As part of the internal evaluation, members of The Hochschule Niederrhein (first-year students, students in higher specialization semesters, staff and lecturers) are surveyed on various aspects of studies and teaching education as well as the general conditions in the faculty and at the university using various questionnaires. The results enable the faculties to identify their strengths and weaknesses and to develop and implement measures for improvement.

Independently of this, graduates and exmatriculated students at the university are surveyed annually about their studies. The survey of graduates is carried out as part of the cooperation project Graduate Studies (KOAB) and the University of Kassel, while exmatriculates are surveyed directly by the Evaluation Coordination Office. All graduates and exmatriculants who have completed their studies one to one and a half years previously are surveyed. The results are incorporated into the development of study conditions at university and department level and are used to further develop the degree programmes.

Student course evaluations are carried out across the board in all ten faculties at The Hochschule Niederrhein. The evaluation regulations stipulate that every lecturer should have their courses evaluated by students every two years. The re-registration by students gives university teachers / lecturers the opportunity to take a critical look at their own teaching education and, if necessary, derive measures to improve the course. In addition to lecturers and contract lecturers, specialist tutors and revision tutors also have the opportunity to have their courses evaluated by participants.

Further surveys on the quality of studies and teaching education form the third pillar of the evaluation procedure. For example, surveys are conducted on the introductory days of the faculties, language courses at the language centers or the key qualifications and summer and winter academies. In addition, the Evaluation Coordination Office prepares statistical evaluations, e.g. for the Student Degree Programme Counselling or the Lecturer Pool and Language Centres Service Point, based on survey data or event/participant data.

The Coordination Office for Evaluation was set up to support the Presidential Board, the faculties, the central facilities and central operating units of the university in carrying out their evaluation procedures. This includes, on the one hand, scientific advice and support in the design, execution and implementation of evaluation activities and, on the other hand, the implementation of evaluations as separate research projects.

In addition, the staff of the Coordination Office for Evaluation support university members in classifying and dealing with their evaluation results.

The Coordination Office for Evaluation supports lecturers and employees of The Hochschule Niederrhein by providing operational, content-related and operational (technical) support for their survey projects to ensure that online surveys can be carried out easily and in compliance with the law in the context of research and teaching education.

The Hochschule Niederrhein uses the EvaSys evaluation software to carry out student course evaluations. This enables lecturers to access the results of their course evaluations at any time via an online portal.

The university's own version of the survey software SoSci Survey is available for the data protection-compliant and secure implementation of online surveys in the area of research and teaching. You can find information about using and conducting surveys as well as tools in the moodle course "Datenschutz für Lehr- und Forschungsprojekte" (registration key: Datenschutz).

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