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The Rectorate has system responsibility for
quality enhancement of NTNU's study programmes and teaching. In this role, the
Rectorate is to
- approve the top-level process diagram and
revisions of this
- specify the sub-processes, activities and
interfaces in the teaching process that are to be included in the quality
assurance programme
- submit a report to the Board every year
regarding NTNU's quality assurance of study programmes, teaching and
assessment
The Education Committee (Utdanningsutvalget) is
the reference group/advisory group for the Rectorate in this work.
The Director of Academic and Student Affairs is
the system owner of the support system for education quality at NTNU. The
'support system' is understood as the computer application with process
diagrams, activity tables, and the tools associated with them.
The Director of Academic and Student Affairs
establishes a link with a person who is dedicated to the task of 'system
ownership', and who reports directly to the Director of Academic and Student
Affairs.
The system owner holds the responsibility on
behalf of the whole organization. The objective is to ensure stable operation
and good availability for the users as well as continuous improvement of the
system.
As system owner of the support system, the
Director of Academic and Student Affairs is to
- operate, maintain and develop the system
- train and provide guidance to the users
- have systematic and regular contact with the
users and the sub-process owners as a basis for revising and improving the
system
- submit proposals to the Prorector for
revisions of the process diagrams and the activities and interfaces that are to
undergo quality assurance
- budget for costs related to operations,
development and training
The responsibility for maintaining and improving
process and sub-process descriptions, activity tables, and standard tools in the support system
is allocated as follows, cf. the top-level process diagram:
| Develop the programmes of
study: |
Student and Academic Division |
| Plan teaching, assessment and
evaluation: |
Student and Academic Division |
| Carry out assessment (Examination and
examination marking): |
Student and Academic Division |
| Carry out teaching: |
Student and Academic Division |
| Evaluate courses and programmes: |
Programme for Teacher Education (PLU)
through the section for Educational Training for University Staff (Uniped)
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| Inform and advise students: |
Student and Academic Division |
In consultation with the system administrator
and in close contact with the users, process owners are to
- describe and document the process
- continue the development of the activity
tables and standard tools related to the process
- needed, propose adjustment of the top-level
process diagram
- provide guidance and training within the
process
Proposals for changes are to be communicated to
the system administrator with responsibility for making the specific changes in
the common part of the support system.
| Relevant links (in
Norwegian): |
| Description of the system
administration |
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The Dean is responsible for implementing and
following up the quality programme in the faculty.
Important duties are to
- stimulate renewal in the academic content and
the teaching approaches used in courses, programmes and programme portfolios
- ensure that programmes of study entrusted to
the faculty have a programme management responsible for coordination
- ensure that work with quality is followed up
in line with the intentions
- lead initiatives to develop and introduce
tools and aids adapted to the faculty's own study culture
- place quality development on the agenda in
relevant forums such as the executive meeting
- regularly meet the heads of departments and
programme coordinators to arrive at measures for improvement in the short and
the longer term
- prepare an annual report on the faculty's
work with quality
- implement improvement measures within the
faculty's sphere of responsibility and bring measures into the correct
decision-making procedure (curriculum revision, budget and resource allocation,
professional development, infrastructure, etc.)
- reward good teaching work
FUL is an administrative committee under the
Education Committee, and deals with matters within the responsibilities
described in the mandate for the Education Committee. FUL may be granted
authority to resolve matters within delimited areas.
FUL is headed by a
committee chair, who has the right to attend and address meetings in the
Education Committee.
The administrative committee for teacher
education has the following duties:
- Take the initiative with respect to the
Education Committee in matters concerning the teacher education programmes
- Put forward recommendations regarding the
structure of the teacher education programmes
- Approve the curricula for practical
educational training in the teacher education programmes
- In collaboration with the faculties, submit
proposals to the Education Committee regarding the size and admission criteria
for the teacher education programmes
- In collaboration with the faculties and the
local programme councils, ensure that NTNU's quality work is followed up within
the teacher education programmes
- Submit proposals to the Rector for statements
on behalf of NTNU in response to requests for comments in matters relevant to
the teacher education programmes
- Consider and decide on applications for
exemption from Section 4 subsection 4 of the regulations for studies
(studieforskriften)
- Ensure that the teacher education programmes
comply with national curricula and monitor achievement of the learning
objectives for these programmes
- Prepare matters to be considered by the
Education Committee. The matters are put forward by the Director of Academic
and Student Affairs.
