic Issue, 1999 how the essay relates to earlier research whether the presentation of the problem leads to a fruitful idea for an investigation the writer’s theoretical awareness the choice and the use of method execution and conclusions use of language, wording and formal correctness

Students should be able to identify, summarize and assess articles from international journals on the topic of the project. Learning outcomes

Alumni Follow up Final Year Projects Progression Alumni Follow up Final Year Projects Progression

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES EVALUATION GOOD PRACTICE MEASURES GOALSGOALS Quality Assurance PROCESSES

Progression Progression OUTCOMES 1 2 n

Assess Identify articles Summarize

Assess Identify articles Summarize COURSE EVALUATION

Students should be able to summarize articles from international journals on the topic of the project. Outcome

Students´ self-evaluation TRAINING:ABILITY: NoneSomeMuch 12345

Assesment of teachers and examiners TRAINING:ABILITY: NoneSomeMuch 12345

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES EVALUATION GOOD PRACTICE MEASURES GOALSGOALS Quality Assurance PROCESSES

low Training low high Performance

low GOOD PRACTICE low high

low FURTHER ANALYSIS REQUIRED low high

low PROGRESSION low high

low MEASURES NEEDED low high