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Sciences). Tallinn University was granted the right of teaching at the doctoral study level for a specified term in the study programme of Information and Communication Sciences (belonging to the study programme group of Journalism and Information).
In 2014, quality assessment took place in the study programme groups of Sports and Personal Services as follows:
» The study programme of Physical education was assessed (in the
study programme group of Sports). The EKKA Quality Assess- ment Council decided to conduct the next quality assessment after a period of seven years.
» The study programme of Recreation management was assessed (in the study programme group of Personal Services). The EKKA Quality Assessment Council decided to conduct the next quality assessment after a period of four years.
2.2 STUDENT EVALUATION OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Feedback of first-year students
A feedback questionnaire was conducted among the first-year
Table 2. The results of alumni feedback questionnaire in 2012 – 2014
2014
students after the end of the first study month (from October to November 2014). A total of 1,265 students responded, representing approximately 40% of the students matriculated to the university. The problematic areas can be divided into three areas:
» Relating to the student (e.g. time planning, matching studies with the rest of the life, economic situation)
» Relating to learning skills (e.g. homework, independent reading) » Relating to study organisation (e.g. compilation of timetable, vol-
ume of studies, study-related information movement, making choices in completing the study programme).
In the first study year, time management, matching studies with personal life and completing homework caused the most difficulty. Compared to the previous year, the number of first-year students who work is still high. In 2013, a total of 29% of the first-year stu- dents were working while in 2014, there was still a total of 28% of first-year students working. The number of working Master´s stu- dents has increased among all working students. The results indi- cate that it is important to continue with the Career and Counselling Centre´s seminars for supporting learning skills and cooperation with counsellors in order to direct more students to the seminars, while the topics to be treated could be studies and time management and completing independent work.
2013 2012
SATISFACTION WITH Total BA MA DOC Total BA MA DOC Total BA MA DOC
...studies 3.94 3.92 3.99 3.88 3.87 3.83 3.92 4.13 3.81 3.77 3.88 3.67
...supervision 3.99 3.91 4.09 3.69 3.9 3.83 3.99 3.88 3.9 3.95 3.84 3.83
...practice supervision from the university
...supervision from the practice establishment
...participation of international teaching staff in teaching
... conformity with the completed studies and the expectations in regard to the study programme
...feedback received on the work done by the student
... clarity and transparency of the assessment criteria of the final thesis
3.38 3.31
4.09 4.1
2.57 2.59
3.54 3.47
3.44 3.37
3.84 3.85
3.56 4 4.13 4.56
2.52 2.94
3.68 3.5 3.55 3.94
3.82 4.06
3.38 3.24 3.57
3.83 4.19 4.16
4.18 2.52 2.55
2.52 3.41 3.52
3.45 3.37 3.46
3.40 3.58 3.63
4.25 – – – –
4.25 –
3.14 2.33
3.50 3.37
3.50 3.26
– – – 2.35 2,33 2.6
3.36 3.43 3.17 3.2 3.37 3.17
3.88 ––––
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