Faculty Review

Each semester, the University Quality Assurance Committee (UQAC) carries-out on-site-visits to all Faculties and Branches with the purpose of reviewing the workflow of the quality assurance system as follows:

• Investigating with the purpose of determining whether the actions and results referring to quality are in accordance with BAU standards, and international accreditation bodies’ requirements, and whether these standards are suitable for achieving the set goals and they are really being implemented.
• Focusing on some “Internal Evaluation Areas” for the enhancement of teaching and learning such as Quality of Curricula, Implementation & Delivery of Curricula, Student Assessment, Student Progression and Achievement, Social Responsibility, Learning Resources and Student Life.

Assessing the level of success in community participation in the following areas:

• The contribution that the Faculty makes.
• The range of activities, relevance to the BAU’s mission and strategic plan.
• Examples of effective practice.
• Relationship and network with other academic institutions, alumni, friends, other organizations.
• Deep public engagement.

Assessing international relations and the effectiveness in achieving maximum benefits for both parties and emerging trends in teaching and learning across borders through the following areas:

• Students’ and staff mobility or exchange.
• Participation in international events and debates.
• Engagement in exploring new practices form international cooperation.
• Partnerships to establish collaboration.

During the internal audit site-visits, the Committee achieve its responsibilities in reviewing documentation of the following:

• Curricular and extracurricular activities.
• The ongoing educational process.
• Faculties’ action plans and
• Many other items included in the internal audit “Check-list”.
• After each site-visit, the internal audit team submit their comments, according to the “Check-list” items, to the QAC to collect them in order to write the report.
• The Quality Assurance Center issues the site-visits reports. These reports includes comments and recommendations and concludes a summary of the Faculty’s strengths, Opportunities For Improvement (OFI), and prospects to be sent to the Faculty Dean.
• The Faculty gives its reasoned opinion on whether the standards have been met for each area. The Faculty Dean responds to this report on whether these comments are adequate and he/she has to make specific action plan for improvement.
• In addition, believing in the effective role of students in directing their learning, the internal audit team holds meeting with students to express their objective opinion toward their “Satisfaction” concerning the followings: