UNITA Quality Assurance

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    Task number 3
    Name UNITA Quality Assurance
    Strategic Axes Quality, Impact and Sustainability
    Workpackage Governance, management and quality



    Objectives

    Continuous increase of quality through the internal and external independent assessment of all Task activities, and at building the UNITA quality assurance strategy matching with the ambition of developing a model of European University.

    • Introduce the new partners to the achievements and lessons learned from phase one and to Quality Assurance practices 
    • Update the general synoptic assessment of partner Quality Assurance systems
    • Implement and test the evaluation of progress, processes, cost-efficiency, and deliverables of the first year
    • Co-develop together with TT1.1 and disseminate the UNITA Quality Assurance strategy

    Inputs & Resources

    Source documentation:

    Resources

    • Human Resources: List of staff on the task, roles and position: Co-leaders Cinzia Bertea UNITO e Vlad Chereches UVT + 24 TT members (Profiles: often from QA offices or QA teams/VR).
    • Financial: Budget allocated to the task: 560.460€+260.000€ for “other costs” of the WP1 as a whole, but no specific distribution per task.
    • Materials: Type of materials required (computers, software, scientific tools,…): Datacloud, Big Blue Button.
    • Intangible: Type of intangible materials (communication tools, data bases,…): Datacloud applications; Quality Review Checklists.

    Activities & Sub-Tasks

    Source documentation: In each WP folder, document entitled “WPx_full_description)


    Indicators

    These indicators have been gathered from the different source (list below) and have been gathered from interviews driven by Task 5.4 UNITA impact observatory.

    Outputs

    Source documentation: In each WP folder, document entitled “WPx_full_description)


    These indicators have been chosen and agree during the Phase 2 proposal made to the European Commission.

    To be defined by T5.4 members previously to interviews and to be proposed to task co leader

    To be defined by T5.4 members previously to interviews and to be proposed to task co leader

    Subtask Outputs

    Sub Task Outputs
    Indicate concerned sub task
    Outputs indicator
    Expected results at the sub-task level / To be verified in interview with task co-leaders
    Source of data
    To be verified in interview with task co-leaders
    Implementation of UNITA Quality Assurance Plan D1.3 - UNITA Quality Assurance plan implemented Milestone document MS14 - First annual monitoring of the QA Plan implementation
    Update of the QA policy for UNITA Updated QA policy document for UNITA UNITA QA policy document + annual reports of QA Plan implementation
    Quality assessment of UNITA constellation projects IND 1.3.a Percentage of quality assessed UNITA Constellation projects (Level: Alliance)

    Baseline 2022: 40% (UNITA, Re-UNITA)
    Monitoring 2023: 100% (U, ReU, Connect, InnoU)
    Monitoring 5/2024: 100% (U2, ReU2, EGAI)
    Target 2027: 100%
    N.B: tricky to define the denominator

    Score of the Quality Review Checklist for UNITA IND 1.3.b Overall assessment score of the Quality Review Checklist for UNITA in the following domains: Scope, Schedule, Cost, Quality, Risk, Issues & Decisions, Communication, Project Organization, Beneficiary satisfaction (Level: Alliance)

    Baseline 2022: 79% (1st assessment)
    Monitoring 2023: 76% (2nd assess.)
    Target 2027: 85%

    Outcomes

    Source documentation:

    Task Outcomes

    Task Outcomes
    Identify the outcomes
    Outcomes indicator
    Expected results at the task level / To be verified in interview with task co-leaders
    Source of data
    To be verified in interview with task co-leaders
    % of quality assessed UNITA constellation projects Proposal: Evaluating and brief description on the percentage of quality assessed UNITA Constellation projects and the frequency of the Quality reviews QR Reports approved by the QEB
    Overall assessment score of the Quality Review Checklist for UNITA Proposal: Brief presentation on the overall assessment score of the Quality Review Checklist for UNITA in each domain and followup improvements actions Last UNITA QR Report approved by the QEB
    MS14 - First annual monitoring of the QA Plan implementation Proposal: Brief presentation of the QA Plan implementation Monitoring’s results First annual monitoring document

    Impacts

    Source documentation:

    Users / Beneficiaries Intern to UNITA End-Users / Beneficiaries extern to UNITA
    1) Who are the stakeholders benefiting of the task’s actions? Partners of UNITA
    - Other universities the UNITA partners collaborate with (exchange students; visiting professors)

    - National accreditation agencies
    - European Commission
    - Other EU alliances
    - Enterprises (participating to events and conferences)

    2) To what extent has the local/international society changed as a result of outcomes compared to before UNITA? What are the long term results for them? To be defined in interview Possible impact measures:

    - Conference proceedings
    - Research outputs
    - Consultancy for external entities (C/terzi) on QA

    Indicators' data sheet

    Description Unit of measurement Source of data Frequency Baseline (2022) Target 2027 Possible sub indicators
    IND 1.3.a Percentage of quality assessed UNITA Constellation projects % (list of projects reviewed / total of Constellation projects active at least 6 months) QEB Office: Quality Review Reports approved by the QEB (manual collection; reports available on the Datacloud) Semestral or annual 40% (UNITA, Re-UNITA) 100% Monitoring 2023: 100% (U, ReU, Connect, InnoU)
    Monitoring 5/2024: (U2, ReU2, EGAI)
    IND 1.3.b Overall assessment score of the Quality Review Checklist for UNITA % QEB Office: UNITA Quality Review Report last approved by the QEB (manual collection; reports available on the Datacloud) Annual 79% (1st assessment) 85% Monitoring 2023: 76% (2nd assessment)

    Data collection