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Webinar on “Challenges in university education for teachers of secondary education, vocational training, and language learning”

23/12/2021

The ACSUG is collaborating with six other quality assurance agencies to organise the online seminar entitled . This seminar has the following objectives:“challenges>

  • To offer a generalised, up-to-date overview of the main challenges involved in educating teachers, from the perspective of employers (a reflection with an international outlook, although focused on the challenges existing more locally).
  • To present the opinions of employers as a group regarding the adequacy of teacher education, based on a case study from Catalonia.
  • To discuss specific areas of improvement for teacher education, with the agencies providing assistance by presenting the general results of their own evaluations.

This open-access seminar will be held on 27 January 2022 at 11.30 a.m.

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Collaboration of ACSUG in the MEANING project

21/12/2021

ACSUG has collaborated in 2021 in the Erasmus+ project “MEANING: Programme of Master in Industrial Engineering for El Salvador and Guatemala”.

The project aims to improve the education in the aforementioned countries with the creation of a new Master Degree in Industrial Engineering following the European Standards. The labour of ACSUG was to analyse the proposal of the six different specialities within the master and to propose improvements actions for the future.

National colloquium held at the ACSUG, on salary bonuses for university teaching staff

24/11/2021

SALARY BONUSES FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHING STAFF IN THE REGION OF GALICIA: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS WITH SPAIN AS A WHOLE

On 25 November, a national colloquium will be held at the headquarters of the Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG), on the subject of salary bonuses for university teaching staff. The colloquium will begin at 10.00 a.m. with an introduction by Alberto Díez de Castro, Galicia’s Secretary-General of Universities, and by Patrocinio Morrondo, President of the ACSUG’s Governing Board.

A Roundtable Discussion will be held at 10.30 a.m. on the subject of academic and technical management of salary bonuses, and then at 12.30 p.m., a seminar entitled “The University, its Professors, and the Future of Europe” will be led by Francisco Michavila, Professor Emeritus from the Madrid Polytechnic University and Executive Director of the “French-Spanish University” (2017-2018).

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Agreement with the Autonomous University of the Yucatán

05/11/2021

Professor Pedro Canto, Dean of the Department of Education at the Autonomous University of the Yucatán (UADY), recently made a visit to the Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG). He was interested in learning more about the university degree programme accreditations that the ACSUG is performing in various Latin American countries, such as Peru, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

signed by the Rector of the UADY. This is expected to result in a specific agreement on accreditation of various degree programmes offered by its Department of Education.

 

Publication of reports on thematic analyses

07/10/2021

Together with six other quality assurance agencies belonging to the Spanish Network of University Quality Assurance Agencies (REACU), the ACSUG is participating in production of a series of thematic analyses, with the goal of responding to the EHEA Standards and Guidelines. This specifically includes ESG 3.4. “Thematic Analysis”, which states that quality assurance agencies “should regularly publish reports that describe and analyse the general findings of their external quality assurance activities”. For purposes of disseminating the results, each report is accompanied by a webinar. The following reports have now been produced and published:

Agreement ACSUG-CREUP

16/09/2021

On May 6, 2021, a virtual meeting was held between representatives of the Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University (ACSUG) and the Coordination of Student Representatives of Public Universities (CREUP). The objective of the meeting was to initiate conversations between the two organizations, and later, in July 2021, a framework collaboration agreement was signed. The agreement establishes the bases for future joint activities on the issues of student participation and representation.

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Participation of ACSUG in different ENQA activities

02/08/2021

ACSUG attended the online ENQA General Assembly on 22 April, 2021. During the meeting important issues were discussed, such as the admission and reconfirmation of members, information about finances, appointments for the ENQA board or the analysis of the recent changes in the procedures for external evaluation of agencies..

In the 1º semester of 2021 ACSUG participated also in other activities:

  • Webinar about micro-credentials, organised by ENQA the 25/02/2021, in which relevant aspects of this type of educational activities were analysed, especially regarding the quality assurance issues.

