Development
In the summer semester of 2015, the Senate convened the temporary working group “System Accreditation Task Force” under the leadership of the acting Vice-Rector for Studies and Teaching, which was tasked with proposing a concept for a quality development system (QES).
Based on the motivation and community of all colleagues, a fundamental exchange was first held on the various subject cultures, internal procedures and quality standards already practiced in the area of teaching and learning. With this common principle, procedures, instruments, roles and documents for quality assurance and development of the degree programs were discussed and designed. In the spirit of a constantly evolving cooperation and learning system, the key development statuses were regularly communicated and tested in the faculties. This enabled the faculties to test the structural and process components of the QES and to feed their experiences back into the System Accreditation Task Force.
The OVGU quality offensive: On the way to system accreditation
A model has been developed and implemented under the coordination of the central Quality Assurance Officer and in cooperation with faculty representatives, students and service staff, which enables the autonomous development and assurance of the quality of the study programs. This is the development to date and the outlook:
Confirmation of quality - successful completion of the system accreditation procedure in July 2019
- Statutes for the assurance and development of quality in studies and teaching adopted in 2018
- First on-site visit with external expert group carried out by accreditation agency evalag in 2018
- Two inspections with external expert group by accreditation agency evalag in 2019
- Positive conclusion of the procedure in July 2019
- Ceremonial handover of the system accreditation certificate on September 16, 2019
Quality assessment - audit for system accreditation by the end of 2017
- Internal review of the quality development model with the task force
- Opening of the procedure with submission of the application for accreditation at the end of May 2017
- Adoption of the mission statement for teaching and learning with seven guidelines
Quality design by June 2016
- Elaboration of quality standards and development of a process- and dialogue-oriented model for quality development with the task force: definition of standardized processes for the (further) development, introduction and closure of study programs, for the assessment of program quality (evaluation concept), etc.
- Pilot run: testing the processes
- Review and selection of the agency
Quality assessment by June 2015
- Commitment of the university management to the quality offensive
- Definition of general quality standards for OVGU's process areas by the university management
- Presentation of the project and approach at the Special Commission for Studies and Teaching [15.04.2015]
- Establishment of a system accreditation task force