Improving Institutional QA throught

student's participation

Alina GAVRA, ANOSRASPR International Conference of Psychology Students, 6-9 May, 2010

National Alliance of Student Organizations in Romania

64 local student organizations

27 Romanian Universities, from 15 Centres

Full member of European Student’s Union

ANOSR and QASince 2005 we have been active in the field of QA contributing in developing a

quality culture in Romania

We have contributed to the realization of the first set of standards and guidelines

We select applicant students using a set of standards and procedures and we train students in order to perform a further external evaluations.

We have represented the student’s perspective in ARACIS evaluation made by ESU and ENQA

We are participating in European Quality Assurance Forum

Involving students in quality assurance

students are more then ever aware of what they need

students have a fundamental interest

the quality of their education affects their academic development and professional careers

the quality of their education determines their future lives

the process of QA is more effective if students are

involved

Report on the Implementation of Bologna Process 2009 – student perspective

Student Organizations Forum 2009

23 universities

Main Conclusions

Students tend not to be regarded as equal partners in educational and decision-making structures

Not all the universities in Romania involve students in QA departments – 12% of the HEI don’t involve students in internal QA process

Only 10% of the QA Departments focus on research on social dimension regarding students

In over 70% of universities students are not involved in any way in curriculum design

• In 75% HEIs -> Psychology Services, of which < 40 % seem to reach their objectives

• Adaptation of the teaching methods (<50% changed their teaching styles and instruments for SCL improvement)

• Organizations consider that ECTS was implemented just formally

National level

Improvements regarding students’ feedback on QA & review teams

improvement on students training in QA domain

Need for better understanding of QA

Students should be full and equal members of the ARACIS Council and other relevant bodies of ARACIS.

Enhancing quality through creating a quality culture

Thank You

for

your attention!