Quality assurance of lecturers’ competences

The teaching provided by the Faculty of Social Sciences is of high quality, research-based, and organised and provided according to good educational theory and practice.

The Faculty of Social Sciences procedures are in line with UCPH's pedagogic guidelines.

Research-based teaching

The faculty is home to several strong research environments that underpin the teaching. The lecturers spend much of their time on research.

The faculty policy for developing the skills of full- and part-time academic staff supports the resarch-based teaching. Read the policy here.

Educational theory in practice

All our teaching must be of pedagogical high quality, meaning that the students encounter teachers with pedagogical and didactic competencies. The following supports this:

Responsibility

The Dean has the overall responsibility for research-based teaching and for students' research engagement. The Dean is responsible for ensuring that academic employees have the right competences and experience in research and teaching.

The Head of Department is responsible for the research basis of their programmes. The Head of Department is responsible for ensuring that lecturers conduct research relevant to their teaching. The Head of Department is responsible for the ongoing maintenance and enhancement of the lecturers’ competences. . The faculty's educational consultants support this work.

The Head of Studies is responsible for ensuring that the teachers teach within the area in which they conduct research, so that the students achieve relevant research engagement. The Head of Studies is responsible for ensuring that the planned teaching activities bring the students into contact with relevant research.