APPENDICES TALLINN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN TALLINN UNIVERSITY Institutional Accreditation Self-Evaluation Report 2021 1 4. SELF EVALUATION REPORTS OF THE STUDY ROGRAMMES CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES 5 LIST OF FIGURES 6 ABBREVIATIONS 7 1. INTRODUCTION 8 1.1 GOAL AND CORE VALUES 8 1.2 HISTORY AND THE PRESENT 10 1.3 STRUCTURE 12 1.4 MANAGEMENT 14 1.5 LOCATION 16 1.6 A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SELF-EVALUATION PROCESS AND WRITING THE REPORT 17 1.7 AGGREGATE DATA 18 1.7.1 Higher education students 18 1.7.2 Employees 20 2. MAIN CHANGES CARRIED OUT FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TALLINN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN THE PREVIOUS INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION 22 3. SELF-EVALUATION OF TALLINN UNIVERSITY ACROSS STANDARDS 25 3.1 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 25 3.1.1 Planning and evaluation of the development of the university 25 3.1.2 Stakeholder involvement in university management 28 3.2 RESOURCES 30 3.2.1 Financial management 30 3.2.2 Human resource management 32 3.2.3 Management and development of material resources 35 3.2.4 Internal and external communication 36 2 4.1. EUROPEAN MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES 3.3 QUALITY CULTURE 39 3.4 ACADEMIC ETHICS 44 3.4.1 General principles and regulations of academic ethics at Tallinn University 44 3.4.2 Good research practice and research ethics 45 3.4.3 Academic ethics in teaching 45 3.4.4 Equal treatment of members 46 3.5 INTERNATIONALISATION 48 3.5.1 English language based study programmes and international students 49 3.5.2 International mobility of students 51 3.5.3 International staff and staff mobility 51 3.6 ACADEMIC STAFF 53 3.6.1 Career model, recruitment and tasks of academic staff 53 3.6.2 Academic staff’ self-development and work evaluation 55 3.7 STUDY PROGRAMMES 57 3.7.1 Short description of study programmes and the principles of study programme development 57 3.7.2 Results achieved and future improvement activities 58 3.8 LEARNING AND TEACHING 60 3.9 ASSESSMENT OF STUDENTS 64 3.10 STUDY SUPPORT SYSTEMS 68 3.10.1 Student support systems 68 3.10.2 Student satisfaction with support services 69 3.10.3 Graduating within the nominal period of studies and reducing drop-out rate 70 TALLINN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN 3.11 RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES (RDC) 72 3.12 SERVING THE SOCIETY 77 3.12.1 Lifelong learning 77 3.12.2 Popularisation of the main activities of the university 79 3.12.3 Community contributions and other public activities 79 4. SELF-EVALUATIONS OF THE CHOSEN STUDY PROGRAMMES 82 4.1. EUROPEAN MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES 82 4.1.1. Planning and management of studies 83 4.1.2. Learning, teaching and assessment 87 3 4. SELF EVALUATION REPORTS OF THE STUDY ROGRAMMES 4.1.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 91 Appendix 1. Study programme form of the ENKK Appendix 2. Course programmes of the 5 subjects of the ENKK Appendix 3. Nominal division of the modules/subjects of the ENKK Appendix 4. Information about academic staff of the ENKK 4.2.INTEGRATED NATURAL SCIENCES 94 4.2.1. Planning and management of studies 95 4.2.2. Learning, teaching and assessment 98 4.2.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 101 Appendix 5. Study programme form of the INTNAT Appendix 6. Course programmes of the INTNAT Appendix 7. Scheme of the INTNAT Appendix 8. Academic staff of the INTNAT 2019-2020 Appendix 9. Laboratory resources for teaching and research of INTNAT 4.3. LAW PROGRAMMES 103 4.3.1. Planning and management of studies 104 4.3.2. Learning, teaching and assessment 109 4.3.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 115 Appendix 10. Study programme form of AKOB Appendix 11. Course programmes of AKOB Appendix 12. Nominal division of AKOB Appendix 13. Academic staff of AKOB Appendix 14. Study programme form of AKLB Appendix 15. Course programmes of AKLB Appendix 16. Nominal division of AKLB Appendix 17. Academic staff of AKLB Appendix 18. List of funded projects_AKOB, AKLB TALLINN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN 4.4. DIGITAL LEARNING GAMES 118 4.4.1. Planning and management of the studies 119 4.4.2. Learning, teaching and assessment 121 4.4.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 124 Appendix 19. Study programme form of DLG Appendix 20.Course programmes of DLG Appendix 21. Scheme describing the interrelations between modules/subjects of DLG Appendix 22. Academic staff of DLG 4.5. EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION AND LEADERSHIP 127 4.5.1. Planning and management of the studies 128 4.5.