Internal Evaluation Board
About
The Mission and Scope
The Internal Evaluation Board (hereinafter as the 'Board') is an autonomous academic body of the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (USB), whose main mission is to provide and evaluate internally the quality of educational, creative and related activities of USB. In particular, the Board:
- approves the draft of the Rules of Quality Assurance System for Educational, Creative and Related Activities and for Internal Quality Evaluation of Educational, Creative and Related Activities of the USB, which is submitted by the Chair of the Board before the proposal is submitted to the Academic Senate of USB,
- administers the internal quality evaluation of the educational activities, scientific and research, development and innovation, artistic or other creative activities (hereinafter as 'creative activities') and related activities of USB,
- draws a Report on Internal Evaluation of Quality of Educational, Creative and Related Activities of USB and its annual updates,
- monitors and records the internal quality evaluation of educational, creative and related activities of USB,
- approves the intent to apply for an accreditation, extension of the scope of an accreditation or extension of the validity of an accreditation of degree programmes submitted by the Rector at the proposal of the Scientific Board of the relevant faculty,
- approves degree programmes submitted by the Rector at the proposal of the Scientific Board of the relevant faculty,
- expresses its views on implementation of degree programmes executed at USB, submitted by the Rector for consideration.
The Internal Evaluation Board also decides on the available options and scheduling of an international evaluation of USB executed by a renown foreign rating agency and provides upon request and on its own initiative its opinions and recommendations to the Rector, the USB Scientific Board, and the USB Academic Senate, including matters that may affect the USB budget (budget priorities regarding excellent and stagnant workplaces or development needs of related USB activities).
All members of the USB academic community can through their elected representatives in the USB Academic Senate submit their suggestions to the Internal Evaluation Board. These suggestions, along with the suggestions of the USB Academic Senate, are forwarded to the Internal Evaluation Board by the Chair of the USB Academic Senate.
The competences of the Board shall be governed by:
In its activities, the Board also takes into account other USB regulations aimed at developing the internal quality assurance system of USB. These are, in particular, the following regulations:
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The USB Code of Conduct (suspected violation of individual provisions of the Code of Conduct of the USB discusses the Ethics Committee of the USB)
Members
The Board consists of 21 members.
| Member | Faculty / Department | |
|---|---|---|
| prof. Ing. Pavel Kozák, Ph.D. (Chair) |
Rectorate / Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters | |
| doc. ThDr. Rudolf Svoboda, Th.D. (Deputy Chair) |
Rectorate / Faculty of Theology | |
| PhDr. Petr Dvořák, Ph.D. (Chair of the USB Academic Senate ) |
Faculty of Education | |
| Ing. Michaela Hana Votruba (student) |
Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | |
| doc. Ing. Ivana Faltová Leitmanová, CSc. | Faculty of Economics | |
| doc. Ing. Milan Jílek, Ph.D. | Faculty of Economics | |
| prof. PaedDr. Vladimír Papoušek, CSc. | Faculty of Arts | |
| doc. Mgr. Lenka Martínková, Ph.D. | Faculty of Arts | |
| doc. Ing. Martin Pšenička, Ph.D. | Faculty of Fisheries and Protection of Waters | |
| prof. PaedDr. Iva Stuchlíková, CSc. | Faculty of Education | |
| doc. RNDr. Šárka Klementová, CSc. | Faculty of Science | |
| prof. RNDr. Vítězslav Straňák, Ph.D. | Faculty of Science | |
| prof. Mgr. Ivana Kutá Smatanová, Ph.D. | Faculty of Science | |
| doc. Jakub Sirovátka, Dr. phil. | Faculty of Theology | |
| doc. Ing. Pavel Smetana, Ph.D. | Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | |
| prof. Ing. Vladislav Čurn, Ph.D. | Faculty of Agriculture and Technology | |
| prof. PhDr. Valérie Tóthová, Ph.D. | Faculty of Health and Social Sciences | |
| doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Jitka Vacková, Ph.D. | Faculty of Health and Social Sciences | |
| Ing. Vladimír Jandík | Banking sphere | |
| prof. RNDr. Ivo Šauman, Ph.D. | Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences | |
| RNDr. Jiří Peterka, Ph.D. | Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
Material and technical support for the Board's activities is provided by the USB Rectorate. The Board's administration is provided by the Board Secretary. The Secretary is not a member of the Board but has the right to participate in the Board meetings.
Board Secretary: Tomáš Klimpera (
