The ACSUG Review Committee is the body responsible for reviewing complaints and appeals submitted in connection with the functions of reporting, evaluation, certification and accreditation entrusted to the Agency.
The creation of the Review Committee was approved by the Galician Commission for Reports, Evaluation, Certification and Accreditation (CGIACA) at its meeting of 17 December 2021, in accordance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), adopted at the Ministerial Conference held in Yerevan on 14 and 15 May 2015.
At the same meeting, the Protocol establishing the procedure for resolving complaints and appeals submitted to ACSUG in connection with its functions of reporting, evaluation, certification and accreditation was approved. The Protocol was published by Resolution of 4 February 2022 (Official Gazette of Galicia, 15 February 2022).
In accordance with Article 5.1 of the aforementioned Protocol, the Chair and members of the Review Committee are designated by CGIACA and, following notification to the Governing Council of ACSUG, are appointed by the Chair of CGIACA for a four-year term, which may be extended once for a further four-year period.
At its meeting of 29 July 2026, CGIACA approved the renewal of the members of the Review Committee who had been designated at its meeting of 5 May 2022.
The current composition of the Review Committee is as follows:
Chair
Alberto Arufe Varela, Professor of Labour and Social Security Law at the University of A Coruña.
Member
María del Mar Lorenzo Moledo, Professor of Theory and History of Education at the University of Santiago de Compostela, with recognised experience in the evaluation of teaching staff.
Ana María Bernabéu Tello, Associate Professor of Stratigraphy at the University of Vigo, with recognised experience in the evaluation of higher education programmes and institutions.
Secretary
Francisco Rico Rey, ACSUG staff member, with voice but without voting rights.
The composition and operation of the Review Committee are based on the principle of independence from the bodies responsible for adopting the decisions under review.
In this regard, the Chair of CGIACA does not participate in meetings of the Review Committee. This measure was approved by CGIACA at its meeting of 28 January 2025, following an observation made by ENQA as part of the external evaluation of ACSUG, with the aim of strengthening the independence of the Review Committee's decisions from CGIACA.
