New educational innovation methodology to determine the suitability of final degree reports for a quality Assessment and Acreditation framework.A case study applied to Industrial Engineering degree.

Resumen

Final project reports are essential subjects designed to set actual evidences of capabilities that are reached by students once they have passed all the courses of a university degree. Therefore, the main purpose of a final work assessment is to demonstrate if the student is able to transform academy achievements into a full professional capability by developing a matter of work within the degree scope. This work is commonly proposed and guided by a tutor, that encourage student to develop a self-learning process as a methodology to face future professional problem-solving events. The relevance of such final degree reports in relationship with the future application of professional competences is also a matter of study for higher education quality assessment agencies, that must face the problem of applying standard guidelines to analyse the possible wide range of topics covered by final degree reports and what usually lead evaluators to introduce a subjective factor in such process. The aim of this paper is to introduce an innovative methodology in the field of Industrial and Management Engineering to help external quality assessment evaluators to discern up to which point a final degree report falls within the university degree expectations or not.