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YEREVAN STATE ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS


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YSAFAs participation in Workshops and

Coordination Meetings in the frames of

TEMPUS DIUSAS

KickOff meeting in Koblenz-Landau University, October 2010

DIUS meeting in Le Mans Universite du Maine, June 2011

DIUS meeting in Yerevan, March 2012

Workshop in Wroclaw University of Technology, May, 2012

DIUSAS meeting in Koblenz-Landau University, July 2012

Workshop in Roma Link Campus University, August 2012

Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts


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Topics discussed at the DIUSAS

meetings Quality Systems in European Universities; Quality Assurance Policy in Wroclaw

University of Technology;

Understanding and Assessing Quality;

University Evaluation;

Quality Evaluation Tools;

Universitys self-assessment report.

Quality Indicators;



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Major Findings of First Self-assessment in the

frames of DIUSAS

The academy had no QA network and QA policy;

The Academy has to work out a policy and followup procedures for approval and monitoring of theacademic programs;

The Academy has to have a written policy forquality assurance of the teaching staff;

The Academy has to improve its information

systems; The Academy has to revise its public information

policy.



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ESG 7: Public Information

Institutions should regularly publish up to

date, impartial and objective information,both quantitative and qualitative, about the

programs and awards they are offering.



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Mapping of ESG7

Development and

implementation of PI policyand procedures

Monitoring of and review of

PI policy

Public Information Statistics /employmentrate, students progress

rate/

General Informationabout academy

Information about

academic programs:

Specializations

Qualifications

Information about

Students assessmentpolicy

Self-assessment report

Discussions with

teachers

Questionnaire forstudents

Questionnaire for

applicants/parents

Questionnaire for

employers


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Worked out tools according to the mapping of esg7:

Questionnaire for students;

Questionnaire for applicants;

Questionnaire for employers.

Bottom up approach


Implementationof the tools

Analysis of theresults of the

surveys

Fact finding Development of PIpolicy


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Purpose of the questionnaires

to explore the effectiveness of the means ofgetting information;

to find out the most popular/common ways of

getting information among the stakeholders; to find out how the information provided by

YSAFA works, whether the stakeholders getsufficient information about YSAFAs activities;

to find out what missing information thestakeholders are interested in and by which meansthey would like to get regular information.



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In May, 2012 YSAFA QA department

implemented the worked out questionnairesand hold survey among the students,

applicants and employers.



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Students survey -14% of the students

The Major Findings:

- Only 40% are satisfied with the provided information;

- The students have no access to the Academy guide;

- Academy has no PR policy for presentations by Massmedia;

- The students need face-to-face meetings with topmanagement of the Academy;

- The students request to insert Academys financialreport in the information sources of the Academy.



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Applicants survey - 26% of the applicants

The Major Findings:

- The applicants need more detailed informationabout the demands of the entrance exams;

- The applicants need more detailed informationabout the assessment of the entrance exams;

- The Academy has a poor PR policy for the

potential applicants and has to organizemeetings and presentations for the pupils ofhigh schools.



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Employers survey

The Major Findings:

- The Academy has to research the job market;

- The Academy has a poor PR policy for jobmarket;

- The Academys employers list has to be

revised.



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Future Changes in YSAFA PI Policy

YSAFA needs to:

clarify mass media venues and the dissemination channels for

advertising the Academys activities which will alsoconduce/promote applicants stream to the Academy;

increase the circulation of the guides edition and distribute itamong the students;

insert its financial report in its official information sources to

ensure its activitys transparency; provide more detailed information about the entrance exams

demands and assessment;



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Future Changes in YSAFA PI Policy

YSAFA needs to:

create mechanisms for attracting pupils of higher schools tocome and study in Academy.

review the list of the potential employers and to presentAcademys activity to them.

invite them to the shows of the students creative works/exams/, to sign contracts with the employers, to provide withinformation about Academys graduates skills andqualifications;

sign cooperation contracts with the employers;

work out feedback mechanisms for graduates;

create career center.



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The significant achievements of the

Academys participation in TEMPUS

DIUSAS

Establishment of the Quality Assurance Department in

YSAFA;

Equipped QA office (equipping of the office was financed

by TEMPUS project);

Creation of QA network in YSAFA.



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Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts expresses

its sincere gratitude to:

TEMPUS project;

TEMPUS DIUSAS program coordinators Dr. Klaus

Troitzsch and Dr. Serge Chernyshenko; NTO-Armenias coordinator Lana Karlova;

Mr. Rouben Topchyan and Mrs. Susanna

Karakhanyan and ANQA team;

European and Armenian partner universities.



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Thank You!

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