Quality Assurance Procedures
The academic administration and provision in the Faculty of Law follows a comprehensive life cycle to ensure quality. Key activities include delivering high-quality education, responding to all stakeholders, monitoring key performance indicators, and overseeing the academic process by a team of external examiners with annual monitoring reports and action plans to ensure adherence to quality standards.
Examining Committees: The Faculty of Law follows a hierarchical examining committee structure as implemented at the Arab Open University. The Arab Open University follows a sequential approach to examining committees, consisting of:
External Examiners Team: The Faculty of Law has an external examiner's team to ensure the external review of assessment material and overall quality assurance of the academic provision. The external examiners are the Course Assessment Committee and Faculty Examination Committee who participate in the exam boards every semester.
These committees review student marks and grades. External examiners are members of the Course Assessment Committee and Faculty Examination Committee. The Chief External Examiner is also a member of the Central Examination Committee. Finally, the Central Examination Committee at the Arab Open University approves the grades before they are announced to the student.
External Examiners Visits and Reports: External examiners visit the Faculty of Law at the Arab Open University at the end of the semester to assess the quality of marking, grades, and the overall provision of university services and procedures. During the visits, external examiners evaluate the quality of marking through evaluation of samples of student work. External examiners participate in examining committees to ensure fairness in the marking and grading processes. At the end of their visits, external examiners provide their reports with valuable comments on the academic provision.
Annual Monitoring Report (AMR): At the end of the academic year, the Faculty of Law prepares and submits the Annual Monitoring Report (AMR). This detailed document records and presents all major aspects of the programme's provision and includes detailed statistical data on student enrollment and progress, feedback and analyses from students and lecturers, all external examiners' reports, and action plans based on these reports.
Key Performance Indicators: Key performance indicators take the form of annual operational plans at the Faculty of Law with measurable targets and forms the basis for planning and implementation of tangible actions that can contribute to a conducive teaching and learning environment for its students.
Goals of Analyzing Key Academic Performance Indicators:
