New Faculty Orientation – Spring 2017

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An orientation program for the newly appointed faculty members was held on February 7, 2017 in the conference room. The objective of the program was to help the new faculty transition comfortably into their DSU faculty roles. The program focused on providing the new faculty members with requisite information and familiarity with facilities, policies and technologies of DSU through a welcome address, brief introductions, overview of DSU regulations, explanation of the criteria of quality at DSU, salient features of the examination systems, introduction to the Professional Development Center and IT infrastructure. The orientation program culminated with questions and answers and an interactive refreshment session.

Quality Assurance Awareness Seminars

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Department of Management Sciences

During the second half of March 2017, a series of lectures was conducted for the students of Management Sciences (MS) by Ms. Bushra Mahmood, Assistant Director, Quality Enhancement Cell. The lectures focused on Quality Assurance Awareness and IQA Mechanism at DHA Suffa University. Participants included students from BBA-5 to BBA-8.

The lectures took place as per the following schedule:

BBA-5 – 30th March – Tuesday – 11:00 – 19 students

BBA-6 – 17th March – Friday – 11:00 – 29 students

BBA-7 – 28th March – Thursday – 10:00 – 11 students

BBA-8 – 17th March – Friday – 13:00 – 34 students

The lectures covered an introduction to quality and why quality improvement must be emphasized by the university. The students were briefed about the ranking criteria and maximum scores for each criterion. An overview of the Self-Assessment of Programs was given to help students understand the holistic approach to maintaining quality. The assessment model was then explained and the lectures were kept interactive to encourage participation of students. HEC’s self-assessment criteria was explained in detail which included program’s mission, objectives and outcomes, curriculum design and organization, laboratories and computing facilities, students’ support and advising, process control, faculty, institutional facilities and institutional support. Each of these assessment criterion were discussed to explain how they contribute to achieving quality. The importance of Feedback and Survey Forms was also discussed and how they help with assessment was emphasized.

In the end, the outcomes of assessment were explained to the students. The lectures concluded with question-and-answer sessions.

Quality Assurance Awareness Seminars

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Department of Mechanical Engineering

The Mechanical Engineering Department at DHA Suffa University (DSU) organized a series of sessions on the topic of “Internal Quality Assurance Mechanism and Role of Students” for the students of Mechanical Engineering. This exercise was carried out in cascading of the mission of Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) at DSU to educate all of its stakeholders that DSU is committed to ensuring quality as a norm in everything it does. The seminars were delivered by Engr. Hamza Ahmed Qazi, Lecturer ME and Deputy Director QEC (Dy. QEC). The sequences of seminars were conducted for the ME students of 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th semester. The plan for the seminars with expected student’s attendance is given below:

BEME-8A – 17th April – Monday – 11:30 – 30 students

BEME-6B – 17th April – Monday – 12:30 – 38 students

BEME-6A – 17th April – Monday – 13:10 – 40 students

BEME-4A – 17th April – Monday – 13:30 – 26 students

BEME-8B – 17th April – Monday – 15:10 – 28 students

BEME-4B – 17th April – Monday – 15:30 – 17 students

BEME-2B – 19th April – Wednesday – 10:30 – 37 students

BEME-2A – 19th April – Wednesday – 11:10 – 32 students

The sessions included:

• The concept of quality control and quality assurance in Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)

• The governing criteria’s for HEIs in Pakistan

• Role of Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan in maintaining the quality of education in HEIs

• The eight Quality Standards for Quality Assessment of HEIs by HEC

• The ten Quality Survey Form for quality Assurance in HEIs

• The quality surveys related to students and their importance

• Guidance to fill the surveys for effective quality feedback and improvement

• Quality Assurance Mechanism / Cycle in DSU

• Question and Answer sessions to clarify students’ confusion

Quality Assurance Awareness Seminars

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Department of Electrical Engineering

The Electrical Engineering Department at DHA Suffa University organized a series of Quality Assurance Awareness Seminars for students. The sessions conducted by Engr. Abdul Samad, Assistant Director, Quality Enhancement Cell focused on the following:

• Quality assurance mechanism and role of students

• Program objectives and mission

• Feedback and survey forms and student evaluation feedback system

• Continuous improvement of quality and PDCA

The lectures took place as per the following schedule:

EE-4B – 24th April – 14:00 – 24 students

EE-4A – 24th April – 10:00 – 24 students

EE-2C – 25th April – 14:00 – 16 students

EE-2B – 26th April – 14:00 – 18 students

EE-6A – 26th April – 09:15 – 23 students

EE-2A – 27th April – 14:00 – 17 students

EE-4C – 29th April – 14:00 – 36 students

EE-6C – 4th May – 10:00 – 16 students

EE-6B – 5th May – 14:00 – 23 students

EE-8A – 9th May – 12:30 – 16 students

EE-8B – 10th May – 11:30 – 19 students