Quality assurance of student counselling and career guidance

Purpose

The purpose of this procedure is to ensure that student counselling and career guidance provides students with the best possible assistance. The quality of this work is evaluated regularly and systematically, and the work of the Faculty of Social Sciences is continuously adjusted.

Background paper:

The university's Guidelines for quality assurance of student counselling and career guidance.

Process

The Faculty of Social Sciences ensures the quality of student counselling and career guidance by:

  • only employing properly trained counsellors
  • drawing up concise action plans for priority areas that take into account the faculty targets, the Educational Environment Assessments and University’s counselling strategy
  • conducting a systematic evaluation of all joint activities offered by the student counselling 
  • monitoring all enquiries and reflecting demand in the availability of student counselling and areas of competence
  • focusing on the quality of the counselling in specific key areas
  • The faculty maintains contact with the labour market via the employer panels. The head of studies disseminates knowledge and experience from the employer panels to the study board and the student counselling service.
  • The student counselling service is represented at study board meetings as a knowledge and resource person and contributes knowledge about the students to the qualification of the boards of studies' work on the study programmes and the students' well-being.

Responsibility

The associate dean for education is responsible for the Project and Career Guidance service at the Faculty of Social Sciences. The supporting administrative unit is the Study Administration Services (SAMF uddannelse).

Reporting

Every three years (2020, 2023, 2026 etc.), the faculty submits a report to rector on its work with student counselling and career guidance. The reports form part of the faculty’s annual reporting on the quality-assurance system. See Guidelines for faculty reports to University management on quality assurance. The dean approves the faculty’s annual report on student counselling and career guidance before sending it to rector.

The day-to-day manager of the guidance unit submits an annual report to the dean on the status of the action plans for the focus areas in the counselling area.