Quality Management Continuing Education

These «Standards of Quality Assurance and Development in Continuing Education» provide, among other things, for regular evaluations of all continuing-education programs by their directors at the following levels (they can be supplemented by feedback discussions if required):

• individual courses / modules
• whole course (short course, CAS, DAS, MAS)
• alumni surveys

The program directors use the evaluation results for the further development of the content of their programs, for adjustments to the structure of the program and for the further development of didactic formats (especially in the case of program revisions) as well as for the further development of the learning competences of the lecturers and for the selection of suitable lecturers.

In addition, annual reports are submitted by the program directors to the Continuing-Education Office, who presents the results in aggregated form in the overall annual report on continuing education for the attention of the Continuing-Education Committee, and the President’s Board.

The comprehensive implementation and practical realisation of the quality assurance system, is intended to ensure a consistently high quality of the continuing-education programs and their further development.

However, a real quality culture goes beyond formalized evaluations - it must be supported and lived by all participants in a constructive atmosphere of trust in order to develop. For example, informal feedback at all levels should be passed on to those responsible for the respective continuing-education programs and taken seriously by them so that, if necessary, the appropriate practical adjustments can be made.

If you have any questions, please contact:
email: evasys-wb@unibas.ch