The Twinning project implemented the second mock evaluation of selected study programmes under the Activity 3.7 Undertake a mock accreditation at each pilot university for a study program in a priority area as part of the mission that lasted from 12 to 15 November 2019.  

The mission was implemented by Ms. Eliane Kotler, evaluation expert at the High Council for Evaluation of Research and Higher Education of France and Mr. Philippe Turek, Professor and Vice-Dean of Faculty of Physics at the Strasbourg University. 

The purpose of the mission was to perform a mock evaluation of Physics study programme in two pilot universities of the Twinning project – Baku State University and Sumgait State University.

The mock evaluation of Physics programme at the pilot universities was implemented by a panel of experts which was composed of two field experts (one local and one EU expert), two Quality Assurance experts (one local and one EU expert), a student and an employer. 

On the first day of the mission week the experts gathered in Accreditation Department of the Ministry of Education to discuss the self-evaluation reports of Physics programs submitted by BSU and SSU drafted and shared the questions to be addressed to the university staff during the site visits.

Later, the experts panel made a one-day site visit to each of those two universities. Interviews were held with the senior management, the academic staff who developed the self-evaluation members, students as well as representatives of employers. The experts’ panel also toured various facilities, auditoriums and labs in order to evaluate the infrastructure used for teaching of the study programme. 

As a result of the mock evaluation, a final evaluation report on each of the two study programmes will be developed by the experts’ panel giving recommendations for further improvements. 

The purpose of mock evaluations is to build and boost the capacity of the Accreditation Department of the Ministry of Education in the field of program accreditation.

The mock evaluation of other study programmes selected as pilots by the Twinning project will be performed within the upcoming weeks.