The GTU Academic Council, Under the Rector, Academician David Gurgenidze’s Leadership, Heard the Report of the Head of the Quality Assurance Service
31-10-2024
The Head of the Quality Assurance Service of the Georgian Technical University, Associate Professor Davit Makhviladze, presented a report in front of the Senate and GTU faculty representatives under the leadership of Academic Council, Rector, Academician David Gurgenidze, as part of the elections announced for the position of the head of the service.
The head of the quality assurance service introduced to the attending public the processes taking place at the Georgian Technical University during the last 4 years and discussed future plans.
Davit Makhviladze thanked the Academic Council, Rector, professors, and teachers of the Georgian Technical University for their support. As the head of the quality assurance service and, at the same time, the candidate participating in the elections announced for the position, stated that the action program – “Continuous development and international recognition of the quality assurance system of the Georgian Technical University” is aimed at meeting the international standard and the best recommendation developed for each direction of university life, and combines educational and continuous improvement of the research process, teaching and research environment, information management, innovation, technological transfer, internationalization and the implementation of the third mission of the university.
“It is a great honor for me to participate in the competition once again announced for holding such a responsible position. The past four years in the position of head of the quality assurance service allowed me to make my modest contribution to the university’s success.
4 years ago, the university faced other challenges. We, with the support of the rector, academician David Gurgenidze, were able to eliminate the existing problems, and now we face challenges.
According to the action program presented by me to the Academic Council, the directions of positive impact of the university’s internal quality assurance system are considered: continuous improvement of the quality assurance system; competitive positioning of the Georgian Technical University at the national, regional, and international levels; continuous improvement of the development process of development and approval of various educational and scientific programs; student-centered teaching-learning and assessment; interdisciplinarity, internationalization and transdisciplinarity of scientific research processes; effectiveness of protection of intellectual property and intangible goods; strengthening of opportunities for commercialization of scientific researches; student support services; diversity of university life, including cultural and sports; adherence to the European standards and guiding principles of quality assurance established in the European higher education space.
The strengthening and implementation of the internal quality assurance mechanism are supported by the university rectorate, academic council, representative council, all structural units of the university, and at the faculty - the dean’s office, faculty council, and all auxiliary faculty structural units.
Accordingly, each employee of the university, with appropriate qualifications, within the scope of the official competence of the held position, is involved in the internal quality assurance mechanism implementation as a leader and/or executor. From this point of view, important steps have been taken in the direction of creating, optimizing, and effectively using databases for university research.
Events of various content and scale are planned and carried out at the university for all categories of personnel, to get acquainted with news, share best practices, discuss current challenges, prepare planned events, strengthen support, share important results achieved, recognition, and other purposes.
Here I will take this opportunity to thank the vice-rectors, the chancellor, the deans, and everyone who cooperated with the quality assurance service during the past 4 years, special thanks to the rector, academician David Gurgenidze for his support,” announced Davit Makhviladze in his speech.
The academic council announced the competition for the position of head of the quality assurance service on October 9th of this year.
The academic council, by resolution N01-05-04/162, scheduled the hearing of the candidates’ action program for October 31st, and the elections for November 1st.
The head of the quality assurance service introduced to the attending public the processes taking place at the Georgian Technical University during the last 4 years and discussed future plans.
Davit Makhviladze thanked the Academic Council, Rector, professors, and teachers of the Georgian Technical University for their support. As the head of the quality assurance service and, at the same time, the candidate participating in the elections announced for the position, stated that the action program – “Continuous development and international recognition of the quality assurance system of the Georgian Technical University” is aimed at meeting the international standard and the best recommendation developed for each direction of university life, and combines educational and continuous improvement of the research process, teaching and research environment, information management, innovation, technological transfer, internationalization and the implementation of the third mission of the university.
“It is a great honor for me to participate in the competition once again announced for holding such a responsible position. The past four years in the position of head of the quality assurance service allowed me to make my modest contribution to the university’s success.
4 years ago, the university faced other challenges. We, with the support of the rector, academician David Gurgenidze, were able to eliminate the existing problems, and now we face challenges.
According to the action program presented by me to the Academic Council, the directions of positive impact of the university’s internal quality assurance system are considered: continuous improvement of the quality assurance system; competitive positioning of the Georgian Technical University at the national, regional, and international levels; continuous improvement of the development process of development and approval of various educational and scientific programs; student-centered teaching-learning and assessment; interdisciplinarity, internationalization and transdisciplinarity of scientific research processes; effectiveness of protection of intellectual property and intangible goods; strengthening of opportunities for commercialization of scientific researches; student support services; diversity of university life, including cultural and sports; adherence to the European standards and guiding principles of quality assurance established in the European higher education space.
The strengthening and implementation of the internal quality assurance mechanism are supported by the university rectorate, academic council, representative council, all structural units of the university, and at the faculty - the dean’s office, faculty council, and all auxiliary faculty structural units.
Accordingly, each employee of the university, with appropriate qualifications, within the scope of the official competence of the held position, is involved in the internal quality assurance mechanism implementation as a leader and/or executor. From this point of view, important steps have been taken in the direction of creating, optimizing, and effectively using databases for university research.
Events of various content and scale are planned and carried out at the university for all categories of personnel, to get acquainted with news, share best practices, discuss current challenges, prepare planned events, strengthen support, share important results achieved, recognition, and other purposes.
Here I will take this opportunity to thank the vice-rectors, the chancellor, the deans, and everyone who cooperated with the quality assurance service during the past 4 years, special thanks to the rector, academician David Gurgenidze for his support,” announced Davit Makhviladze in his speech.
The academic council announced the competition for the position of head of the quality assurance service on October 9th of this year.
The academic council, by resolution N01-05-04/162, scheduled the hearing of the candidates’ action program for October 31st, and the elections for November 1st.
