Frameworks and rules for teaching at a university: National end european level

Teaching at a government agency is regulated nationally by laws, ordinances and recommendations. These are also harmonized with agreements at the European level. From here, you will find your way to most of these.

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Frameworks & Rules

Teaching at a government agency is regulated nationally by laws, ordinances and national recommendations. All these governing documents are also harmonized with agreements at European level. We are also governed by local policies, rules and procedures here at the Karlstad university. From here, you will find your way to most of these.

ICT: Subtitling of video

The law on the Accessibility of Digital Public Services (DOS law) stipulates that all films and videos used in the university’s education must be subtitled. You can get support to fulfill this requirement.

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The role of ESG criteria in teaching

ESG stands for Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area. The ESG criteria from 2015 form the basis for UKÄ’s evaluations of higher education, which makes it important to know about them. Here is a brief presentation of what the ESG criteria mean and which criteria are most important for practicing teachers.

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GDPR

As teachers, we need to have access to and handle peoples’ personal information, especially related to our students. We do this in direct form with regard to students’ personal data and we are also responsible for how the students handle personal data when doing course assignments, e. g. when writing essays and doing surveys or interviews. GDPR regulates how we can and should do this.

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