  • Two webinars organised by ENQA the 21/04/2021 and the 05/05/2021, where different experiences were exposed in the topic of the adaptation to online mode of the external evaluation processes (due to the exceptional situation motivated by the COVID-19).

Participation of ACSUG in the INQAAHE conference 2021

20/07/2021

ACSUG, member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) since October 2020, has participated in the 2021 INQAAHE Conference.. El evento, organizado totalmente online debido a la situación provocada por la COVID-19, se llevó a cabo entre el 7 y 10 de junio e incluyó una combinación de diferentes actividades como seminarios, presentaciones y reuniones en grupos más reducidos.

Ordinary call for applications to obtain pre-hiring evaluation of teaching staff, for universities from the Galician University System (SUG)

05/07/2021

On 5 July 2021, a is being published in the Official Journal of Galicia, approving the ordinary call for applications to obtain pre-hiring evaluations of teaching staff for universities from the Galician University System. This will initiate the time period for submission of the corresponding applications.

Access to the online system used to fill in the application.

Payment of administrative fees for submitting the application.

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Deadline: 2 August 2021

ACSUG is representing ECA in the “Qual-AI-ty Engagement project”

07/06/2021

ACSUG, with the involvement of Luis Velón, quality manager in the agency, is participating on behalf the European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education (ECA) in the Qual-AI-ty Engagement Project.

Qual-AI-ty Engagement is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships project lead by Riga Technical University and co-lead by ACEEU. Other partners include the University of Twente, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology and the European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA).

The project aims at breaking the old tradition and enforcing a new approach to assess the quality of education offered by leveraging AI resources to acquire and process qualitative data, thus enhancing efficiency and creating a culture of quality for student engagement.

The duration of the project is 26 months, from September 2020 to October 2022. For further information please consult the project website (https://qual-ai-ty.eu/) and the LinkedIn account (https://www.linkedin.com/company/qual-ai-ty-engagement).

Interruption of services at the online portal, extension of deadlines for procedures

16/03/2021

Yesterday there was an incident that affected the government of Galicia’s online portal. In application of Galician Decree 25/2020 of 13 February, the deadline for submitting applications for salary bonuses for administrative positions and applications for salary bonuses for teaching/research work is being extended by 24 business hours.

This means that the deadline is now today, 16 March 2021.

ACSUG has renewed the external certifications of its Quality Assurance and Environmental Management System until 2024

15/03/2021

The Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification (AENOR) carried out in March 2021 an external audit of the ACSUG Management System. As it was reflected in the audit final report, the ACSUG system is correctly up-to-date and there were not non-conformities. As a result, AENOR has granted to ACSUG the renewal of the Quality Assurance and Environmental Management System certifications for a 3-year period, until 2024.

2020 ordinary call for applications for salary bonuses recognising curricular excellence

09/03/2021

On 9 March 2021, the Resolution of 1 March 2021 Resolution of 1 March 2021 is being published, approving the ordinary call for applications for pre-assignment evaluations for salary bonuses recognising curricular excellence This will initiate the time period allowed for submission of applications corresponding to the 2020 call for applications (administrative procedure code ED701A).

Guide for Applicants

The time period for submitting applications will run from 10 March through 9 April (included).

The online system used to fill in the application and annexes will be available beginning on 10 March.

IMPORTANT!

In accordance with the contents of the call for applications, the application (annex III) must be filled in electronically, using the form available through the ACSUG’s online system. In conformity with section 14.2 of Spanish Law 39/2015 of 1 October, on Common Administrative Procedures for the Public Sector, the applications (using a pdf file that has first been generated using the ACSUG’s online system) can only be submitted through the Galician government’s online portal:  https://sede.xunta.gal/portada.

PROCEDURE CODE: ED701A

If during the process for obtaining the forms at the online portal you have any questions or technical difficulties, or need any further information, you can call the information telephone number (012)or send an email to 012@xunta.gal.

