Good quality assurance work builds on good collaboration with the university’s students.
Through the Students’ Union and the student representatives, students play a key role in the quality assurance work that takes place at all levels, and particularly through the quality assurance work conducted in programmes of study.
The university organises the training of representatives and actively works so that the student community is well represented on boards and committees.
Various meetings are held where students, staff and management can discuss the quality of education.
Evaluations
All students are expected to participate in all evaluations of their education, both course evaluations, programme of study evaluations and learning environment evaluations. Furthermore, all students are expected to answer the Start of Studies Survey, The Student Survey, as well as candidate surveys and SINN’s Shot survey about students’ health when these are periodically sent out to students.
Students elected as class representatives
Students elected as class representatives must participate in the quality assurance work on their programme of study committee, and at faculty level according to agreement with the faculty dean, and when the faculty’s quality assurance reports are available.
Students elected as class representatives must attend the Student Union’s student council meetings at their campus.
Election of class representatives
- Election of class representatives/year-group representatives takes place in each year group at the start of studies in the autumn.
Students’ Union (StInn)
StInn is an independent student organisation that acts as mouthpiece for the students at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences in relation to the university, the Student Welfare Organisation, host municipalities and other relevant actors. Therefore, StInn can be compared to a form of trade union for the students.
All students who have paid the semester fee are members of StInn. The Union also has many elected representatives.
The Students’ Union and the Section for Student Services collaborate on the content, implementation, and evaluation of courses for class representatives at the start of a new semester. The programme of study coordinators follow up the class representatives that sit on the programme of study committees.
The Students’ Union ensures that representatives are elected to the university’s various other councils and committees. Students who wish to get involved in student politics can do so through StInn and receive support from them.
Read more at the For students pages.
Other representatives/ StInn representatives/ Student representatives
Student representatives also participate in the quality assurance work through representation on the Education Committee, the Learning Environment Committee, campus committees (local learning environment committees), faculty councils and the University Board. Appointment of representatives to the university’s councils and committees is made by the Students’ Union (StInn) in the autumn and in the spring, respectively.
For representatives
- Election of student representatives
- Student representative training
- Attendance/absence for representatives
- Certificates for student representatives
- The National Union of Students in Norway (Norsk studentorganisasjon, or NSO in Norwegian)
Councils and committees with student representation
Institutional level:
- The University Board
- Education Committee
- R&D Committee
- Learning Environment Committee
- Appeal Board
- Suitability Committee (NO)
- Research Integrity Committee
- Committee for Cooperation with Working Life
- Appointments Committee
- Diversity and Equality Committee
Faculty/campus level:
Programme of study level:
"Speak up" about the learning environment
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