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Quality Assurance of Academic ProgrammesQuality 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

www.evaluat.lu.se

www.evaluat.lu.se

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 programmesResearch

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

EVALUATIONGOODPRACTICE

MEASURES

GOALS

Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance

PROCESSES

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES

EVALUATIONGOODPRACTICE

MEASURES

GOALS

Quality AssuranceQuality 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

2

0-2 2 0

-1,5 -1 -0,5 0,5 1 1,5

1,8

1,6

1,4

1,2

0,8

0,6

0,4

0,2

Dem

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ork

1

Philologists

Political scientists

Behavioural scientists EconomistsLawyers

Historians, Philosophers Architects

Social workers Theologians

DoctorsPsychologists

Physiotherapists Fine art specialists

Natural Scientists

Graduate engineers

Engineers

Informatics/Informa-tion Science

Satisfaction

1987

1987

Dem

and

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f w

ork

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

5 papers

5 papers

5 papers

Degree projectsDegree 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 Learning outcomes

Alumni Follow up

Final Year Projects

Progression

Alumni Follow up

Final Year Projects

Progression

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES

EVALUATIONGOODPRACTICE

MEASURES

GOALS

Quality AssuranceQuality 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.

OutcomeOutcome

Students´ self-evaluationStudents´ self-evaluation

TRAINING: ABILITY:

None Some Much 1 2 3 4 5

Assesment of teachers and examinersAssesment of teachers and examiners

TRAINING: ABILITY:

None Some Much 1 2 3 4 5

OUTCOMES PREREQUISITIES

EVALUATIONGOODPRACTICE

MEASURES

GOALS

Quality AssuranceQuality Assurance

PROCESSES

low Training

low

high

high

Performance

low

GOOD PRACTICE

low

high

high

low

FURTHER ANALYSIS REQUIRED

low

high

high

low

PROGRESSION

low

high

high

low

MEASURES NEEDED

low

high

high