THEQC Students Commission Broadcasts a Live Feed on “Student Evaluators’ Experience in the THEQC Follow-up Program”

The Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) Students Commission broadcast a live feed on “Student Evaluators’ Experience in the THEQC Follow-up Program” through the @kaliteelcisi social media account on 11 July 2023.

In the event moderated by a member of the Commission, Esra Köyönü, the members of the Commission, who have had experience as student evaluators in the THEQC Follow-up Program, namely Erdoğan Taha Akbaş, Aslı Özmutlu, and Yusuf Polat took place as speakers. The event started with a briefing on the External Evaluation Programs and the Follow-up Program, and the speakers gave information on the process of the 2023 Follow-up Program, the duties of the evaluation team, and the duties of the students in these teams. In addition, the speakers also mentioned the importance of the THEQC Code of Ethics in the evaluation processes. Fifty-one students participated in the event. The questions of the participants were also answered, and the broadcast ended after a closing speech.

What Is the Follow-up Program?

The purpose of the Follow-up Program is to evaluate the development process in a higher education institution after the external evaluation process. The main evaluation scope of the Follow-up Program consists of the “areas for improvement” mentioned in the Institutional Feedback Reports written as a result of the institution’s external evaluation. However, whether the strengths of the institutions stated in the IFRs are sustainable or not is evaluated within the scope of the Follow-up Program.