The purpose of Mid Sweden University’s quality assurance system is to create the conditions and structures necessary for quality assurance and systematic quality improvement of the University’s programmes, courses, and research.
Quality assurance policy and Quality Assurance System for First-, Second- and Third-cycle Education
Quality assurance policy for courses and programmes
Mid Sweden University provides high-quality education. Mid Sweden University bases its academic programmes on high-quality research, outstanding educational environments, well-developed collaborations and a good work environment that offers equal opportunities for all. Courses and programmes are planned and conducted in a way that enables first-, second- and third-cycle students to achieve the intended learning outcomes of the education. Quality assurance and enhancement efforts are guided by meeting student needs and preferably exceeding their expectations.
To ensure and improve the quality of education, Mid Sweden University proactively and systematically integrates quality assurance and enhancement into the organisation and management. Quality assurance and enhancement support achieving the University’s vision and strategic objectives and fulfilling external quality requirements. Quality assurance and enhancement include quality assurance and continuous development, improving the conditions under which course and programme of offered, how they are offered, and the knowledge and skills that first-, second- and third-cycle students accumulate by the end of their studies.
Quality assurance and enhancement build on the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) and focus on the assessment criteria included in the University’s regular evaluations of first-, second- and third-cycle education.
Quality Assurance System for First-, Second- and Third-cycle Education
Mid Sweden University’s quality assurance system builds upon the Swedish Higher Education Act, the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance and the standards and guidelines that apply to all higher education in Europe. An important part of the quality system for education is, among other things, the "Three-leaf Clover" collaboration (Treklövern).
Quality assurance policy for research and Quality Assurance System for Research
Quality assurance policy for research
Mid Sweden University conducts research contributing to scientific development and sustainable development of society. Mid Sweden University strives to have its research recognised within the scientific community and within the community at large.
Research is conducted through active participation in national and international knowledge development and through the use and development of scholarly theories and methods in accordance with good research practice. This includes outreach to the surrounding community.
Research is to meet the requirements of the Swedish Higher Education Act and the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance and maintain the freedom and credibility of the research. Research by Mid Sweden University ensures access to a scientific basis for education by integrating research findings into all teaching.
To safeguard and improve the quality of research, Mid Sweden University conducts proactive, systematic and inclusive quality assurance and enhancement that is integrated into its activities and in organisational governance. Quality assurance and enhancement contribute to the realisation of the University’s vision and strategic objectives and fulfils external quality requirements. These include both quality assurance and the day-to-day development of research conditions, implementation, improvement and renewal.
Quality Assurance System for Research
A central starting point of Mid Sweden University’s Quality Assurance System for Research is the common framework for the quality assurance of higher education institutions and quality improvement of research prepared by the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institutions (SUHF).
The bulk of the work on quality assurance and improvement of research is conducted within the faculties. Each faculty has decided on faculty procedures, principles and work methods for quality assurance and improvement of research.
Structure and design of quality assurance
Both University’s Quality Assurance System for First-, Second- and Third-cycle Education and Mid Sweden University’s quality assurance system for research is based on the systematics illustrated in the improvement cycle, also referred to as the Plan-Do-Study-Act (PDSA) cycle. This means that quality assurance and enhancement are initiated and planned, that measures are implemented, that results are studied, and that quality assurance and enhancement result in learning, improvement, and development.
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