The Minutes of Ects Label Application Meeting on 30 January 2013

THE MINUTES OF ECTS LABEL APPLICATION MEETING ON 30 JANUARY 2013

The following decisions have been taken in the meeting of 30 January 2013 on Wednesday conducted by the Rector Prof. Dr. Burhanettin UYSAL in the senate meeting room.

1)Until ECTS Label Application process is completed, weekly assessment meetings with deans, directors, BEK and other participants will be conducted, and the decisions taken will be published on university Bologna web page in Turkish and English.

2)Until ECTS Label Application process is completed, Faculty/Vocational School/Institute boards and Department boards will continue to debate ECTS Label application in their meetings, and the decisions will be transmitted to all participants on the departmental web page in Turkish and English.

3)To achieve the student involvement in the process, relevant student representatives will be given chance to express their views in all meetings.

4)External stakeholders such as relevant non-governmental organizations and labour markets will be invited to ECTS Label Application meeting, and advisory boards will be formed to discuss ECTS Label Application process.

5)To enable the active involvement of students and employees in the process, the results of the following surveys have been carried out since 2008

a) Student Course Evaluation Survey

b) Student Management Evaluation Survey

c) Student Workload Evaluation Survey

d) Employee Management Evaluation Survey

These surveys should be made accessible, and necessary software should be prepared to compare and contrast these results with that of previous ones.

6) Web pages of all units should be standardized to make them easily accessible. In this aimnecessary coordination with the directory of IT department and periodical checks should bemade by the relevant unit.

7) The next level of ECTS label application process is accreditation and external auditing of the university. Therefore, it is necessary that the studies and the infrastructure should be planned to implement the aims. In all studies it is suggested that transparency, accountability, competence strength, uniqueness, a dynamic structure, stakeholder involvement and satisfaction, efficient use of resources, alumni success in business, internal check, internal control, external check, risk management, quality assurance, accreditation and recognisability process and terms should be considered.

8) Report options should be increased to analyse all the data in the ECTS information package database, which will minimize probable mistakes for an efficient process. For the efficient process, these should be sent to IT department coordinator before the weekly assessment meetings.

9) It is advised to encourage students for studying the titles such as ADEK, BEK, Total quality management, Management Decision support systems.

Useful Links

(Accreditation process and Program Proficiency for Engineering)

(Sample ECTS info pack, İzmir University of Economics)

TYYÇ - Program Proficiency/Outcomes Field Proficiency Interrelation

Useful Links

(Accreditation process and Program Proficiency for Engineering)

(Sample ECTS info pack, İzmir University of Economics)

(Frame of Higher Education Proficiency, Turkey)

(Sample Accredited Program, ITU Machine Engineering)

The Items on the Agenda for next meeting on 6 February 2013 16:00

1) Assessment of decisions taken in the previous meeting

2) Course info pack; learning and program outcomes relationship

3) Student workload calculation

4) Deciding the items on agenda for next meeting.

Rector Prof. Dr. Burhanettin UYSAL

Vice Rector Prof. Dr. İbrahim KADI

Dean of Engineering FacultyProf. Dr. Erol ARCAKLIOĞLU

Vice Dean of Faculty of Technical EducationAssociate Prof. Dr. Mustafa YAŞAR

Acting Dean of Science facultyProf.Dr. İhsan ULUER

Dean of Faculty of LettersProf. Dr. Zeki TEKİN

Dean of SFT Faculty of Fine Arts and DesignProf. Dr. Ahmet GÜRBÜZ

Dean of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sci.Prof. Dr. Sait AŞGIN

Vice Dean of Faculty of ManagementAssist. Prof. Dr.Metin KILIÇ

Dean of Faculty of TechnologyAssoc. Prof. Dr. Bilge DEMİR

Vice Dean of Faculty of ForestryAssoc. Prof. Dr. Şeref KURT

Dean of Safranbolu Tourism FacultyProf. Dr. Ahmet GÜRBÜZ

Dean of Medical FacultyProf. Dr. Nihat EKİNCİ

Vice Dean of Faculty of TheologyAssist. Prof. Dr.İbrahim Hakkı İMAMOĞLU

Director of H.D. Sports AcademyAssist. Prof. Dr.Temel ÇAKIROGLU

Director of Foreign Languages SchoolAssist. Prof. Dr. İrfan TOSUNCUOĞLU

Director of Health AcademyAssist. Prof. Dr.Eyüp ALTINÖZ

Director of Health Services AcademyAssist. Prof. Dr. Eyüp ALTINÖZ

Vice-Director of Eskipazar Vocational SchoolAssist. Prof. Dr.Dr. Oğuzhan ACAR

Deputy Director of Vocational SchoolAssist. Prof. Dr.Ulaş MATİK

Vice Director of Safranbolu Vocational SchoolInstructor Selahattin ALTAN

Director of Iron-Steel InstituteAssoc. Prof. Dr. Cevdet GÖLOĞLU

Director of Science InstituteProf. Dr. Nizamettin KAHRAMAN

Director of Social Sciences InstituteAssoc. Prof. Dr. Abdullah KARAKAYA

Head of Western Languages and Lit. DepartmentProf. Dr. Ali GÜNEŞ

Director of Student Services DepartmentMustafa CÜNÜK

Director of IT DepartmentRecep KILINÇ

Director of Health, Culture and Sports Dep.Özcan BÜYÜKGENÇ

Coordinator of International RelationsOya ÖNALAN

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