Assessment and certification Programme of University Departments

The report written by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and approved in the meeting of ministers held in Bergen establishes that the universities must create and develop a culture that recognizes the importance of quality. In order to achieve this, the universities must develop and implement a strategy for continuous improvement.

In order to help the universities carry out this recommendation, ACECAU decides to implement the Certification and Assessment Programme of Canarian University Departments.

Documents:

• Explanatory Document

• Participation Application

Tools for Self-Assessment.

• Self-Assessment Guide. This document lists the different dimensions to be developed in the Certification and Assessment Programme of Canarian University Departments.

• Protocol for the development of the Self-Assessment Report. This document has been designed to collect, in an organized way, the information resulting from the department’s self-diagnosis. 

• The Summary Tables of the data and indicators. This file collects the tables of quantitative data and indicators which facilitate the analysis.

• Glossary. This document collects the definition of the main Concepts which are employed in the assessment process.            

Tools for External Assessment.

•  Guide for External Assessment. This document lists the different activities to be carried out in the External Assessment process within the Certification and Assessment Programme of Canarian University Departments. Likewise, it points out which are to be the roles of the most important agents in the process and explains the different activities that are carried out in the external assessment process.

Tools for the Development of the Improvement Plan.

• Final Assessment Guide. This document has been designed to make the development of the improvement plan easier for the self-assessment committees. It collects the different stages to be developed until its complete achievement.

 The improvement plan, beside including the improvements to be implemented, should allow the control and  monitoring of the different actions to be developed, as well as the incorportion of  corrective actions in case of unforeseen eventualities.

Tools for the Monitoring of the Improvement Plan.

• Monitoring Document. This document intends to be a guide to carry out the monitoring of the Improvement Plan.

2006-2007 Call

Participating University departments

University	Department	Person in charge	Reports/document
ULL	Statistics, Operations Research and Information Technology	Luz Marina Moreno de Antonio	IA IEE PM
ULL	Mathematical Analysis	Martín M. Socas Robayna	IA IEE PM
ULL	Elementary Physics	Ernesto Pereda de Pablo (Coordinador) Juan P. Díaz González (Director de Departamento)	IA IEE PM
ULL	Physiology	Julián J. González González	IA IEE  PM
ULL	Physical Medicine and Pharmacology	Claudio A. Oton Sánchez	IA IEE PM
ULL	Organic Chemistry	José Antonio Palenzuela López	IA IEE  PM
ULPGC	Applied Economic Analysis	Javier campos Méndez	IA IEE PM
ULPGC	Department of Art, City and Territory	Vicente Mirallave Izquierdo	IA IEE PM
ULPGC	Spanish, Classic and Arabic Philology	Rosa María González Monllor	IA IEE PM
ULPGC	Physics	Jesús Gracía Pubiano	IA IEE  PM
ULPGC	Psychology and Sociology	José Carlos Rodríguez Trueba	IA IEE PM
ULPGC	Chemistry	José Juan Santana Rodríguez	IA IEE  PM

 IA: Self-assessment report

IEE: External assessment report

PM: Improvement Plan