Quality Community

The Quality Community is a community established within the Dean of Students Office to ensure that the quality culture of Bahçeşehir University is internalized and disseminated by students, and to increase student participation in quality assurance processes in higher education.

Bahçeşehir University Quality Community Mission

To ensure that the quality culture at Bahçeşehir University is internalized and disseminated by students; to increase student participation in quality assurance processes at our university; to carry out activities with student participation at national and international levels; and to take an active role in quality improvement efforts by maintaining communication with the BAU Quality Management Executive Board.

Bahçeşehir University Quality Community Vision

To be a leading community in higher education quality assurance, recognized at national and international levels, in which students support one another.

Core Principles of Quality Assurance Systems

The institution's mission, vision, strategic goals and objectives should be aligned.

It should be based on the principles of the quality policy declared by the higher education institution.

The institution's quality policy should be known and embraced by stakeholders.

Quality policy processes should be continuously monitored and improved.

 

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QUALITY COMMUNITY

2024 ACTIVITIES

With all its units, the Community supports all events and training sessions organized by students with the aim of equipping Bahçeşehir University (BAU) students with knowledge and skills on quality practices and quality culture in academic, professional and social life.

The aim of the BAU Quality Community is to increase student participation in and awareness of quality processes in higher education institutions and to disseminate quality culture among students. For this purpose, it organizes training sessions, events and seminars.

February 2024

Seminar: University Studentship and a Quality Student Experience:

Onur Mert Türk from the BAU Quality Community first focused on the concept of quality in higher education. He stated that quality processes are very important for education and training. He noted that gaining quality experience as a student would be advantageous, especially in adapting to the very rapid developments in the fields of information and technology. He emphasized that the activities of the Higher Education Quality Council improve quality processes in higher education institutions, but that students also need to involve themselves in these processes. He stated that if students are active in the University's Quality Community activities, they will both gain good experience themselves and contribute to the quality processes of the institution where they study.

April 2024

Seminar on the Role of Students in the Quality Assurance System:

Eda Albayrak Demirtürk, Specialist at the BAU Quality Management Unit, informed students about the quality work carried out at our University within the scope of the activities of the Higher Education Quality Council (YÖKAK). The seminar emphasized the importance of student participation in quality processes under the headings of leadership, governance and quality, education and training, research and development, and social contribution in higher education institutions. Students were also advised to become representatives in the quality teams of their faculties and departments in order to gain experience in quality.

June 2024

Talk with BAU Radio on Quality Community Activities, Quality and Sustainability:

Dila Kalafatoğlu from BAU Radio hosted a radio program with our student Onur Mert Türk, Chair of the Bahçeşehir University Quality Community, covering Quality Community activities, quality in higher education, program accreditations and the importance of student feedback for the quality assurance system. The program, which also hosted Specialist Raziye Akyol from the Quality Management Unit, discussed the advantages that students who are active in the Quality Community will have in their professional and academic lives after graduation. The broadcast, produced as BAU Radio .mp3, podcast and similar formats, was shared on social media accounts. Its listenership is increasing day by day, and an increase in students' sensitivity to feedback has been observed.

October 2024:

7-11 October Clubs Week:

At the Quality Community stand, what the Quality Community does, the importance of quality in higher education and the activities of the Quality Community were explained. The aim was to raise awareness among students and to help them internalize quality culture.

18 October Club Introduction Meeting: Information was provided on quality assurance processes in higher education, and ideas were shared on activities students can carry out in relation to these processes. Students were directed to YÖKAK quality ambassador activities.

November 2024:

18 November: Student briefing on STAR Accreditation: The Quality Community was informed about the visit of the evaluation team of the STAR Accreditation agency, which came to the institution to evaluate the programs of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, and about the evaluation processes. The Quality Community shared information with faculty students about the evaluation processes of the STAR Accreditation Evaluation Team and helped them understand the importance of program accreditations.

28 November: Seminar on Quality Assurance Processes in Higher Education and Student Participation: On 28 November 2024, the Quality Management Unit held a seminar for students with the aim of disseminating quality culture in higher education and increasing student participation in the quality assurance system. In the seminar, students were informed about the concept of quality, the importance of quality in higher education, quality assurance processes in higher education, the function of the Higher Education Quality Council, the YÖKAK Student Commission and its activities, quality ambassadorship and its importance, program accreditations, and student feedback and its importance. At the end of the seminar, our student Onur Mert Türk, Chair of the Quality Community, also shared his views, stating that taking an active role in the Quality Community plays an important role in improving the quality of the education students receive, and encouraged students to be active. The idea of quality ambassadorship grew stronger among our students, and interested students were directed to the YÖKAK Quality Ambassador applications.