Labour market insertion studies for 2014-2015 SUG graduates

25/02/2021

One function of the ACSUG is to study and analyse labour market insertion for graduates of the Galician University System (SUG). The purpose of these studies is to assist the universities by providing results that, by their nature, will contribute to the design of strategies for reviewing and improving the educational quality those universities offer. In this context, during the next few weeks the ACSUG will be performing the fieldwork to produce the study on students who graduated during the 2014-2015 academic year.. This work involves giving approximately 5,700 telephone surveys to students who graduated during that academic year. For this specific study, the fieldwork is being performed through the external company COTESA (http://cotesa.grupotecopy.es/). The contact details used to give the surveys are taken from a database that the three SUG universities have provided to the ACSUG, under a collaboration agreement for performing labour market insertion studies. Protection of personal data is ensured during the entire process.

More information about the ACSUG’s labour market insertion studies can be found at the following link: http://acsug.es/gl/insercion

2020 ordinary call for applications for salary bonuses for recognition of administrative positions

15/02/2021

On 15 February 2021, the Resolution of 4 February 2021) is being published in the Official Journal of Galicia, approving the ordinary call for applications for pre-assignment evaluations for salary bonuses recognising administrative positions. This will initiate the time period allowed for submission of applications corresponding to the 2020 call for applications (administrative procedure code ED701C).

The time period for submitting applications will run from 16 February through 15 March (included).

The online system used to fill in the application and annexes will be AVAILABLE BEGINNING ON 16 February.

IMPORTANT!!

In accordance with the contents of the call for applications, the application (annex II) must be filled in electronically, using the form available through the ACSUG’s online system. In conformity with section 14.2 of Spanish Law 39/2015 of 1 October, on Common Administrative Procedures for the Public Sector, the applications(using a pdf file that has first been generated using the ACSUG’s online system)can only be submitted through the Galician government’s online portal: https://sede.xunta.gal/portada.

PROCEDURE CODE: ED701C

If during the process for obtaining the forms at the online portal you have any questions or technical difficulties, or need any further information, you can call the information telephone numbe(012)or send an email to  012@xunta.gal.

Convocatoria ordinaria 2020 para los complementos de reconocimiento a la labor docente y a la labor investigadora

15/02/2021

Se publica hoy, 15 de Febrero de 2021, la Resolución de 4 de Febrero de 2021 (DOG de 15-02- 2021) por la que se aprueba la convocatoria ordinaria para la evaluación previa a la asignación de las retribuciones adicionales relativas al complemento de reconocimiento a la labor docente, y al complemento de reconocimiento a la labor investigadora y se abre el plazo para la presentación de solicitudes correspondiente a la convocatoria del 2020 (Código de procedimiento administrativo ED701B).

El plazo de presentación de solicitudes será desde el día 16 de Febrero hasta el día 15 de Marzo incluido.

La aplicación para cumplimentar la solicitud y anexos estará ABIERTA DESDE el 16 de Febrero

ATENCIÓN!

De acuerdo con lo establecido en la convocatoria, se deberá cubrir telemáticamente la solicitud (anexo I ) y las memorias de autoevaluación (anexos II.A y II.B ) en los modelos disponibles a través de la aplicación informática de la ACSUG. Conforme a lo dispuesto en el artículo 14.2 de la Ley 39/2015, de 1 de Octubre, del Procedimiento Administrativo Común de las Administraciones Públicas, la presentación de solicitudes (PDF generado previamente en la aplicación de la ACSUG) deberá realizarse obligatoriamente a través de la sede electrónica de la Xunta: https://sede.xunta.gal/portada.

CODIGO DEL PROCEDIMIENTO: ED701B

En caso de duda, dificultades técnicas o necesidad de más información durante el proceso de obtención de los formularios en la sede electrónica, se podrán dirigir al teléfono de información 012 o al correo electrónico 012@xunta.gal.

