Responsibilities
Regarding the responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Committee article 215 of Law 4957 of the year 2022 (Official Government Gazette issue A’ no 141) states as follows:
3. The Committee’s responsibilities are: a) to draft a proposal for the structure and function of the Internal Quality Assurance System (I.Q.A.S.) or E.S.D.P. in Greek, and to submit it to the Senate to be approved and published in the Official Government Gazette, b) to develop policies and strategies in order to ensure and improve the quality of all kind of teaching, research and administrative work provided by the university and especially the quality of ba) the curriculum of the first, second and third cycles including the foreign language curricula, bb) the curriculum of lifelong learning studies and in general the quality of the Centre for Education and Lifelong Learning (K.E.DI.BI.M. in Greek) of the university, bc) the separate academic units of the university, its Schools, Faculties and Sectors, bd) the quality of the Special Account for Research Funds of the university as well as of the University Centre for Research and Innovation (PA.K.E.K. in Greek) and of its Research Institutes, be) the quality of the separate academic or research units such as university clinics, university museums and university laboratories including the services provided by those, bf) the quality of the administrative services of the university, c) to update the I.Q.A.S. at least every five (5) years in order to improve it constantly according to the latest developments in the European Higher Education Area, the international practices and the instructions of the H.A.H.E., d) to draft a Quality Assurance Manual for the I.Q.A.S. and to submit it for approval to the Senate of the University, e) to regularly evaluate and reflect on the I.Q.A.S., f) to collaborate with the H.A.H.E. in order to ensure the implementation of its directives and guidelines within the framework of its responsibilities, g) to exercise any other responsibility assigned to the Quality Assurance Committee according to the University’s Internal Rules of Procedures.
Regarding the responsibilities of the Quality Assurance Service article 215 of Law 4957 of the year 2022 (Official Government Gazette issue A’ no 141) states as follows:
4. The Quality Assurance Service is staffed with members of the university’s administrative staff and is headed by an employee of the university, belonging to a specialty or sector defined by the university’s statutes. More specifially, its responsibilities are: a) to execute decisions and provide administrative support to the Quality Assurance Committee, b) to submit proposals to the Committee and to prepare supporting materials for relevant decision-making, c) to collaborate with the H.A.H.E. and to support the procedures of internal and external evaluation and accreditation of the university (A.E.I.), of its separate academic and research units and of its curriculums of first, second and third cycle including its foreign language curricula and its lifelong learning programs according to Law 4653 of the year 2020 (Official Government Gazette issue A’ no 12), d) to develop, monitor and manage the I.Q.A.S. of the A.E.I. and especially to conduct internal evaluation according to the quality manual of the I.Q.A.S., e) to coordinate and support the processes of the A.E.I. and its separate units during the application of quality assurance, f) to collect and process data from all academic and research units as well as the administrative services of A.E.I. concerning the implementation of quality control on all activities of the university, g) to publicize on the institutions’ website all data regarding the university’s accreditation and the internal and external evaluation of the university and its separate units, h) to fill the indicators’ data in the annual achievements report being drafted for the allocation of the annual regular funding of the A.E.I. according to article 16 of Law 4653 of the year 2020, i) to update the information system of MO.DI.P. and the Integrated National Quality Information System (I.N.Q.I.S. – in Greek O.P.E.S.P.) of the H.A.H.E. as to the institution’s quality data as well as to develop the interoperability of MO.DI.P.’s system, j) to exercise any other responsibility as defined in the A.E.I.’s statutes and related to the objectives of MO.DI.P.