A workshop at the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Latakia University examined the mechanisms for preparing Academic Reference Standards (ARS) and linking them to quality requirements in academic programs and courses, with the participation of department heads, quality coordinators, and standards preparation teams at the faculty.

The workshop focused on transforming quality standards into practical procedures within the departments, starting from preparing the Academic Reference Standards document through to linking it with course descriptions, graduate needs, and labor market requirements.

The Director of the Quality Assurance Unit at the faculty, Dr. Nisreen Mohammad, gave a presentation on the stages of preparing and approving the Academic Reference Standards document, and the mechanism for aligning it with national standards, emphasizing its inclusion in the decisions of department and faculty councils and benefiting from similar academic experiences.

The Dean of the Faculty, Dr. Mariam Saie, emphasized the importance of establishing a culture of quality in higher education and developing performance measurement tools according to clear references, enabling the faculty to evaluate and continuously improve its programs.

The workshop aimed to unify work mechanisms related to quality within the faculty's departments, develop programs and courses to achieve a clearer link between educational outputs and labor market needs, and raise the level of the educational process and its outputs.

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