Self-assessment with YHU quality assurance tool at the Institute of Economics, Management and Informatics
On 17 May, the Institute of Law and International Relations held a quality assessment discussion with the participation of the Director of the Institute A. Harutyunyan, Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs S. Hovhannisyan, N. Hovsepyan, Head of Career Centre and study programme working groups manager, teachers, students, Vice-Rector H. Kazhoyan, Development and Education Quality Assurance Coordinator M. Hovhannisyan, and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer student Y. Hovhannisyan. The participants discussed their standards-related observations. To enhance quality they proposed to proceed with the following recommendations: organize discussions among students, sign stable and long-term internship contracts with employers, improve the activities of educational support systems, revise the written mid-term exams in some subjects to make them oral, tighten the admission process of students, carry out professional training sessions and support teacher development, share experience with teachers and administrative staff of other universities, update the website and Facebook, develop research promotion approaches, cooperate with communities, sign service provision contracts with municipalities, etc.
At the end of the meeting, engagement, motivation, and appreciation of the hourly paid teachers and external participants in the university’s development and quality assurance activities were also discussed.
The annual self-assessment cycle aims to identify strengths and weaknesses and make changes.
