Board for Internal Evaluation of the Quality of University Education of the Trnava University
The Internal Evaluation Board of the Quality of University Education of the Trnava University (hereinafter referred to as the “IQAB”) is a permanent academic body of the University, which is an independent structure of the internal system of the University with scope of powers and responsibilities established by the Statute of the IQAB in accordance with the standards of quality of education.
- Scope of Powers and Objectives of the IQAB
- Principles of Creating IQAB
- Composition of the IQAB
- Current list of IQAB members
- IQAB Management
- IQAB Statute
- Rules of Procedure
- Selected provisions from the work of the IQAB
- The IQAB Documentation
Scope of Powers and Objectives of the IQAB
The IQAB monitor and evaluate the internal system of the University, study programmes thereof, habilitation and inauguration procedures and related activities in relation to compliance thereof with
- Act no. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Amending Certain Acts as amended;
- the Act No. 269/2018 Coll. on Quality Assurance in Universities Education Amending the Act No. 343/2015 Coll. on Public Procurement Amending Certain Acts as amended, and other general statutes,
- educational quality standards issued by the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education,
- European standards in place in university education; and
- the Statute of the University and Long-term Intention thereof.
Principles of Creating IQAB
The main conditions for the creation of IQAB at the Trnava University were:
- the involvement of stakeholders as actors of the University;
- guaranteeing an independent, unbiased and objective assessment and approval of the study programme; the persons approving the study programme are different from those preparing the draft study programme,
- guaranteeing an erudite assessment and approval of the study programme.
The structures of the internal system also include other bodies, boards, units, positions, contractual partners and relations thereof including defined powers, competences and responsibilities.
The balance of the system consists of the axis: INDEPENDENCE - IMPARTIALITY – EXPERTISE
Figure 1. System of composition of the IQAB at the Trnava University
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Chart 1. System of Composition of IQAB at the TU
Composition of the IQAB
The IQAB consists of 15 members, of which 10 members form central working group thereof and 5 members form ad hoc subject group or permanent subjects working group thereof.
The central working group consists of internal stakeholders (4 university employees and 2 university students) and of external stakeholders (1 representative of employers, 1 university graduate, 1 domestic partner of the University and 1 foreign partner of the University).
The subject working group is represented by: 1 University employee, 1 representative of employers, 1 University graduate, 1 domestic partner of the University and 1 foreign partner of the University.
The tenure of the members of the IQAB shall be six years.
Current list of members of the IQAB by working groups
Central Working Group (CWG)
1. Ing. Mgr. Kristína Šmogrovičová; graduate
2. Mgr. Ján Kutan; domestic partner
3. doc. Vít Hušek, Th.D.; foreign partner
4. Mgr. Adrián Kobetič; student
5. Mgr. Jozef Sopoliga; student
6. Mgr. Stanislav Pravda; employer
7. JUDr. Zuzana Nevolná, PhD; employee
8. Prof. MUDr. Viera Rusnáková, CSc., MBA; employee
9. Dr. h. c. prof. doc. prof. doc. JUDr. Marek Šmid, PhD; employee
10. PhDr. Adriana Krupová, PhD.; employee
Permanent Subjects Working Group (PSWG)
1. JUDr. Zuzana Adamová, PhD.; employee
2. Prof. PhDr. Silvia Mihaliková, PhD; employee
3. PhDr. Andrea Lajdová, PhD.; employee
4. Prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Held, PhD.; employee
5. Prof. ThDr. Ladislav Csontos SJ, PhD; employee
Faculty of Arts
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Philosophy
1. Prof. PhDr. Ivan Gerát, PhD.; employee
2. Mgr. Michal Klembara; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Michal Lipták, PhD.; graduate
4. Mgr. Róbert Karul, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. Dr. habil. Wojciech Starzynski, PhD.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Historical Sciences
1. Mgr. Radoslava Ristovská, PhD.; employee
2. PhDr. Lenka Pavlíková, PhD.; representative of employers
3. PhDr. Ján Beljak, PhD.; graduate
4. PhDr. Martin Štefánik, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. PhDr. Ján Jílek, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Political Sciences
1. Prof. PhDr. Silvia Mihaliková, PhD; employee
2. Mgr. Patrik Herman; employers' Representative
3. PhDr. Roman Jančiga; graduate
4. Mgr. Norbert Kmeť, CSc.; representative of domestic partners
5. Prof. dr. hab. Radoslav Zenderowski; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Psychology
1. PhDr. Kinga Izsóf Jurásová, PhD; employee
