How the department is run -Dep.Human Sciences-University of Verona

The Board is the executive body and assists the Head of Department to carry out his work. The election and the work of the Board are laid down by the Department Regulations.

The Board of the PhD programme in Human Sciences has the scientific, organizational and teaching responsibility of the Programme. In particular, the PhD Board plays a steering and supervising function of the students’ doctoral track and designates a supervisor for each PhD student. The PhD Board designs and contributes to accomplish and evaluate the specific training activities of the Doctoral Programme. These activities utilize the expertise of the members of the PhD Board (both Italian and international members), and other international collaborations. Furthemore, the PhD Board encourages the students to participate in training activities organized by other national and international doctoral programmes, and to spend extended periods of research and study abroad. Finally, the PhD Board is in charge of the evaluation of the students' work in order to admit them the following year and to send the dissertation to the external reviewers.

Board Meeting schedule, PhD Programme in Human Sciences

The AQ management group is nominated by the Council for each Degree Course, it is made up of a group of professors of the Course, which must include the Referent of the Study Program, and a students. The group annually carries out a verification of the results obtained and proposes improvement actions; cyclically prepares a specific report, which gives an account of the improvement actions carried out starting from the previous review, of the current status of the Course analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, and of the corrective actions envisaged for the future, based on the guidelines defined by the Quality Presidium.
The Commission is a component of the University Quality Assurance system.

The Ethics Committee (EC):

Examines Dept. members’ approval requests on research protocols involving human participants - excluding medical research - and provides advise in a relatively short time;
Examines approval requests by considering the physical and psychological well-being of research participants, and especially participants belonging to vulnerable groups (e.g., underaged, people who cannot provide consent to participation, prisoners, hospitalized patients, stigmatized groups or groups at risk of social discrimination);
Carefully evaluates research protocols that use deceit, employ stimuli that may hurt the personal or cultural sensibility of those who take part to the research, or limit respondents’ right to anonymity and confidentiality.

The EC provides advice by considering:

the protection of participants with regard to physical and psychological well-being, decision-making autonomy and confidentiality;
the completeness and comprehensibility of the information consent forms;
the reliability of the security procedures for the prevention and risk management of the people involved in the research;
the reliability of security procedures, data storage and protection;
the clear explanation of research hypotheses and the soundness of the theoretical and methodological structure;
the presence in the research team of the required skills.

The EC usually meets monthly, according to a pre-established Calendar (see the Documents section), and examines the requests received at least 7 days before the date of the meeting scheduled in the calendar. The organization and functioning of the EC are governed by these Regolamento (Regulations).
The Documents section also contains: the approval request templates (request for approval, resubmission with modifications, fast-track approval), and the informed consent templates (for underaged and adult participants).
Links to the approval requests online submissions can be found at:

NEW ETHICAL APPROVAL REQUEST

ETHICAL APPROVAL REQUEST – REVISION

ETHICAL APPROVAL REQUEST – CHANGES AFTER APPROVAL

The FUR Committee shall:

propose to the Department Council criteria for the allocation of the University Research Funds (FUR) among the teaching and research staff of the Department, based on research outcomes;
implement the fund allocation criteria approved by the Department Council;
provide the Department Council with proposals for the allocation of the University Research Funds (FUR) among the teaching and research staff of the Department.

The Joint Faculty-Student Committee has the following aims:

to supervise and monitor the educational offer and the quality of teaching;
to supervise and monitor student service activities carried out by teaching staff and researchers;
to determine criteria for evaluating the outcomes of the above activities;
to provide opinions on the establishment and cancellation of degree programmes.

