ERASMUS+EQAC Swot SWOT analysis of Sumgayit State Univer - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ERASMUS+EQAC • Swot SWOT analysis of Sumgayit State • • Univer University in the frame of • • E ERASMUS+EQAC project SPAIN VISIT 3-7 JUNE Alicante University

ERASMUS+EQAC

S W In terms of Standard 1.5: Teaching staff, • In terms of Standard 1.3: Student-centered Teaching and Learning Center has been • learning, teaching and assessment, created for the improvement of the In terms of Standard 1.1: Policy for quality • competences of teachers and students. assurance, the university has a policy for In terms of Standard 1.6: Learning • monitoring groups of quality, but it needs to resources and student support, facilities improve. such as libraries, dormitories, In terms of Standard 1.2: Design and • approval of programs, the approach is laboratories, cafeteria, center for traditional and needs improvement based students with disabilities, language on ESG standards. centers etc. has been created. In terms of Standard 1.4: Student admission, • In terms of Standard 1.7: Information • progression, recognition and certification, management, Moodle program have the processes are traditional and paper based. It needs being electronic and been installed for the management of systematic. information. Trainings have been In terms of Standard 1.9: On-going • conducted to teach the staff and monitoring and periodic review of students how to use Moodle. programs, monitoring groups usually check In terms of Standard 1.8: Public the issues such as quality of teaching, • ethics, programs. But it is not satisfactory Information, a journal has been started compared to the expectations of ESG. being prepared to inform the public In terms of Standard 1.10: Cyclical external • about the activities of the university. quality assurance, the only external quality assurance is done by Ministry of Education.

ERASMUS+EQAC Strengths SSU in general Weakness of SSU in general • SSU administration open for • lack of English speaking staff and • innovation ideas and support all staff students members and creative students in not having distant education • any productive activities. (having e-learning) We have access to Tomson Reuter • not having Multi - Media center data base. University paid 50 • thousand euro for access. lack of number of exchange • SSU has the council of dissertation • programs defense given by the Ministry of lack of international students • Education. It is advantage side for our staff, there is no need to apply lack of double degree programs • capital universities to get PhD not having hostel and Guest • education. House (but currently refuges are Not fully one profiled being university, • moved from our university hostel, SSU is profiled in technical and reconstruction to be continued) humanitarian directions. It is also advantage side of the university. We being of regional university • can offer specialists in technical and humanitarian fields. Having Quality Assurance Center •

ERASMUS+EQAC OPPORTUNITIES In terms of Standard 1.5: Teaching staff, • In terms of Standard 1.1: Policy for quality competition among teachers will increase, • assurance, there is a good opportunity to competent teachers will stand out, reward adopt such a policy, and it will enable us to mechanism will be created to stimulate teachers. systemize all the quality related work and In terms of Standard 1.6: Learning resources and • introduce new quality-wise ideas. student support, adoption of ESG standards will In terms of Standard 1.2: Design and • direct the university funding to create facilities, approval of programs, will create resources, and equipment according to the needs opportunities for the creation of dual of these standards. degrees, student and staff mobility locally In terms of Standard 1.7: Information management, • and internationally application of these standards will create an In terms of Standard 1.3: Student-centered • interest in adoption of electronic management learning, teaching and assessment, there systems, electron document circulation systems, will be opportunities to distinguish between electron management of financial issues, good and bad lessons and enable students electronic libraries etc. choose lessons they like. In terms of Standard 1.8: Public Information, the • In terms of Standard 1.4: Student admission, • opportunities will be created in terms of creation of progression, recognition and certification, it journals, Open Access, reports, promotional will provide opportunity for better materials etc. mechanism, bureaucracy will be decreased, student satisfaction will In terms of Standard 1.9: On-going monitoring and • increase etc. periodic review of programs, it will provide an opportunity to keep the quality in high level and keep up with the other universities. In terms of Standard 1.10: Cyclical external quality • assurance, it will increase the responsibility, and make the process owners more responsible for their work, and thereby increase the quality. •

ERASMUS+EQAC Opportunities in general Being a part of EQAC project • having Career Center, It Center, MS and Phd Center, • Training Center for International students, Teaching and learning Center (TLC), Linguistics Center and Quality Assurance Center (QAC was created in the frame of EQAC project in April 2019) Being unique high education institution in Sumgayit city. • Participation at the international projects as a partner • gives us an opportunity to cooperate with world universities and retraining staff.

ERASMUS+EQAC In terms of Standard 1.1: Policy for quality In terms of Standard 1.6: Learning resources • • assurance, some people may have political and student support, facilities, resources, resistance due to not desiring to change and equipment purchased may be waste of money, if not used or in case project fails In terms of Standard 1.2: Design and • approval of programs, it may take a lot of In terms of Standard 1.7: Information • time to design programs according to the management, equipment, systems, tools needs of ESG. It will take a long time for the will be hard to maintain, and it will be waste staff to adjust the programs. of money if it is not properly used by the staff. In terms of Standard 1.3: Student-centered • learning, teaching and assessment, it is In terms of Standard 1.8: Public Information, • really hard and requires a lot of energy, the desire to create materials such as time and resources to monitor whether journals, reports, promotional materials everyone follows the principles of student require a lot of energy, time and resources centered learning. It will be challenge to In terms of Standard 1.9: On-going • change from the traditional teaching and monitoring and periodic review of learning philosophy to contemporary programs, academic integrity may not be constructive methods. abided by the monitors which will render In terms of Standard 1.4: Student admission, the entire monitoring processes useless. • progression, recognition and certification, In terms of Standard 1.10: Cyclical external • recognition of ECTS credits may still face quality assurance, application of new challenges bureaucratically. The numbers approaches in cyclical external review may of students complete degrees on time will require changes in the administration and decrease. thereby affect overall process. It may be In terms of Standard 1.5: Teaching staff, positive but also negative as well. • teachers may not have the motivation in • order to increase their competences •

ERASMUS+EQAC Threats in general • No specialization provides degree courses in English, which limits admission of international students. Students with higher admission marks (higher IQ) • chose to study in capital universities. • Lack of younger teaching staff in technical specializations.

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