1. 1.Attitudes towards a possible Eurobachelor in Physics 2.Quality assurance Urbaan Titulaer, chair Frank van Steenwijk, secr. Claire Demuynck Gintaras Dikcius Jarmo Hietarinta Report Working group 4

3. Acceptance of the “Eurobachelor” yesprobably yes maybe(probably) no # EU / EEA old, North 44843423 EU old, South254425616 EU new3060010 Non-EU503020010 Total2246235

4. important somewhat important unimportant Eurobachelor

5. incomingoutgoingemploymentaccreditationconvergence North44 40 1644 44 1254 31 1513 38 50 37 44 19 South53 47 053 41 663 31 657 21 21 54 46 0 New44 44 1171 29 078 22 070 30 0 44 56 0 Non-EU57 43 075 13 1350 50 083 17 0100 0 0 All43 42 954 37 959 32 941 32 27 51 40 9 Expectations for Eurobachelor by region important / somewhat important / unimportant

6. Questionnaire on quality assurance One questionnaire per country Responses from 34 countries North 12 South 6 New 7 non-EU 9 subjects:Internal quality assurance measures External evaluation Accreditation and benchmarking

7. Course evaluation by students NorthSouthNewNon-EU (12) (6) (7) (8) Yes, regularly: 24 11 4 6 3 Yes, occasionally: 9 1 2 1 5 No 1 0 0 0 1

8. Purposes of evaluation NorthSouthNewNon-EU Quality of teaching 32 12 6 7 7 Determining workload 13 8 1 2 2 Identifying difficulties 20 8 2 3 7

9. Systematic analysis of examination results ? Yes 3 When needed 19 No 12 Analysis of causes for drop-out ? Yes 4 Rudimentary 9 No 20

10. Programmes to improve the pedagogical quality of teachers ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (12) (6) (7) (9) Yes, by courses or training 10 7 0 3 0 Yes, by mentoring 5 2 0 1 2 No 20 4 6 3 7

11. Feedback from employers ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (12) (6) (7) (9) Yes 1 0 0 0 1 Occasionally 20 8 3 7 2 No 13 4 3 0 6 Feedback from recent graduates ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (12) (6) (7) (9) Yes 1 1 0 0 0 Occasionally 20 7 1 5 7 No 13 4 5 2 2

12. External evaluation ? yes, voluntary no, but planned no info no yes, obligatory

13. How do you rate the experience ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (7) (5) (5) (5) On the whole useful 12 5 3 4 0 Useful, but too much work 10 2 2 1 5 A waste of time 0 0 0 0 0

14. Consequences for teaching or the organisation of teaching ? major: 5 minor: 11 none: 8 Consequences from evaluation for the curriculum ? major: 3 minor: 15 none: 6 Consequences for the internal quality assurance system ? major: 4 minor: 10 none: 10

15. Accreditation of study programmes? yes, voluntary and common no, but planned no info no yes, obligatory

16. How do you rate the experience ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (3) (2) (6) (6) On the whole useful 9 3 0 3 3 Useful, but too much work 7 0 1 3 3 Waste of time 1 0 1 0 0

17. yes no no info Do benchmarks for physics exist ?

18. Would European benchmarks be useful ? NorthSouthNewNon-EU (6) (3) (6) (3) Yes 12 3 2 5 2 Maybe 5 2 1 1 1 No 1 1 0 0 0