Education Quality Steering Committee

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• Tasks

  General duties of the Steering Committee:

  • Advises (solicited and unsolicited) on matters concerning the quality culture and the system of educational quality (care);
  • Advises on important (new) themes of educational policy and educational innovation, thereby stimulating the phase of thought;
  • Plays a role in the monitoring and evaluation of (quality) policy and (broad) supervision of the quality of education;
  • In this capacity, is ultimately responsible for the Teaching Quality Handbook which contains all VU-wide policy, including the applicable quality requirements;
  • If requested, advises the Executive Board on faculty documents as part of the VU-wide planning & control cycle (faculty education annual report and annual plan).

  More specific tasks of the Steering Committee:

  • Reviews and advises the Executive Board on all applications for a test new program (TNO) before they are submitted to the NVAO (accreditation of new programs);
  • Assesses applications for new university minors annually;
  • Evaluates annually the existing range of university minors;
  • Is a permanent member of the reading groups for the self-evaluation reports of programs (ZER) within the framework of external accreditation;
  • Advises on and evaluates the system of risk management for education, as well as the VU-wide policy regarding educational evaluations;
  • Advises on and evaluates midterm reviews of degree programs;
  • Serves as a VU member on panels for mock visitations or midterm reviews;
  • Initiates and serves on working groups developing vision or policy.

• Composition

  Chair:

  • Dr. M. Slotboom (Anne-Marie), RCH

  Members:

  • Dr. G.G. van de Bunt (Gerhard), Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences
  • Dr. M. Campos Ponce (Maiza), Faculty of Science
  • Dr. D.E. van Diermen (Denise), Faculty of Dentistry
  • Dr. S. Dobbelaere (Sabien), School of Business and Economics
  • Dr. E. Koster (Edwin), School of Humanities
  • Dr. ing. Th. Kielmann (Thilo), Faculty of Science
  • Dr. L. Lagerwerf (Luuk), Faculty of Humanities
  • Dr. A. A. Meiboom (Ariadne), Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc
  • Prof. dr. E. van Staalduine-Sulman (Eveline), School of Religion and Theology
  • Dr. M.A. Tanis (Martin), Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Drs. S.R. Voogd (Susan), Centre for Teaching and Learning

  Secretary:

  • Drs. J.W. Bekker (Jikke), Department of Educational Policy and Advice / Student and Educational Affairs

• Meeting dates

  Meeting dates 2025

  • Thursday, Jan. 16, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, February 6, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, March 6, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, April 17, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, May 22, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, June 19, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, September 18, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, October 9, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, November 13, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
  • Thursday, December 18, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

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