Quality Office
Welcome to the Quality Office at DKIT
Welcome to the Quality Office at DKIT
DkIT operates an integrated system for quality assurance and enhancement which contributes to the achievement of the Institute's Strategy. The strategic plan is aligned to the Institute’s Mission-Based Performance Compact between Dundalk Institute of Technology and Higher Education Authority (HEA) (https://hea.ie/higher-education-institutions/dundalk-institute-of-technology/performance/).
Figure 1: Quality Assurance and Enhancement System
Figure 1 illustrates the Quality Assurance and Enhancement System, which must be agile, responsive and effective/fit-for-purpose, and its relationship with Institute strategy. The Institute is responsible for the academic standards of awards made in its name, and for ensuring that the quality of the student learning experience, both undergraduate and postgraduate is exemplary, in order to enable students to achieve these standards.
DkIT assures and enhances the quality of its core activities of teaching, learning, research, engagement and service delivery through its regular review and continuous improvement process, its Quality Assurance and Enhancement Framework (Figure 2a).
Figure 2a: Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE) Framework
Figure 2b: Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE) Framework — Internal Monitoring and Internal Periodic Reviews
The mechanisms for assuring and enhancing the quality of provision include (Figure 2b):
Robust programme approval and curriculum review processes (including collaborative taught programmes).
DkIT’s Quality Assurance and Enhancement (QAE) Framework, and the quality assurance activities, that underpin it, enable DkIT to identify areas for improvement and is an enabler for a continuous improvement culture. All staff within the Institute contribute to the culture of quality and there is acceptance that this is a ‘continual process’ as new challenges and new ways of educating students and developing faculty and staff continue to be central to the work of the Institute. Areas of improvement are typically captured in actions plans which are developed, approved, implemented and monitored in a continuous improvement cycle. This in turn enhances the student experience and support students to succeed and contributes to the achievement of the DkIT Strategic Plan.
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