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 133 Appendix 23. Study programme form of KAEIM Appendix 24. Course programmes of KAEIM Appendix 25. Scheme describing the interrelations of modules and subjects, KAEIM Appendix 26. Academic staff of KAEIM 4 4.1. EUROPEAN MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES 4.6. HEALTH BEHAVIOUR AND WELLBEING 136 4.6.1. Planning and management of the studies 137 4.6.2. Learning, teaching and assessment 139 4.6.3. Development, cooperation and internationalisation of the academic staff 142 Appendix 27. Study programme form of HBW Appendix 28. Course programmes of HBW Appendix 29. Scheme of doctoral studies at TLU Appendix 30. Academic staff of the HBW 2016-2020 Appendix 31. Laboratory resources for teaching and research of HBW Appendix 32. Cooperation and networking of academic staff of HBW LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Aggregate data on the study process at Tallinn University 19 Table 2 Aggregate data on Tallinn University academic and support staff 21 Table 3 Staff satisfaction with management in 2017–2020 29 Table 4 Number of employees who participated in staff development activities in the main development areas in 2015–2019 33 Table 5 Employee satisfaction with opportunities for self-improvement 33 Table 6 Employee satisfaction with the remuneration and correspondence of remuneration with the contribution in 2017–2020 34 Table 7 Overview of TLU information letters 37 Table 8 REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN Employee satisfaction with the university’s image and the ingformation environment 38 Table 9 University internal evaluations 40 Table 10 University external evaluations 42 Table 11 Statistics related to plagiarism detection at TLU in the academic years of 2015/16-2019/20 46 Table 12 EU funding measures that directly support the mobility of students and employees 48 Table 13 Number of English language based study programmes across academic units in the academic year of 2020/2021 50 Table 14 Number and proportion of graduates from English language based study programmes in 2016–2020 50 Table 15 Number of TLU students who participated in studies abroad and number of foreign exchange students in 2016–2020 50 Table 16 International staff of TLU 50 5 4. SELF EVALUATION REPORTS OF THE STUDY ROGRAMMES Table 17 Mobility of lecturers as at 1 May 2020 50 Table 18 Competition for academic positions in 2015 –2019 54 Table 19 Participation of lecturers in self-development by areas of training 55 Table 20 Assessments of graduates of the development of general competences 61 Table 21 Student satisfaction with the content and organisation of studies 63 Table 22 Submission and satisfaction of VÕTA applications in 2016–2020 66 Table 23 Student satisfaction with the organisation of studies in 2017–2019 69 Table 24 Volume of RDC revenues in 2016–2019 73 Table 25 Volue of TLU interdisciplinary and international and/or foreign funded research projects in 2016–2019 73 Table 26 Key indicator of university publications in 2015–2019 75 Table 27 Volume of TLU’s customer-based research and development activities in 2016–2019 75 Table 28 TLU continuing education results in 2015-2019 78 Table 29 Number of events organised through the TLU Conference Centre in 2015–2020 80 LIST OF FIGURES TALLINN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITATION SELF-EVALUATION REPORT SELF-EVALUATION ACCREDITATION UNIVERSITY INSTITUTIONAL TALLINN Figure 1. Tallinn University timeline 10 Figure 2. Structure of Tallinn University 12 Figure 3. TLU revenue sources in 2015–2019 30 Figure 4. Expenses of TLU units in 2015 and 2019 31 Figure 5. TLU balance sheet and working capital in 2015–2019 32 Figure 6. Number of TLU’s foreign language based study programmes and foreign students in 2015–2020 49 Figure 7. Annual internal evaluation chart 58 Figure 8. Alumni satisfaction with studies, lecturers and teaching in 2017 and 2020 63 Figure 9. Average time of study of students across levels of study in 2015–2019 71 Figure 10. Proportion of dropouts in Estonian higher education 71 Figure 11. DLG programme general structure 119 6 4.1. EUROPEAN MODERN LANGUAGES AND CULTURES ABBREVIATIONS A – autumn semester ESSE – The European Society for the Study P – practice ADAPTER – Estonian business of English PARE – Estonian Human Resource cooperation platform EST – in Estonian Management Association AKLB – Law English medium Bachelor’s ETAg – Estonian Research Council PhD – Doctoral studies study programme EU – European Union PHE – professional higher education AKOB – Law Estonian medium Bachelor´s EUCEN – European University PSPD2016+ – The Principles of Study study programme Continuing Education Network