Umm Al-Qura University
Responsibilities of the Quality Committees
Responsibilities of the Quality Committees at the College Level:
- Develop the public policies for quality management at the college, and supervise on its implementation.
- Develop and approve the public policy for promoting the culture of quality inside and outside the college.
- Support the efforts exerted to apply the quality in the college, and cooperate with external entities in concern.
- Propose programs to encourage and reward the teams and individuals whom excel in applying the quality at the college.
- Approve the annual report of the quality management at the college level.
- Reinforce the concept of quality and promote its culture at the college level.
- Follow-up on the results of the performance evaluation at the college.
- Follow-up on the implementation of the evaluation and academic accreditation programs at the college.
- Follow-up on the preparation and implementation of the development and strategic plans of the college.
- Identify the specialized trainings needs of the faculty members in the academic departments of the college, and coordinate with the Deanship of University Development and Quality to implement them.
- Encourage the faculty members to participate in the courses, training programs and workshops offered by the Deanship of University Development and Quality, and other entities inside and outside the university.
- Handle other referred issues concerned with development and quality.
Responsibilities of the Quality Committees at the Program Level:
- Introduce the faculty members with the good practices of the standards of the National Authority for Evaluation and Accreditation.
- Offer evidences and documents concerned with the standards.
- Prepare files for the standards and document, categorize, and arrange them according to the proper practices.
- Use verification and measurement tools as per the standards.
- Plan and conduct the self-study for the programs through Standards Committees.
- Complete the qualifications form concerned with the standards.
- Prepare the self-study report.
- Prepare the annual report of the program.
- Ensure the preparation of the specification of the programs and courses as per the forms of the National Authority for Evaluation and Academic Accreditation.
- Ensure the preparation and fulfilment of the courses reports.
- Identify and propose the indicators concerned with the standards.
- Prepare the reference comparisons for the indicators.
- Submit recommendations to the Department Council in light of the reports results.
- Develop and implement the enhancement and development plans.
- Prepare and participate in the internal and external auditing visits.