Specifically, the Joint Faculty-Student Committee of the Department of Human Sciences sees its role as an opportunity to strengthen collaboration between teaching staff and students enrolled in the degree programmes offered by the Department.
To this end, in addressing the issues in its main areas of responsibility, the Committee promotes meetings and opportunities for debate, so as to involve all the various members of the community, whose skills add value to the Department: technical-administrative staff, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, and research grant holders.
These meetings, as well as allowing constant monitoring of the various issues, have allowed the Committee to start thinking in an inclusive way, taking into account the views of the members of the Department, thus making it possible to analyse the various aspects in detail. Indeed, participants in these meetings have always been encouraged not only to identify critical issues, but also to suggest solutions that could provide food for thought for a lively debate.
Believing that the University is not only a matter of numbers and credits, but first and foremost a great opportunity to experience university life, the Department felt that the mandate to establish a Joint Faculty-Student Committee was the ideal opportunity to grasp a new awareness of the University's structures and to strengthen intergenerational dialogue, which, although already present at the University, had not been actively pursued until then.
The main purpose, then, is to provide opportunities for debate on issues relating to teaching and university life as a whole, in order to contribute to making the University a place of growth and opportunities, thinking in an inclusive way about the problems that the members of the University’s community may encounter, and striving to provide solutions.
The Joint Faculty-Student Committee is part of the University’s Quality Assurance system.

The Research Policy Committee shall:

submit proposals to the Department for research policy guidelines;
prepare, at the request of the Department, calls for the allocation of specific departmental research funds;
follow the procedures for the allocation of such funding and manage the application assessment process, where necessary;
assist the Department, if so requested, in the assessment processes in which the Department is involved, or that are promoted by the Department;
organise the “Research Day” at the Department of Human Sciences, with the aim of allowing the presentation and discussion of the Department’s research outcomes, fostering mutual knowledge and collaboration between teaching staff and researchers from the Department, and providing opportunities for making available to the general public the progress of any research projects of the Department;
provide opinions, at the request of the Department, on proposals for scientific collaboration agreements between the Department and other bodies to be submitted to the Department Council for approval.

The Seminar and Publications Committee shall:

propose to the Department Council criteria and procedures for the allocation of funds for conferences and publications;
examine the requests for funding submitted by members of the Department;
propose to the Department Council the allocation of funds for conferences and publications;
be in charge of the assessment of the applications for requesting support for events.

The Third Mission Committee has, in general, functions of promotion, monitoring and support to the supervision of the Third Mission activities within the Department of Human Sciences. Specifically, the Third Mission Committee:

proposes to the Department Council the strategic guidelines for the departmental Third Mission activities;
identifies and proposes to the Departmental Council the departmental priorities related to the Third Mission activities and their updating, if required by the Board of the Department or by the same Departmental Council;
expresses opinions in relation to the possible activation of collaborations between the Department and other subjects for Third Mission activities, upon request of the Board of the Department or the Departmental Council;
monitors the Third Mission activities carried out by the Department and its various articulations (centres, laboratories, professors, etc.);
upon the request of the Departmental Council, formulates and proposes to the Departmental Council the criteria for allowing contributions to the departmental Third Mission activities, where appropriate, it also examines and evaluates the requests for contributions to departmental Third Mission activities and makes proposals to allocate these resources to be submitted to the Departmental Council.

The Internationalization / Erasmus Committee:

Formulates proposals to the Department on the priorities in support of the internationalization of Education, Research and the Third Mission, in conjunction, where necessary, with the Research Policy Committe and / or the Third Mission Committee;
At the request of the Department Council, prepares calls for the allocation of University funds to support the internationalization of the Department;
Formulates and proposes to the Department Council the criteria for the allocation of departmental contributions in support of internationalization activities;
Follows the procedures for the allocation of the aforementioned funds and contributions, deals, where requested, with the process of assessing the applications, and formulates a proposal of distribution of the resources to be submitted to the Department Council;
Further defines, with respect to the provisions of the University, the modalities of participation in the Calls for the international mobility concerning students of the Department; Promotes inward and outward mobility and international exchanges of teachers, students and trainees in connection, where necessary, with the International Relations Office and the Delegate of the University Rector for Internationalization;
Promotes and monitors activities in support of the internationalization of the Department's educational offer;
Provides opinions, upon request of the Department, on proposals for collaboration agreement between the Department and other international bodies to be submitted to the approval of the Department Council;
Cooperates, where required, with the Research Policy Committtee in support of international research groups and internationally competitive projects;
Cooperates, where required, with the Third Mission Committee on the promotion of international scientific and / or dissemination initiatives;
Collaborates, where required, with the Doctorate School of Humanities and the Doctorate in Human Sciences in the fields of international mobility and the internationalization of teaching.

