The quality of the graduation process
To what extent does your programme have the ins and outs of the graduation programme in order? The following checklist can be used to investigate this. The checklist is based on the checklist of the Expertgroep Protocol for vocational higher education, but tailored to the university situation. Checklist quality of the graduation programme
Background information and sources:
* Most information is only in Dutch available.
- Protocol Expert Group and Background Information. In 2014, the Expert Group Protocol was commissioned by the Netherlands Association of Universities of Applied Sciences to investigate the desirability and possibility of a joint protocol for the assessment of (core) essential assignments (in higher professional education). The results are presented in the report: "Beoordelen is mensenwerk. Bevindingen over de wenselijkheid en mogelijkheid van een gezamenlijk protocol voor het beoordelen van (kern)werkstukken Links to an external site.” The findings are primarily aimed at the higher professional education sector (hbo's). Nevertheless, they are also interesting for the Dutch academic world, because there are many similarities in the graduation process and the manner of assessment.
In addition to the protocol, a checklist was created to diagnose the extent to which the graduation programme of the study programme is in order and where there is still room for improvement. See for this: "Voorlopige handreiking ‘Methodisch implementeren van het Protocol Afstuderen Links to an external site." Versie 29 oktober 2015 Daan Andriessen, Mirjam Snel, Dominique Sluijsmans.
The questions from the checklist can be found in an English version versie <here >. Most of these questions are incorporated in the checklist as mentioned at the beginning of this page. - In the Protocol Verbeteren en verantwoorden van afstuderen in het hbo 2.0 Links to an external site, more background information on graduation (in higher professional education) is provided.