Participation of ACSUG in the virtual meeting of the ECA Financial Committee

11/02/2021

A Meeting of the ECA Financial Committee was celebrated by videoconference the 22nd January, 2021. ACSUG has been represented by Luis Velón, part of the agency staff and also member of the Committee since 2019.

Reunión con las Escuelas de Doctorado de las tres universidades do SUG

08/02/2021

ACSUG realizó, entre los meses de noviembre de 2020 y febrero de 2021, reuniones con las Escuelas de Doctorado de las tres universidades gallegas con el objetivo de que los responsables de las mismas explicaran, tanto a la ACSUG, como a los miembros de las Comisiones de evaluación de los programas de doctorado, la estructura y funcionamiento de las escuelas.

En las reuniones se comentaron, entre otros temas, aspectos transversales que afectan a todos los programas de doctorado de cada universidad, tanto propios como interuniversitarios. Otro objetivo de estas reuniones es evitar la repetición de la audiencia con las personas responsables de las Escuelas de Doctorado en cada una de las visitas de acreditación que se van a desarrollar de forma virtual en el curso 2020-2021, y poder así ajustar mejor las agendas.

Las reuniones se celebraron en las siguientes fechas:

25.11.2020: Reunión con la EDIUS (Escola de Doutoramento Internacional da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela)

12.01.2021: Reunión con la EIDO (Escola Internacional de Doutoramento da Universidade de Vigo)

01.02.2021: Reunión con la EIDUDC (Escola Internacional de Doutoramento da Universidade da Coruña)

Training workshop for degree programme evaluators

08/02/2021

On 22 December 2020, a training workshop was held for the Evaluation Committees that participate in the processes for verification, modification, monitoring, and accreditation of the official degree programmes offered by the Galician University System (SUG). This was a virtual workshop held online, and it included participation by 21 evaluators, including academic, professional, and student members.

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Programa de la jornada

Evaluation of the research activity of the temporary and non-permanent hired teaching staff of the University of Oviedo

20/01/2021

The ACSUG has been annually conducting the evaluation of the research activity of the temporary and non-permanent hired teaching staff of the University of Oviedo as a prerequisite for the granting of a remuneration supplement by this university, based on the six-year research terms.

Last Friday, January 15, the meeting panel of experts took place (some members in person at ACSUG headquarters and others by videoconference). This panel of experts was made up of 24 evaluators, appointed from among full professors and lecturers from the three Galician universities. Previously, an evaluation was carried out by named pairs according to the area of knowledge of each of the candidates. These pairs issued a score and a report of each request, with which the commission worked together, resolving the concession of 56 six-year research terms to a total of 46 temporary and non-permanent contract professors from the University of Oviedo

Meeting of the ACSUG Advisory Board

20/01/2021

The Advisory Board is the main ACSUG consultative body. At least once a year a meeting of the board is organised, with the aim of analysing the agency activities and proposing actions and changes to increase the continuous improvement.

Taking into account the COVID-19 situation, an online meeting of the body was held the 23 December 2020. At the beginning of the meeting, the ACSUG director explained the 2020 activities of the agency, carried out considering the special circumstances due to the pandemic. The revision and analysis of the updated ACSUG Code of Ethics was also another topic discussed during the meeting.

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ACSUG has participated in international meetings in December 2020

14/01/2021

ACSUG has attended in December 2020, with the representation of the international relations coordinator, the following events organized on a virtual basis:

  1. 17/12/20. Final dissemination event ImpEA project. The event was the final conference of the proyecto ImpEA, project that has been working in the last three years in the implementation of the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes.

  2. 18/12/20: ECA Online General Assembly. The aim of this meeting was mainly to summarize the 2020 activities and to plan the future activities of the European Consortium for Accreditation in Higher Education (ECA), organization of which ACSUG is member since 2013.

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