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Promoting Quality

by Internal Accreditation

Veljko Malbaša

University of Novi Sad

Novi Sad, June 4, 2004

Welcome to Novi Sad Welcome to Novi Sad !!

Veljko Malbaša, Ph.D.

Professor and Director Department of Electrical Engineering

Phone: 021 450-032

malbasa@uns.ns.ac.yu

Project “Internal accreditation of programs at

the UNS”

Funded by the Ministry of Education, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina

Participants Marija Stefanović, Ph.D., Assistant

Professor, Faculty of Philosophy

Dragoslav Herceg, Ph.D., Professor, Faculty of Science

Veljko Malbaša, Ph. D., Professor, Faculty of Engineering

Students

Topics International dimension

Where we are

Overview1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. Serbia

4. UNS

5. Conclusions

1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. UNS

4. Serbia

5. Conclusions

Quality Suitability of ways and means for the

achievement of specific defined aims

Fitness for purpose

Quality at University Teaching

Research

Technology Transfer

Administration

Why? Globalisation of the higher education

International dimension of quality

Global practice

Aspects of Quality Development

Improvement

Assurance

Supervision

Quality Assurance Assessment

Audit

Accreditation

Assessment Quantitative measurement

How many faculty, students

How many rooms, chairs

Audit External review of the processes

inside the University

1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. Serbia

4. UNS

5. Conclusions

Accreditation Attest to the quality

Determined upon an external review

Institution or program has to meet certain criteria

Valid for a limited period

Practice of Accreditation Development of standards

Self - evaluation

External review

Accreditation decision

Two purposes Present: Assessment

Future: Improvement

Two Types of Accreditation Institutional

Programmatic

Questions What are you trying to do?

Why?

How?

Why are you doing it this way?

Questions Is this the best way?

How do you know it works?

How to improve?

1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. Serbia

4. UNS

5. Conclusions

Serbia National Committee for Accreditation

of Higher Education

Procedure and documents produced

Overwhelmed with requests to open new private institutions

State of the affairs No common, systematic policy

No standards

No measures

No procedures

No legislature

Misunderstandings ISO

“We do a good job!”

“Our graduates are excellent!”

“As good as it gets!”

1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. Serbia

4. UNS

5. Conclusions

UNS: Vision Develop and maintain high quality

Leader in the region

European standards

University of Novi Sad Internal Accreditation Committee

Deals with UNS member institutions

Compatible with national and European standards and policies

Objectives Internal accreditation of programs

Help institutions

Promote accreditation

Documents General rules and procedures

Guide for self evaluation

Brochure

Some recommendations Legal framework

Awareness

Training

Develop criteria

Some recommendations All programs go through the

accreditation

Start with self evaluation reports

One member of the working group from outside S&M

Open questions

Inputs Outcomes

Evaluation

Open questions Criteria

What to do with institutions that are not accredited

What about the duplication of programs

1. Quality Assurance

2. Accreditation

3. Serbia

4. UNS

5. Conclusions

Conclusions Groundwork completed

Goal: prepare for action

Round table tomorrow