2. Mgr. Peter Krajmer, PhD.; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Michal Božík; graduate
4. Mgr. Jitka Gurňáková, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. doc. Mgr. Pavlína Janošová, Ph.D., representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Sociology and Social Anthropology
1. Prof. PhDr. Milan Katuninec, PhD.; employee
2. Mgr. Robert Klobucký, PhD.; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Ľubomír Šottník, PhD.; graduate
4. Mgr. Katarína Strapcová, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. doc. prof. doc. JUDr. Jana Reschová, PhD.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Arts and Culture Sciences
1. Prof. PhDr. Marian Zervan, PhD; employee
2. Mgr. Tímea Mátéová; employers' representative
3. Mgr. Miroslav Haľák, PhD.; graduate
4. Mgr. Richard Pročka, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. doc. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Faculty of Education
Subject Working Group (SWG) for the field of study Teaching and Pedagogical Sciences
1. Prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Held, CSc.; employee
2. Ing. Beata Krajčovičová; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Daniel Staněk, PhD.; graduate
4. Mgr. Renáta Olexová; representative of domestic partners
5. Prof. PhDr. Martin Bílek, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Philology
1. Prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Held, CSc.; employee
2. Mgr. Iveta Valentová, PhD.; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Eva Gajdošová, PhD.; graduate
4. Mgr. Roman Čančinov; representative of the domestic partners
5. doc. PhDr. Lucie Betáková, MA, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Faculty of Health Services and Social Care
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Social Work
1. Mgr. Peter Patyi, PhD; employee
2. Mgr. Mária Marcinová; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Kristián Kovács; graduate
4. Mgr. Janette Motlová; representative of the domestic partners
5. doc. PhDr. Alice Gojová, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Public Health
1. doc. Ing. Margaréta Kačmaríková, PhD., MPH; employee
2. PhDr. Alena Gregušová, PhD., MPH; representative of employers
3. PhDr. Ivana Ondrovičová, MPH; graduate
4. Prof. MUDr. Anna Lesňáková, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. doc. Dr. Predrag Duric, MD, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Nursing
1. PhDr. Andrea Lajdová, PhD.; employee
2. Mgr. Emília Jamrichová; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Monika Střádalová, PhD.; graduate
4. doc. PhDr. Ľubomíra Tkáčová, PhD., MPH; representative of domestic partners
5. Prof. PhDr. Valerie Tóthová, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Health Sciences
1. Mgr. Lenka Reizigová, PhD.; employee
2. RNDr. Elena Tibenská, PhD.; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Lucia Rapantová Malíková, PhD.; graduate
4. Prof. Ing. Mária Mareková, CSc.; representative of domestic partners
5. Ing. Ivana Stiborová, PhD.; representative of foreign partners
Faculty of Theology
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Theology
1. doc. Mgr. Lukáš Jeník, PhD.; employee
2. Mgr. Pavol Kruták SVD; representative of employers
3. SSLic. Ing. Mgr. Karol Švarc OFM; graduate
4. Prof. ThDr. Anton Adam, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. Rev. dr. hab. Grzegorz Mariusz Baran; representative of foreign partners
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Social Work
1. Prof. ThDr. Ladislav Csontos SJ, PhD; employee
2. Mgr. Boris Hrdý; representative of employers
3. Mgr. Eva Chovančík; graduate
4. doc. PhDr. Alena Novotná, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
5. Prof. dr. hab. Jozef Mlynski, PhD.; representative of foreign partners
Faculty of Law
Subject Working Group (SWG) for Law
1. JUDr. Zuzana Adamová, PhD.; employee
2. JUDr. Ján Matejka, Ph.D.; representative of foreign partners
3. JUDr. Dominika Kučerová, PhD.; graduate
4. JUDr. Andrea Moravčíková, PhD.; representative of employers
5. JUDr. Róbert Šorl, PhD.; representative of domestic partners
IQAB Management
The Chairperson of the IQAB shall direct and coordinate the work thereof to the full extent of his/her powers, competences and responsibilities, plan and convene meetings of the Internal Quality Assessment Board, propose agenda thereof and chair its meetings, monitor the performance of the tasks of the Internal Quality Assessment Board adopted by resolutions thereof, sign resolutions and other acts of the Internal Quality Assessment Board.
The Vice-Chairs of the Internal Quality Assessment Board shall deputize for the Chair of the Internal Quality Assessment Board in his/her absence and shall perform the tasks of the Internal Quality Assessment Board to the extent as determined by the Chair thereof.
The Secretary of the IQAB shall cover organisational, material and professional tasks related to the work of the Internal Quality Assessment Board.