The QA Management Group monitors and coordinates the Department's activities in the three strategic areas in order to guarantee the quality and the attainment of the Department's goals. It meets periodically the Department Director and is composed by the chairpersons of the Departmental commissions for didactic, research, third mission, and internationalization.

The Web Committee shall:

monitor the web pages of the Department's website with respect to their content and form;
check periodically that the pages of the Department's website function properly;
be responsible for the periodic updating of the general webpages (Department, Research, Our Services) and related links, as indicated by the Department Council;
examine any requests from teaching and research staff for the implementation of functions and content, and propose these changes to the IT Department in charge of the University’s website;
provide technical help in managing and updating the pages of the Department website that can be reached by individual teaching staff/researchers through dbERW, and update pages that cannot be modified by individual users;
manage contacts with the University’s Liaison Office.

Il Collegio Didattico organizza le attività didattiche di un singolo corso o di più corsi di studio, anche di classi diverse purché omogenee dal punto di vista scientifico-culturale. Il Collegio Didattico può essere istituito autonomamente all’interno del Dipartimento o di una Struttura di Raccordo. Il Collegio Didattico è composto dai docenti del/i corso/i di studio e da una rappresentanza degli studenti definita dal Regolamento Generale di Ateneo. Il Collegio Didattico è convocato e presieduto da un Presidente eletto, nel proprio seno, dai componenti il Collegio stesso.
l Collegio Didattico esercita le seguenti attribuzioni:
a) organizza e coordina le attività di insegnamento e di didattica dei corsi di studio ad esso afferenti;
b) esamina e approva i piani di studio degli studenti;
c) formula proposte e pareri in ordine alle modifiche statutarie attinenti ai Corsi di Studio.

Il Collegio Didattico di Psicologia per la formazione organizza le attività didattiche per i seguenti Corsi di Laurea:
Corsi attivi: Laurea in Scienze psicologiche per la formazione - Laurea magistrale in Psicologia per la formazione;
Corsi ad esaurimento: - Laurea in Scienze della Formazione nelle Organizzazioni - Laurea Magistrale in Formazione e Sviluppo delle Risorse Umane- Laurea in Esperti nei Processi Formativi - Laurea Specialistica in Programmazione e Gestione dei Servizi Formativi.

The AQ management group is nominated by the Council for each Degree Course, it is made up of a group of professors of the Course, which must include the Referent of the Study Program, and a students. The group annually carries out a verification of the results obtained and proposes improvement actions; cyclically prepares a specific report, which gives an account of the improvement actions carried out starting from the previous review, of the current status of the Course analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, and of the corrective actions envisaged for the future, based on the guidelines defined by the Quality Presidium.
The Commission is a component of the University Quality Assurance system.

Il gruppo di gestione Assicurazione Qualità del Corso di Studio ha la funzione di garantire l'efficacia complessiva della gestione della didattica attraverso la costruzione di processi finalizzati al miglioramento del corso di studio, verificando costantemente il raggiungimento degli obiettivi prefissati. La Commissione è uno dei soggetti del sistema di Assicurazione della Qualità di Ateneo.

La Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico in Scienze della Formazione Primaria è gestita, per i primi tre anni di avvio, da un organismo denominato Comitato Temporaneo della Laurea Magistrale a ciclo unico in Scienze della Formazione Primaria che svolgerà funzioni analoghe a quelle di un Collegio Didattico.

The AQ management group is nominated by the Council for each Degree Course, it is made up of a group of professors of the Course, which must include the Referent of the Study Program, and a students. The group annually carries out a verification of the results obtained and proposes improvement actions; cyclically prepares a specific report, which gives an account of the improvement actions carried out starting from the previous review, of the current status of the Course analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, and of the corrective actions envisaged for the future, based on the guidelines defined by the Quality Presidium.
The Commission is a component of the University Quality Assurance system.

