About Quality Assurance Faculty of Law

 

Quality assurance and quality development with respect to contents, processes, and outcomes (Asterisk-Criterion)

 

AJCUI uses Regulation No. 62 of 2016 by the Ministry of Research, Technology, and Higher Education on the Higher Education Quality Assurance System as the fundamental guidance to conduct academic quality assurance and development that consists of internal and external quality assurance systems, in order to guarantee the good practices, consistency and continuity of the ongoing program. The University has important role to guarantee the internal quality assurance by planning, implementing, evaluating, controlling and developing the system, following the standards made by the agencies outside the University which are the National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

 

Furthermore, the University-level Quality Assurance Agency coordinates the internal quality assurance system  at AJCUI and has the annual evaluation of the quality assurance conducted every year for all faculties including the faculty of law, which is called Internal Quality Assurance Audits, known as AMI. The tasks and authority of the university-level quality assurance agency  is assisted by the faculty-level quality assurance team, who have received related training, mainly to conduct internal quality audits. The mechanism of the internal audit follows a cycle divided by four phases, which are the Plan, the Do, the Check, and the Act (PDCA).

 

The Plan phase begins with establishing the Higher Education Standards within the University, which are then cascaded down to the faculties/programs. These standards include vision and mission, lecture administration, organization management, graduate competencies, research, community service, facilities and infrastructure, cooperation, and alums. The complete contents of the standards are listed on the website https://www.atmajaya.ac.id/id/lpm/.

 

The Do phase is the implementation of the established Higher Education Standards. For faculties and study programs, the implemented standards include Graduate Competency Standards, Learning Content Standards, Curriculum Development Standards, Curriculum Implementation Standards, Curriculum Evaluation Standards, Learning Process Standards, Study Load Standards, Learning Management Standards, Learning Assessment Standards, Student Graduation Standards, Standards for Undergraduate Thesis (BLP), and Standards for Thesis (MLP).

 

The Check phase involves evaluating the implementation of the Higher Education Standards. The evaluation comes from:

a.     evaluation by Dean and Programme Directors (self-assessment report),

b.     evaluation from the faculty quality assurance team, and

c.      evaluation from internal quality auditors at the university level appointed by the university leadership.

 

The evaluation by internal quality auditors at the university level is conducted on nine standards: vision and mission, lecture administration, organization management, graduate competencies, research, community service, facilities and infrastructure, cooperation, and alums. The evaluation is carried out to assess the implementation of quality assurance at the Faculty and Study Program levels (BLP and MLP) against these standards. The evaluation results are documented in a compliance audit report that must be followed up by the faculties and study programs in the form of an Action Plan (RTL) and a quality improvement plan (RPM).

 

The Act phase is about control and improvement. The results of the internal quality audit become the basis for the Control of Higher Education Standards by the University-level Quality Assurance Agency. Once the Higher Education Standards have been met, they are periodically and continuously improved.In addition to conducting an internal quality assurance system, Atma Jaya University also implements an external quality assurance system. This system refers to the assessment standards set by the National Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (BAN-PT) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). BAN-PT uses nine standards: (1) Vision, Mission, Objectives, and Strategy (2) Governance, Management, and Cooperation (3) Students (4) Human Resources (5) Finance, Facilities, and Infrastructure (6) Education (7) Research (8) Community Service (9) Outcomes and Achievements of the Three Pillars of Higher Education.

 

Currently, Bachelor of  Law Programme (BLP) and Master of Law Programme (MLP)  have been accredited with a Very Satisfactory (B) rating. The quality assurance process using the        BAN-PT standards follows the Plan, Do, Check, and Act (PDCA) cycle used in the internal quality assurance system described earlier. In addition to BAN-PT, BLP, and MLP the Faculty of Law also been         certified with ISO 21001 regarding the educational organization management system.

 

 

Instruments of Quality Assurance

 

Evaluation by Students

Students provide evaluations through Lecturer Feedback Survey, Student Workload Survey, Academic Advisor Service Feedback, Legal Writing Advisor Service Feedback, Educational Staff Service Feedback, and Brand Positioning Survey. 

The Lecture Feedback reviews components including:

 

a.     Proficiency of lecture material; b.     The relevance of lecture material to practical developments; c.      Readiness to assist students; d.     Use of communication channels for submitting complaints;

e.      Availability of time for contact outside of lecture hours; f.        Variety of teaching methods; g.     Use of technology; h.     Provision of feedback on assignments.

 

In addition to lecture feedback from students towards lecturers, students also assess their study workload.

The aspects assessed in the survey include:

a.     The suitability of the weight of lecture material's to the amount of credit units,

b.     The suitability of the period given to complete assignments to the amount of credit units,

c.      The suitability of the period given for independent assignment to the credit units, and

d.     The relevance of the given assignments to the lecture material.

 

Evaluation by Lecturers

Evaluation by lecturers is conducted through several mechanisms: regular faculty meetings, full faculty meetings, meetings of the responsible team of lecturers for courses, and annual work meetings. In these meetings, permanent and honorary lecturers provide input, including among others implementation of lectures coordinated by the study program and developing lecture materials. Meanwhile, the annual work meeting is held only for permanent lecturers at the end of the year to provide input on various matters, such as the need for a particular guide containing various academic and administrative information to be used by academic advisors; the suggestion that thesis examinations involve lecturers across specializations related to the research topic; the proposal that lectures continue to be conducted offline to ensure maximum teaching quality; the suggestion that students participating in the Freedom of Learning Independent Campus (MBKM) program take mid-semester and end-of- semester exams; the proposal that course materials be uploaded to Moodle so that MBKM students can study independently. The analysis of the evaluation results related to the learning process is carried out by the  Programme Director and reported to the Dean for discussion of follow-up actions.