Terms of Reference

1. To advise and make recommendations to the Senate on regulations, policies and guidelines relating to the quality assurance of teaching, learning and assessment by taking into account the University’s overall interests, to promote the quality of teaching and learning, to monitor the operation of related quality assurance processes at HKUST (GZ) in light of the “Unified HKUST, Complementary Campuses” umbrella, and to ensure the compliance requirements met both from HK and mainland China.
2. To receive and evaluate annual reports from Hub, College and other academic units on teaching and learning in the courses and programs.
3. To advise on matters related to the evaluation of teaching, including, but not limited to, student evaluations of courses and instructors.
4. To submit to the Chairman of the Senate no later than the 31st of July each year a written report covering the period from 1 July to 30 June on the activities of the committee and the state of teaching and learning quality during the previous academic year.

Powers

1. To co-opt such additional voting members as may be required but not exceeding one-third of formal Committee membership.
2. To form any working groups as considered necessary.

Membership

Chair: Appointed by the Chairman of the Senate

• Professor GAO Ping 高平教授

Member and Secretary: Head of Quality Assurance & Enhancement, ex-officio

• Dr LIU Yingbo 刘膺博博士

Members:

(a) One faculty member to be nominated by each Hub/College respectively

• Professor GAN Zecheng 干则成教授
• Professor CHU Xiaowen 褚晓文教授
• Professor HE Dengbo 贺登博教授
• Professor LI Jia 李佳教授(IPE)
• Dr MA Jinyuan 马近远博士
• Dr WANG Linxiao 王林晓博士

(b) Dean of Students, or nominee

• Dr Kevin ZHEN 甄勇博士

(c) One representative from the Fok Ying Tung Graduate School, to be nominated by the Dean

• Vacant

(d) Three students, with at least one respectively from UG, MPhil and PhD, to be nominated by the Dean of Students

• UG student, vacant
• Mr WAN Lei 万磊先生
• Mr LIANG Qiushi 梁秋实先生

Term

For student members, one year, renewable

For others, two years, renewable