Organisation and responsibility for the QA of the course of study
Quality Assurance of Study Courses (CDS) is a constituent element of the management, monitoring and measurement of the dynamics governing teaching, the verification of knowledge and know-how.
Courses of study, in particular, are at the heart of the educational mission of higher education institutions. They are designed through the design of one or more output figures, defined through the identification of their scientific, cultural and/or professional characteristics and, consistently, of the training paths leading to the acquisition of the specific knowledge and skills associated with the output profiles.
Course design must involve the students and external stakeholders most appropriate to the character and objectives of the course. The external stakeholders of the study course include all the actors, organisations and institutions potentially interested in the cultural and professional profile of the graduates drawn by the study course (organisations representing the production of goods and services, the professions and/or - if considered relevant to the project - scientific societies, research centres, academic and cultural institutions of national or international relevance, etc.). Where functional to the proposed project, stakeholders may be represented by a Steering Committee, consisting of a representation of the Department's faculty and representatives from the world of work, culture and research representing the stakeholders of one or more study courses.
The documentation related to the Department's QA objectives and the annual report of QPD activities is accessible on the following web pages:
Quality of the Department, Teaching Quality of the Department, Joint Commission of Teachers and Students (CPDS), Course of Study - Review Group - Quality Assurance officer. For the purposes of Quality Assurance, each course of study is required to: apply, as far as it is concerned, the policies and general guidelines for quality established by the governing bodies; carry out self-assessment and review of its training and management of the degree course according to the analysis reported in the annual report of the Joint Commission of Teachers and Students (CPDS) and the data provided by ANVUR, the Evaluation Committee and the Management Control Division (U.O.), also comparing itself with similar degree courses with a view to benchmarking; promoting continuous improvement and assessing its effectiveness; implementing the evaluation of teaching in accordance with the provisions of the University.
The Course Council, through its President, is also responsible for the information reported in the ANVUR documents (SUA-CdS, Annual Monitoring Form, Cyclical Review Report).
To this end, each course sets up a Review Group (RG) made up of figures from within the ourse itself, able to contribute to the evaluation of the course from different points of view (teachers, technical-administrative staff, students).
In the course of the self-assessment process, the Governing Body examines everything that can contribute to the analysis of the results of the degree course, and in particular: the annual report provided by the reference Joint Commisssion of Teachers and Students; the report of the Evaluation Committee; the progress of students' careers; the availability of contextual services (tutoring, internationalisation, guidance, internships, etc.); consultation with the socio-economic system of reference (including the Steering Committee, sector studies, specific meetings with social partners); availability of resources (human and infrastructural); students' opinions on teaching, on the organisation of the school and on the training pathway; any other information provided by the RAQ, the Educational Manager and the Coordinator/Responsible for the teaching quality service (see paragraph X).
The work of the Review Group takes the form of the compilation of an Annual Monitoring Form and the drafting of the Cyclical Review Report, which is discussed within the Council of the relevant Course of Study and forwarded to the University Quality Assurance Committee (PQA) and the University Evaluation Committee.
Finally, the Quality Assurance Officer (RAQ) has the function of monitoring and verifying the correct implementation of the improvement actions approved by the Steering Committee of the course. The RAQ is identified among the degree course Faculty members
