Enhancement-led visits

Enhancement-led visits are aimed at supporting member faculties and academies of University of Ljubljana (UL) in their efforts to boost quality, at invaluable exchange of practices, and strengthening cooperation within UL, as defined in Article 8 of the Quality System Rules of the UL.

They encourage the representatives of member faculties and academies in finding and building on their own solutions, and strengthen the understanding of specific circumstances and needs of the faculties/academies. The mechanism is defined in detail by the Rules on UL enhancement-led visits and is not intended for assessing the quality of member faculties/academies.

The enhancement-led visits were developed with the goal of supporting the efforts of UL faculties and academies to enhance quality. The collaborative approach and thoughtful moderation of the process have greatly contributed to the success of the visits, their perceived usefulness, visibility, and further implementation. Each visit takes the form of a half-day collaborative workshop at a specific UL faculty/academy. The latter preselects four organizational challenges or development goals that require attention and appropriate solutions. The visit concludes with concrete proposals for solutions/actions that can help the specific member to achieve each development goal.

As such, the enhancement-led visits are focused on developing quality in a collaborative way, supporting the organisational  development of member faculties, training participants in the use of connective communication in different contexts, and building a more positive attitude towards quality development and the university. 

The most common topics of enhancement-led visits

• Improvements related to the area of learning and teaching 

• Development of internal quality systems

• Improvements related to the goal of internationalisation

The role of students

An important mission of the enhancement-led visits is the mutual exchange of valuable knowledge and experience between UL staff and students. Students have been involved in their design since the very beginning. They participate in training programmes for their implementation, as members of the self-evaluation and enhancement group they participate in the preparation and implementation of the enhancement-led visit, and they are also invited to monitor the implementation of measures arising from these visits.