Post on 04-Jan-2016
QUALITY ASSURANCE STRUCTURES AND
PROCESSES
BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ALL STAFF?
DIFFERENT APPROACHES
• Very centralised - rarely giving power to the local level?
• Very inflexible with ‘legalistic’ culture of micro-management?
• Very localised with little oversight by senior management?
• Mixed?
Romanian Model of QA in HE
• Agreement of a National Framework
• Very definite curriculum design template
• National Registry of HE Qualifications since 1965
• On-line training for all HE staff with involvement in quality assurance of new programmes
• On-line training for external experts
Methodology for on-line QA training
Decide the METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE for design and quality assurance of university qualifications
Design 5 training modules
Teach the modules in traditional ay first to create a group of 25 experts in QA of new qualifications
EVALUATE
Design e-learning versions of the 5 training modules
Levels of Training
• 1. LINCENCED quality evaluators – must be assessed and successfully complete 5 training modules
• 2. Academic staff my take modules as required by their job responsibilities – with or without assessment
• 3. General interest training – ‘light’ version