Within the scope of regular evaluations, you can anonymously express your criticism, comments and desires concerning courses, degree programmes or how your studies are progressing overall.
Why should I participate in the evaluations?
Consider this form of feedback as one of the first steps available to you should you have problems with the way a course is designed, for example. Teaching staff refer to this feedback when further developing their teaching formats.
What evaluations are there?
Evaluations in which you can participate are listed below.
- Incoming student survey
- Course survey
- Survey on study conditions and concepts
- Graduate survey
You will receive an invitation to participate, usually in the form of an e-mail from the University Strategic Development Office. You can find more detailed information about the surveys here.
Where will my feedback be analysed?
Surveys are analysed in anonymised form by the University Strategic Development Office and subsequently sent to responsible persons in the relevant departments. Implementation of this procedure requires that at least five people take part in the evaluation. Your participation is therefore especially important in smaller courses and degree programmes. In addition, qualitative evaluations in the form of student-moderated rounds are also possible; these can be coordinated by the University Strategic Development Office on request. The exact regulations have been resolved by the Senate of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the Evaluation Regulations.
What happens after analysis?
Results are sent to the relevant departments by the University Strategic Development Office. For example, results of course surveys are passed on to the faculties once the required number of completed surveys has been reached. The results are typically discussed between teaching staff and course participants. Any potential criticisms can be discussed and resolved together at this initial stage. The Evaluation Regulations also provide for regular meetings at degree programme level between teachers and students. The faculties are subsequently able to derive development measures.
What can I do if there is no change?
Sometimes when a problem is resolved, it can take somewhat longer before change becomes visible. For example, some issues must be discussed in committees or within the scope of internal talks. Such processes can be time-consuming. Check with the teaching staff concerned whether steps must be taken to find a joint solution, and if so, what these steps might entail. This is often akin to a kind of intergenerational contract, whereby you contribute to the implementation of improvements for the benefit of future matriculates in the same way that you benefit from similar engagement of your predecessors.
Further questions regarding evaluations?
If you have any further questions or ideas concerning evaluations please contact the Center for Institutional Development of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: zue[at]uni-weimar.de