Quality Assurance

Quality assurance for the Institute is concerned with implementing a range of processes that ensure that performance indicators are regularly monitored and that continuous improvement processes are in place in order to improve these performance indicators over time.

The areas of performance include:

The quality of curriculum content and teaching processes.
The quality of administrative support and student services.
The outcomes for graduates after they complete their studies.
The efficient and effective use of resources and technologies in the teaching operations of the Institute.

The Governing Board is responsible for the development of specific performance indicators. These are based on data collected from:

Surveys of all students completing a Module, to gather information on:
- Content and teaching processes
- Administrative support provided
The establishment of an Alumni group whose career paths will be followed.
Enrolment and operational data.
High level advice on the technical content, the focus and the academic standards being set (a responsibility of the Board whose technical expertise comes from its industrial representatives).

The Engineering Institute of Technology (EIT) surveys all students at the completion of each Module of study. This survey instrument is based on the standard Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) as adopted by most Australian universities. It includes some additional items that specifically focus on the teaching methods used by the Institute.

The data is gathered post module delivery and analysed for trends by staff in the administration. Both positive and negative critiques are considered of value. Feedback trends in course content, teaching staff and methodology are scrutinised by the Dean once the analysis is complete and the necessary action taken to ensure the positives are enhanced and the negatives remedied.

With the reoccurrence of negative feedback the advice of the Academic Board is employed and more dramatic changes considered and discussed.