- Report to the Education Committee on
decisions that have been made in accordance with authorizations.
- Prepare an annual report on the teacher
education activities at NTNU, emphasizing measures to improve quality
- Actively promote the equal opportunity
perspective in the teacher education programmes
- Strive to take care of NTNU's interests
regarding representation in relevant national and international forums
- Provide advice to the faculties about
subjects that may be included in a teacher education programme, and in
collaboration with the faculties arrive at recommended programmes of study and
combinations with the teaching profession in mind
FUS is an administrative committee under the
Education Committee, and deals with matters within the responsibilities
described in the mandate for the Education Committee. FUS may be granted
authority to resolve matters within delimited areas.
FUS is headed by a
committee chair, who has the right to attend and address meetings in the
Education Committee.
The administrative committee for engineering
studies has the following duties:
- Take the initiative with respect to the
Education Committee in matters concerning engineering studies
- Put forward recommendations regarding the
structure of the programmes in engineering studies
- Approve curricula for engineering studies
- In collaboration with the faculties, submit
proposals to the Education Committee regarding the size and admission criteria
for the programmes of study in engineering.
- In collaboration with the faculties and the
local programme councils, ensure that NTNU's quality work is followed up within
engineering studies
- Submit proposals to the Rector for statements
on behalf of NTNU in response to requests for comments in matters relevant to
engineering studies
- Consider and decide on applications for
exemption from Section 4 subsection 4 of the regulations for studies
(studieforskriften) with respect to the guidelines and practice in effect
- Approve learning objectives for the degree
and monitor achievement of the learning objectives for the various programmes
in engineering studies
- Prepare matters to be considered by the
Education Committee. The matters are put forward by the Director of Academic
and Student Affairs
- Report to the Education Committee on
decisions that have been made in accordance with authorizations
- Prepare an annual report on the engineering
studies at NTNU, emphasizing measures to improve quality
- Actively promote the equal opportunity
perspective in engineering studies
- Strive to take care of NTNU's interests
regarding representation in relevant national and international forums
The faculty/host faculty designates a programme
coordinator and a programme council for its programmes of study. The programme
management is to strive to achieve a well structured programme with academic,
administrative, and practical consistency across the courses. It is to
contribute to ensuring that the programmes provide competence that is needed
and sought after in the labour market and society of today and the future.
The programme management is to
- stimulate academic and educational renewal
in the programme and in the courses that it includes
- ensure that the quality work applicable to
the programme is performed as intended
- propose the academic structure of the
programme, and in this connection consider the composition, profile of the
courses, progression, fields of study and programme options
- present resource requirements to the
department and faculty to create the necessary completeness and consistency in
the programme
- each semester, convene a meeting of the
course coordinators in connection with planning and implementation of teaching
and assessment, cf. the clause under responsible teaching staff
- evaluate the programme by
- maintaining the necessary contact with
the outside world to enable assessment of the need and demand for
competence
- holding follow-up meetings with course
coordinators and representatives of the reference groups to check the progress
and direction in relation to the objectives
- regularly evaluating the whole programme
and the individual courses within it
- initiating continuous evaluation in each
semester and undertake a final evaluation of the programme every year
- undertaking a more extensive evaluation
of the programme each xxth year
- monitoring the distribution of grades over
time in the programme of study, and introducing measures as needed
- on the basis of the evaluations,
implementing improvement measures within the scope of its authority and
proposing improvement measures in other respects to the management of the
department and faculty in question
- reporting on the activities undertaken for
quality assurance in accordance with the requirements of the quality
system
The head of the department is responsible for
the academic and educational standard of the department's courses. The head of
the department is to stimulate and to create an environment which encourages
continuous quality enhancement through compliance with the routines and
follow-up of evaluations with actions.
