info@bms.ac.lk
Phone
+94 112 504 757
+94 112 360 978
Visit
591, Galle Road, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka
info@bms.ac.lk
Phone
+94 112 504 757
+94 112 360 978
Visit
591, Galle Road, Colombo 06, Sri Lanka
CENTRE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE
(CQA)
CENTRE FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE
A Centre for Quality Assurance (referred hereafter to as CQA) is hereby established to oversee all quality assurance activities at Business Management School (referred hereafter to as BMS) in compliance with the University Grants Commission (UGC) Circular No 04/2015.
GOAL
The goal of the CQA is to maintain high standards in all academic, support and operational activities and to ensure the continuous improvement of the quality of these activities, in order to achieve overall institutional excellence.
AIMS OF THE CENTRE
To be in line with the nationally recognized documents of Minimum Standards for DANSHEIs, with particular importance to the following,
- Policy and procedures for higher education
- Approval, monitoring and periodic review of programs and awards
- Teaching, Learning and Assessment of students
- Quality assurance of teaching staff
- Learning resources and student support
- Information systems
- Public information
OBJECTIVES AND FUNCTIONS
OBJECTIVES
- To practice globally recognized quality assurance international best practices
- To create an internal quality assurance system that is aligned with the national requirements, guidelines and frameworks
- To create a work culture that seeks to continuously improve its quality of work
- To enhance awareness among the university staff and other stakeholders on the value of quality assurance
- To prepare quality assurance related documentation and reports
- To liaise with other universities and organisations to improve the quality of higher education in Sri Lanka
- To develop and maintain a favorable public perception of the university through improved quality of education based on the consistent practice of quality assurance procedures
FUNCTIONS
- Conduct all activities pertaining to Internal Quality Assurance of BMS on a daily basis
- Support BMS and programme offering entities (units, departments, faculties and institutes) with the preparation for external quality assurance, assessment and accreditation requirements.
- Offer guidance and assistance to programme offering entities in defining programme objectives and outcomes, graduate profiles, and curricula which are in accordance with national reference points such as the Sri Lanka qualification Frame work (SLQF) and Subject Benchmark Statements (SBS).
- Support the establishment and effective functioning of the BMS Faculty Quality Assurance Committees.
- Promote and coordinate quality assurance activities within BMS by conducting workshops, seminars, development of manuals and other appropriate capacity building activities.
- Liaise with the Non State Sector Higher Education Division (NSHED) of the Ministry of Higher Education (MoE) and other external quality assurance agencies as well as relevant international agencies.
- Develop, review and revise by laws and standard operational procedures necessary for the governance and management of the CQA.
OPENING CEREMONY
Vice Chancellor of Northumbria University, Professor Andy Long declared open the Centre for Quality Assurance at Business Management School on the 25th of July 2023.
