Quality Management Office (GGQESD)

The Quality Management Office of the School of Dance (GGQESD) was created on December 20th, 2011 and its Regulations were approved on January 25th, 2012.

The GGQESD is a support entity for the Dean and works in close coordination with the various management entities of the School. It is responsible, primarily, for defining quality assurance objectives and policies, as well as coordinating self-assessment procedures, in line with the guidelines and quality standards established by the Quality Office of the Polytechnic University of Lisbon and A3ES. Thus, the ESD Quality Self-Assessment Procedures Manual was created with the aim of operationalizing the most relevant stages of the self-assessment process and establishing the sources of information collection, actors and procedure schedule.
 

Composition of the Quality Management Office

The GGQESD brings together representatives from different bodies, teaching staff, non-teaching collaborators, students, among other partners essential for the adequate success of the quality assurance process, and comprises 2 structures:

• Executive Council
  • The Dean of ESD
  • Two professors appointed by the Dean
  • The President of the Pedagogical Council
  • The Director of Services

• Advisory Board
  • The Dean of ESD
  • The President of the Scientific-Technical Council
  • Coordinators of Undergraduate and Master’s courses
  • The President of the Board of Representatives
  • The President of the ESD Graduate Association
  • The President of the ESD Student Association
  • One Faculty Member appointed by the ESD Dean
  • One non-teaching staff member appointed by the ESD Dean

Two members of the GGQESD are also guaranteed to be part of the Quality Management Council of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon in order to guarantee the alignment of the quality policies implemented at ESD with the quality policies determined by the IPL.