1. Tempus BOPROCRO project Site visit to the University of Groningen May 10th 2005 Quality Assurance & Accreditation Alie van Arragon & Rob van Ouwerkerk

2. University of Groningen 22,000 students 5,000 employees 10 faculties 60 Bachelor’s programmes 100 Master’s programmes PhD programme/Graduate Schools

3. Quality Evaluation All universities Teaching every 6 years: national Research every 6 years: international Since 1988 Based on: self evaluation and visitation Students participate

4. Participants Before Programme Executive Board Education Inspection Board VSNU = Association of Dutch Universities

5. Consequences Before Positive report Passable / Middling Report Negative report Worst Case Scenario: yellow or red card Possible but never effectuated: red card

6. Changes: University & Quality Evaluation Secondary education Bachelor and Master T eaching = accreditation Research = funding & Top Master International standards

7. Participants Now Programme Executive Board & Education Committee NVAO = Dutch/ Flemish Accreditation Organization Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities

8. Route Two years before Accreditation Executive Board start process Programme: Evaluation Report University Education Advisory Committee Executive Board QANU

9. Route: next Visitation Committee visits University / Programme Report: oral & written, by QANU Metaevaluation by NVAO Executive Board requests accreditation from NVAO After: Ministry of Education judges necessity

10. Goals of External Quality Evaluation Testing Course by Quality Standards Peer review National Benchmark International Benchmark

11. Main Points Quality Evaluation Programme Goals Programme, tests & exams Lecturers Facilities Output: quality & quantity Research based Quality assurance

12. Consequences Now Positive report: what position? Passable / middling report: changes? Negative report: when can changes start? Worst Case Scenario: yellow or red card Yellow or red card means: second visitation No improvement: no accreditation

13. Accreditation Status and position of programme/faculty/department Status and position of the university State funding Value of degree / diploma Student (State) grants

14. Problems Programme as starting point RUG: 60 bachelor programmes and 100 master programmes Time consuming Expensive: Є 10.000 per programme Changing / Shifting Procedures

15. RUG: 2004-2005 programmes Languages: 25 Art & Culture: 4 Linguistics: 6 History: 8 Pedagogical, Educational & Social Sciences: 6 Medicine, Dentistry & Human Movement Sciences: 6 Pharmacy & Biomedical Engineering 6

16. Focus in RUG Internal Quality Assurance System Cycle 1 evaluation 2 correct/improve 3 check on effects and so on...

17. In what stage? Depends on - faculty - programme - and whom you ask