Annual Report 1993-94

15 To improve the University's academic programmes and courses, the Senate formalized the course evaluation practice in many departments by making it compulsory and university-wide. With effect from 1993-94, evaluation w i ll be conducted for every course to obtain feedback from students. Each faculty is responsible for implementing its own course evaluation, including questionnaire design, administration of the exercise, data analysis, dissemination of results, and follow-up action required for improvement of the courses concerned. Experience in the faculties wou ld be reviewed at the university level with a view to further strengthening this mechanism for quality improvement. In the course of the year, the faculties were also asked to examine their different quality assurance programmes and to begin documenting them for better dissemination. At the university level, review was made to enhance the effectiveness of the student assessment process and, in particular, the visiting examiner system. The membership and functions of the Undergraduate Examinations Board were rationalized in line with a three-tier system for the supervision of student assessment: the examination panel in each subject w i ll oversee the grading made by teachers, the faculty w i ll vet assessment results, and the Undergraduate Examinations Board w i ll monitor standards across departments and exercise overall quality control. A number of structural adjustments were introduced to the visiting examiner system to achieve greater effectiveness. The visit programme became more structured and would include a meeting w i th students concerned. To highlight the importance of the dual roles of a visiting examiner as reviewer of both curriculum and examinations, examiners would be requested to provide separate reports on these after each visit. Department boards would then be required to place the reports of visiting examiners on the agenda of their meetings and to inform the Vice-Chancellor of their response. 學術行政 Academic Administration 由於學生人數在過去三年大幅增加，多項教學設施均不勝負荷，新的行政措施遂相 應而生。自九三至九四年度起，大學統一編排全日制本科生之考試時間表，使各考場能 獲充分利用，亦使考試時間表較寬鬆合理，方便大部分考生。此外，爲增加可供統一調 配之考試設施，大學正在物色另一個較大型之考試場地，於下年度使用。 另一項重要改革，是重整大學之教學結構，新措施以學系爲本校之基本教學單位， 取代以往的學務委員會。學科主任及系主任兩個不同職位，由下學年起合而爲一。系務 會之成員組合、系主任及系務會之職責與功能均已作出合理修訂，使之更爲明確。此制 度賦予學系更大的自主權和靈活性，有助全面貫徹校政分權管治的政策。 The marked increase in student intake in a short time span exerted immense