The head of the department is to
- stimulate academic and educational renewal in
the course portfolio
- place the development of quality on the
agenda for the department's management meeting
- ensure that each course has a course
coordinator
- obtain resources for the courses and, in
collaboration with the programme coordinator and course coordinator, adapt the
programme in relation to the resources
- ensure that the courses are adapted to the
needs of the programmes
- ensure that planning and implementation of
the teaching and examinations complies with the intentions of the quality
system
- make the arrangements required for the staff
to receive the necessary development of academic and teaching competence
- ensure that the courses are systematically
evaluated
- monitor the grading at the department, both
over time and in relation to national norms (cf. the national reference panel)
and initiate measures as needed
- hold meetings with course coordinators to
discuss improvement measures based on evaluation reports and other information
- follow-up the initiatives with respect to the
appropriate entity and in suitable processes
- reward good teaching
The course coordinator is appointed by the head
of the department, and is responsible for planning and implementing teaching
and assessment in accordance with the learning objectives for the course. In
addition, the course coordinator is to create good academic, practical and
administrative coordination and consistency.
The course coordinator is to
- undertake quality assurance and quality
enhancement of the courses in line with the principles in the quality system
- report resource requirements to the
department management and allocate the resources assigned
- report needs for teaching materials and
media, equipment, infrastructure, etc., to the department, library, bookshop,
Technical Division, etc.
- prepare a semester plan that, on the basis
of the learning objectives, presents work methods, teaching activities and any
assignments and projects to be completed during the semester
- convene a meeting of the teaching staff for
the course to plan teaching, evaluation, and assessment
- communicate the semester plan and improvement
measures to the students in the learning support system (for example, the
learning management system "It's learning")
- participate in the management meetings for
the programme of study when quality and improvement measures are on the agenda
- take the initiative to create a reference
group for the course at the start of the semester, and convene meetings of the
reference group at least three times during the semester
- ensure that the assignments that form the
basis for grading are in line with the learning objectives and that they are
quality assured
- make the arrangements necessary for an
appropriate assessment of students' performance and for grading of examinations
in line with national norms
- continuously evaluate teaching and learning
and together with the reference group sum up the status and initiate or propose
measures applicable to the next implementation of the semester in question
- discuss the results from the evaluations and
improvement measures with the head of the department
- report on the activities undertaken in
quality assurance in accordance with the requirements of the quality system
Where several staff members share the teaching
for a course, they form a project group headed by the course coordinator.
The teaching staff
- planning and implementation of teaching and
examinations as well as the evaluation of the teaching with follow-up
- shall on their own initiative raise academic,
educational and practical matters that could improve the quality of the course
with the course coordinator
It is expected that students will be included
and play an active role in the evaluation of courses and programmes of study,
as well as in the ensuing discussions aimed at determining suitable improvement
measures.
- To achieve this at the course
level,
- the course coordinator discusses the quality
of the teaching and learning activities with the students at least 3 times
during the semester: at the beginning, to review the semester plan and
evaluation system; in connection with the continuous evaluation; and in
connection with the final evaluation. It is important to discuss improvement
measures both for the semester in question and for the next time the semester
is held. The evaluation report with proposals for improvement measures is
published through It's learning and is also
- Reference groups:
- In subjects with many students, it is a
requirement that the participation takes place in the form of reference groups
for the individual course. The group comprises 2-3 students who are designated
by the students at the beginning of the semester as well as the member of the
teaching staff who is responsible for the course.
- At the level of the study
programme:
- Representatives of the reference groups
within a programme of study meet the management of the programme in a
corresponding manner, inter alia to assess the academic, administrative, and
practical aspects of the programme as a whole. These meetings will also focus
on improvement measures in the short and the long term.
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