Quality management at the University of Jyväskylä

High-quality educational activities

We value teaching and ensure its continuous quality development. We secure equal and non-discriminating opportunities for our students for their learning and the development of their expertise. We support and promote students’ learning capacity and take care of their wellbeing.

The education development programme included in the university’s strategy, “Educating experts with influence”, guides the university’s educational activities and related development. The Education Council monitors the state of education, the implementation of the strategy development programme as well as the progress of evaluation-based development measures.

Educational activities are strongly directed by various regulations. The quality assurance criteria for the university’s education programmes are applied when establishing new degree programmes or when revising or discontinuing existing ones. Shared policies guide curriculum planning, setting learning outcomes, supervision and study planning (personal study plans). In addition, the three-year curriculum development cycle includes a systematic evaluation study conducted by the Finnish Institute for Educational Research.

“For me, quality means above all high-quality teaching. Of the kind The feedback system for that inspires you to gain education is one of the main tools for educational quality new insights and develop management. Student feed- yourself as a critical back on teaching, guidance and education is used in rethinker.” lated development activities. Nina Kumpulainen We develop our teaching STUDENT, DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE and educational activities in a research-based way in ment projects and teachers’ research multidisciplinary and international periods. Our JYULearn concept helps collaboration. Students are actively us develop learning environments in involved in educational development, a research-based way and promote in preparing curricular policies, in cur- teachers’ pedagogical expertise in riculum planning, andas members of these developing digital environmedevelopment groups of their faculties nts. Within the Student Life concept, and departments as well as serving as we develop and examine services and liaisons toward their subject associa- programmes that promote students’ tions. learning capacity and wellbeing. By We promote the high quality of edu- following the principles of high-qualication and teaching by, for example, ty guidance and providing supportive ensuring appropriate weighting of training for the application of these, teaching merits in recruitment, provi- we ensure equitable support for the ding training in university pedagogy, advancement of our students’ studies. funding teaching-related develop-

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Goals of education Education development programme Quality assurance criteria for education programmes Curricula Learning outcomes for degrees and study components High-quality guidance at the University of Jyväskylä Personal study plans (PSP) DO

Degree Regulations Implementation plans for guidance Assessment criteria for learning and competence Accessibility and nondiscrimination at the University of Jyväskylä Recognition of prior learning Processing of academic fraud CHECK

Monitoring of the strategy development programme Key statistics for education Assessments and accreditations Feedback on guidance, teaching and learning ACT

Development of teaching JYU model for the development of teaching, developmental projects and research periods Development of JYULearn learning environments Research-based development of the curriculum process Development of Student Life action model and activities Development of JYUStart initial orientation for students Development of educational support services Development of teachers’ expertise

“In teaching, quality means that teaching is carefully planned and based on research knowledge and that teaching includes genuine encounters to empower both studentsand teachers.”

Pekka Koskinen SENIOR LECTURER, VICE HEAD, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS “In practice, educational quality management means, for instance, that the curriculum process is developed in a research-based way and curricular planning is guided by collaboratively prepared policies. This way we can ensure that we develop high-quality curricula as well as learning outcomes for degrees and their components. We support the implementation of students’ personal study plans by means of high-quality guidance, for which we have shared principles and training that helps apply them.” Marja-Leena Laakso VICE RECTOR RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