Appointed IQAB Management
Chair
JUDr. Zuzana Nevolná, PhD.
Vice-Chairs
9. Dr. h. c. prof. doc. prof. doc. JUDr. Marek Šmid, PhD. – First Vice-President in charge of coordinating activities in the areas of the internal system of the university and the legislation of the university
prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Held, CSc. – Vice-President in charge of coordinating activities in the fields of study programmes of the University, habilitation and inauguration procedures
Presidium
prof. doc. JUDr. Zuzana Nevolná, PhD.
Dr. h. c. prof. doc. prof. doc. JUDr. Marek Šmid
Prof. PhDr. Ľubomír Held, CSc.
Prof. MUDr. Viera Rusnáková, CSc., MBA
PhDr. Adriana Krupová, PhD.
Secretary
Mgr. Vladimír Filipovič
IQAB Statute
The Statute of the IQAB is fully in line with
- the Act no. 131/2002 Coll. on Higher Education Amending Certain Acts as amended;
- the Act no. 269/2018 Coll. on Quality Assurance in University Education Amending the Act no. 343/2015 Coll. on Public Procurement and Amending Certain Later Regulations as amended;
- European Standards in Higher Education; and
- educational quality standards issued by the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education.
The statute of the IQABC shall be binding for all parts, organs and organisational units of the University, the staff as well as for students thereof.
The Statute of the Board for Internal Evaluation of the Quality of Education of the Trnava University was approved by the Resolution of the Academic Senate of the Trnava University No. AS TU 15R 7/04032021 of dated 04 March 2021 and entered into force and effect on 9 March 2021.
The text of the IQAB Statute is available at the link: IQAB statute.
Addendum no. 1 of the RVHK statute entered into force on December 16, 2022.
Rules of Procedure
The rules of procedure of the IQAB in detail regulates rules concerning, in particular, the status and scope of powers of the Board, the convening and management of meetings thereof, the composition of the Board and the agenda for meetings thereof.
The Rules of Procedure of the IQAB were approved by Resolution thereof No. 1/2021 dated March 22, 2021, which entered into force and effect on March 22, 2021.
The full text of the Rules of Procedure of the IQAB is available at: https://www.truni.sk/sites/default/files/rektor/rvhk_-_rokovaci_poriadok.pdf
Selected provisions from the work of the IQAB
- A member of the Board shall be obliged to attend meetings of the Board and participate in the decisions thereof.
- A quorum shall exist if at least nine of members thereof be present (three-fifths qualified majority).
- A resolution of the Internal Quality Assessment Board shall be adopted if at least 8 of members thereof (an absolute majority of all its members) voted for the same.
- Voting at the meeting of the Board shall be public.
- Any member of the Board shall be authorized to speak in the debate on the proposal and the resolutions under discussion.
The IQAB Documentation
Board for Internal Evaluation of the Quality of University Education of the Trnava University
The minutes of the IQAB meetings as well as other related documentation are published on the central data repository of the Internal Quality System with assigned individual approaches.
- Statute of the Board for Internal Evaluation of the Quality of Higher Education of the Trnava University
- Amendment No. 1 to the Statute of the Internal Quality Assessment Board of Higher Education of the University of Trnava, dated March 9, 2021 - PDF
- The Rules of Procedure of the Internal Quality Assessment Board of Higher Education of the University in Trnava
- Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015)
- Quality Standards of Education of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education
- Internal Quality Assurance System of University Education of the Trnava University
- Amendment No. 1 to the Internal Regulation Internal Quality Assurance System of the University of Trnava in Trnava, dated November 18, 2021 - PDF
- Rules for creating, modifying, approving and evaluating the quality of study programmes of the Trnava University
- Amendment No. 1 to the Internal Regulation Rules for Creating, Modifying, Approving and Evaluating the Quality of Study Programmes of the Trnava University in Trnava, dated November 9, 2021 - PDF
- Directive of the Rector of Trnava University No. 1/2022 on Habilitation and Inauguration Procedures
- Amendment No. 1 to the Directive of the Rector of the University of Trnava in Trnava on Habilitation and Inauguration Procedures, dated January 17, 2022 - PDF
- Directive of the Rector of Trnava University in Trnava No. 3/2022 Indicative indicators of quality assurance at Trnava University
Annex No. 1 - Key Indicative Quality Indicators (KIQK)
Annex No. 2 - Additional Indicative Quality Indicators (AIQK)
Annex No. 3 - Example of evaluation of KIQK in the field of education
Annex No. 4 - Model of evaluation questionnaire for the evaluation of a course
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