Il Collegio Didattico organizza le attività didattiche di un singolo corso o di più corsi di studio, anche di classi diverse purché omogenee dal punto di vista scientifico-culturale. Il Collegio Didattico può essere istituito autonomamente all’interno del Dipartimento o di una Struttura di Raccordo. Il Collegio Didattico è composto dai docenti del/i corso/i di studio e da una rappresentanza degli studenti definita dal Regolamento Generale di Ateneo. Il Collegio Didattico è convocato e presieduto da un Presidente eletto, nel proprio seno, dai componenti il Collegio stesso. Il Collegio Didattico esercita le seguenti attribuzioni: a) organizza e coordina le attività di insegnamento e di didattica dei corsi di studio ad esso afferenti; b) esamina e approva i piani di studio degli studenti; c) formula proposte e pareri in ordine alle modifiche statutarie attinenti ai Corsi di Studio. Il Collegio Didattico di Servizio Sociale organizza le attività didattiche per i seguenti Corsi di Laurea: Corsi attivi: - Laurea in Scienze del Servizio Sociale - Laurea Magistrale in Servizio Sociale in Ambiti Complessi; Corsi ad esaurimento: - Laurea Magistrale in Servizio Sociale e Politiche Sociali - Laurea Specialistica in Progettazione ed attuazione di interventi di servizio sociale ad elevata complessità

The AQ management group is nominated by the Council for each Degree Course, it is made up of a group of professors of the Course, which must include the Referent of the Study Program, and a students. The group annually carries out a verification of the results obtained and proposes improvement actions; cyclically prepares a specific report, which gives an account of the improvement actions carried out starting from the previous review, of the current status of the Course analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, and of the corrective actions envisaged for the future, based on the guidelines defined by the Quality Presidium.
The Commission is a component of the University Quality Assurance system.

Il Comitato ha funzione consultiva finalizzata a supportare i corsi di studio della macro area delle scienze umanistiche nel mantenere contatti di rappresentanza stabile con il Territorio al fine di facilitare la discussione sull’offerta formativa di riferimento

Il Comitato di Coordinamento è un organo collegiale temporaneo convocato e presieduto dal Referente del CdS, con funzioni di Presidente dell’organo, designato dal Consiglio di Dipartimento di Scienze Umane e si riunisce quando ve ne sia necessità. Della riunione viene redatto verbale.

Commissione AQ Laurea in Studi Strategici per la Sicurezza e le Politiche Internazionali

Il Comitato Scientifico indirizza le attività didattiche e formative e il loro coordinamento; definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modalità di espletamento delle procedure di selezione dei docenti esterni ed è di norma commissione di valutazione nelle procedura selettive riguardanti il Corso. Il Comitato Scientifico, inoltre, definisce i criteri di valutazione e di espletamento della procedura di ammissione, di eventuali verifiche intermedie e della prova finale.

Il Comitato Scientifico:

indirizza le attività e il loro coordinamento;
definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modalità di espletamento delle procedure di selezione dei docenti esterni ed è di norma commissione di valutazione nelle procedura selettive riguardanti il Corso;
definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modalità di espletamento della procedura di ammissione, di eventuali verifiche intermedie e della prova finale e si esprime in merito all’idoneità dei titoli di studio conseguiti all’estero;
si esprime in merito al riconoscimento allo studente di eventuali crediti;
individua gli eventuali referenti per le attività di stage.

Il Comitato Scientifico assicura un adeguato livello scientifico, didattico e di terza missione e coadiuva il Direttore nel coordinamento e nella gestione del corso. Indirizza e monitora le attività e il loro coordinamento e definisce il calendario didattico del corso. Definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modadlità di espletamento delle procedure di selezione dei docenti esterni. Definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modalità di espletamento della procedura di ammissione, di eventuali verifiche intermedie e della prova finale.

Il Comitato Scientifico progetta il curricolo, indirizza le attività didattiche e formative e il loro coordinamento; definisce i criteri di valutazione e le modalità di espletamento delle procedure di selezione dei docenti esterni ed è di norma commissione di valutazione nelle procedura selettive riguardanti il Corso. Il Comitato Scientifico, inoltre, definisce i criteri di valutazione e di espletamento della procedura di ammissione, di eventuali verifiche intermedie e della prova finale.