Teaching quality

The student opinion survey (OPIS) is a tool designed to gather students' opinion on improving the teaching, quality and organisation of courses. The survey is an integral part of the evaluation system and an opportunity for students to have their say and actively participate in the life of their course. The University therefore recommends that the questionnaire is filled in accurately and punctually.

For more information on OPIS questionnaires, please visit the following page: https://www.unipr.it/en/node/9289

For the purposes of Quality Assurance, the degree course makes use of bodies and figures, whose functions and competences are defined by the University Regulations, the Department Regulations and the Quality Assurance Guidelines.

Review Group

The Review Group (GR) is a committee of the degree course whose main activity consists in analysing the results of the course's educational processes, with the aim of identifying critical points and possible improvement actions.

The Review Group:

• has the task of guiding the degree course towards the goal of continuous improvement of its results;
• it manages the self-assessment process by periodically monitoring the course data, detecting strengths and weaknesses and proposing corrective and improvement actions;
• drafting the Annual Monitoring Form (AMS);
• drafting the Cyclical Review Report (CBR).

Quality Assurance Manager

The Quality Assurance Manager is chosen from among the Course professors/instructors.

The Quality Assurance Manager has the task of:

• verifying the effectiveness of the Quality Assurance activities within the Degree Course;
• collaborating with the Review Group;
• verifying the correct publication of the calendars of examinations, degree examinations, lectures, seminar activities, if any;
  verifying the publication of teaching programmes, professors/instructors' curricula, etc.;
• receiving and taking charge of any reports from students on critical issues concerning the correct performance of teaching activities;
• raising the students' awareness of the role and functions of the Quality Assurance Manager.

In order to facilitate the collection of reports from students, a 'form for reporting observations, complaints, appreciations and proposals for improvement' has been set up.

The Education Manager

The Education Manager ensures the organisation and functionality of the didactics of the degree course, manages and updates the content of the degree course website, acts as a facilitator of the educational process and provides the necessary administrative support.

The Steering Committee, consisting of a representation of the Department's professors/instructors and representatives from the world of work, ensures a constant liaison with the world of business and the world of work, in order to assess the progress of the degree courses, to draw up proposals for the definition and design of the training offer and the learning objectives, and to promote contacts for possible internships of students in companies and institutions.

Composition of the Steering Committee:

• Prof. Claudio Cipolat-Gotet  (presidente di CdS)
• Prof. Federico Righi (delegato orientamento in ingresso e tutorato, presidente vicario del CdS)
• Prof. Mattia Iotti (RAQ)
• Prof. Alberto Sabbioni (delegato orientamento in uscita)
• Prof. Andrea Summer (docente)
• Prof.ssa Emanuela Zanardi (docente)
• Sig.ra Giulia Branca (MQD)
• Dot.ssa Andrea Schulze Broglia (circolo ippico il Cinghio)
• Dott. Fulvio Corradi (libero professionista - settore bovini)
• Dott. Rocco Tridici  (salumificio Parmacotto)
• Dott. Alessandro Raffaini (ARA-ER sezione Parma)
• Dott.ssa Daniela Fornaciari (servizio territoriale agricoltura caccia e pesca Regione Emilia Romagna)
• Dott.ssa Annarita Sicuri (polo scolastico agro-industriale Parma)
• Dott. Pionetti Antonio (lega COOP NordEst)
• Dott. Lasagna Emiliano (presidente FIDSPA)
• Dott. Giorgio Bonacini (Coordinatore tecnico Veterinario presso Mangimificio)
• Dott. Simone Porcarelli (istruttore FISE)