What it does

It is in charge of performing the functions assigned to it by the University Statute and the University Teaching Regulations:

• coordinates the committees and those responsible for the activities of the CoS;
• convenes the ACS and submits the SUA-CdS, the CdS Annual Monitoring and the Cyclical Review Reports (RRC) for approval;
• communicates to the ACS the results of all the activities carried out by the Commissions and the various heads of activities.
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Contacts

Serena Perrone

What it does

• compiles and updates the Single Annual Form (SUA-CdS) within the stipulated deadlines;
• analyses and completes the Annual Monitoring Form (SMA);
• draft the Cyclical Review Report and monitor the progress of the proposed improvement activities;
• analyses reports and requests from students, lecturers and administrative staff in accordance with the procedures established by the University;
• promotes a culture of educational quality and self-assessment within the degree programme;
• analyses teaching evaluation questionnaires, Almalaurea questionnaires and other sources of information (e.g. questionnaires from host organisations or companies);
• analyses the report of the Joint School Committee;
• monitors the indicators relating to the degree programme;
• organises and manages consultations with the PI.

The Quality Assurance Committee also acts as the Teaching Committee and therefore:

• verifies the consistency between credits and teaching load, and progression across semesters;
• periodically reviews the entry requirements and the procedures for interim and final assessments;
• periodically reviews the study programme on the basis of data and recommendations arising from monitoring activities and organises its delivery, whilst also taking into account the requirements of facilities and services;
• organises and manages coordination between training programmes;
• checks that the information in the course descriptions is complete;
• verifies the adequacy of teaching facilities and student services.

Members of the Committee

Alice Bonandini
Lara Pagani
Serena Perrone
Mattia Giangreco (TA)
Pietro Francesco Baroso (student representative) - 5152346@studenti.unige.it

in conjunction with the three-year Bachelor’s degree programme in Humanities and the Master’s degree programme in Modern Literature and Performing Arts

What it does

• it articulates the needs arising from society, the world of work and the cultural sector;
• provides an assessment of the consistency between the study programme as a whole, its specific teaching activities and the demand for education

Internal members (of the degree programme)

Quality Assurance Committee

External members (shared with the Master’s degree programme in Modern Literature and Performing Arts and with the three-year degree programme in Humanities)

Publishers

• Valentina Saraceni, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura Publishing Office - valentina.saraceni@storiaeletteratura.it
• Serena Pirrotta, Editorial Director, Philosophy and Classical Studies, de Gruyter, Berlin-Boston – serena.pirrotta@degruyter.com; Carlo Vessella, Acquisitions Editor, Classical Studies - carlo.vessella@degruyter.com (possible substitute);
• Marco Griffa, Managing Director, Loescher Editore - mgriffa@loescher.it; Giuseppe Orlandi, Editor (alternate if applicable)

Regional Education Office

• Alessandro Clavarino, Head of Office II, Genoa Territorial Area - alessandro.clavarino@istruzione.it; Raffaella Gregori, seconded teaching staff – raffaella.gregori@istruzione.it (possible substitute)

Theatres and conservatoires

• Teatro della Tosse - Emanuele Conte, director and set designer, president and resident director of the Luzzati Foundation - e.conte@teatrodellatosse.it
• Nicolò Paganini State Conservatoire of Music - Tiziana Canfori, tenured lecturer - tiziana.canfori@conspaganini.it
• ISSM “Guido Cantelli” Conservatoire, Novara: Roberto Politi (Director) - roberto.politi@consno.it

Cinema

• Bergamo Film Meeting/Cineforum - Fiammetta Girola, General Co-ordination and Assistant Director - fiammetta@bergamofilmmeeting.it
• ‘FilmTv’ - Giulio Sangiorgio, Director - sangiorgio@filmtv.press
• CircuitoCinema – Maria Bettanini, administrative contact - info@circuitocinemagenova.it

Employment agencies

• Orienta SPA employment agency - Cristina Saulle, Key Account and HR Specialist - c.saulle@orienta.net

Foreign experts

• Anna Chahoud, Professor of Latin and Head of the Department of Classics, Trinity College, Dublin - chahouda@tcd.ie
• Giovanna Sparacello, Senior Lecturer in Italian Literature, University of Rennes 2 - giovanna.sparacello@univ-rennes2.fr

Research

• Giulia Isetti, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Advanced Studies at Eurac Research - giulia.isetti@eurac.edu

Postgraduate studies

• Lorenzo Filipponio, Coordinator of the PhD programme in Classical and Modern Literature and Cultures at the University of Genoa - lorenzo.filipponio@unige.it

What it does

• organises, in coordination with the School’s Guidance Officer and the University’s University Studies Guidance Department, guidance activities with schools and programmes for Transversal Skills and Guidance – PCTO;
• organises activities to promote the degree programme externally;
• monitors the progress of students’ academic careers;
• organises support activities, where necessary, for years beyond the first;
• organises career guidance activities to prepare students for entry into the world of work or for subsequent stages of their educational pathway;
• monitors the employment outcomes of graduates;
• organises activities to gather feedback from stakeholders in the world of work on graduates of the degree programme;
• coordinates induction and academic tutoring activities.

Head of Intake, Ongoing and Graduation Guidance

Elena Cimarosti

Head of Tutoring Activities

Alice Bonandini

What it does

• manages timetables to avoid clashes;
• optimises the distribution of courses across semesters;
• optimises the scheduling of exam dates.

Contact details

Serena Perrone (Coordinator)

What it does

• with the support of the Teaching Unit, updates and verifies the information on the degree programme’s website;
• ensures that transparency requirements are met.

Contact details

Serena Perrone (Coordinator)

What it does

• examines the CVs of candidates for appointment as subject experts and provides an assessment for the CCS

Committee members

Valter Lapini
Biagio Santorelli

What does it do?

The CPDS is primarily responsible for:

• formulating proposals aimed at improving the delivery of teaching
• drafting an annual report on the effectiveness of teaching, tutoring and any other services provided to students. The report is forwarded to the Dean and the relevant teaching departments, which take note of it and, taking it duly into account, take steps to draw up proposals for improving the relevant activities
• formulate opinions regarding the introduction, suspension and discontinuation of degree programmes
• report to the Dean, the Coordinator of the Degree Programme Council and the Head of the Department to which the degree programme is assigned, any irregularities encountered during the delivery of teaching activities

Members of the Committee representing the Degree Programme

Pia Carolla (lecturer)
Gabriele Zunino (student representative) - 4980373@studenti.unige.it

The RAQ is responsible for:

• providing support and intervention, where necessary, on matters relating to quality assurance within the Department;
• coordination and support for degree programmes in the preparation of the SUA-CdS, the Annual Monitoring Report and the Cyclical Review Report (verifying that these have been drafted within the specified deadlines, assessing their completeness and keeping them up to date, and, where appropriate, suggesting suitable amendments; document review activities within the School’s Quality Assurance Committees and providing relevant feedback);
• coordination and support for the Department in the preparation of the SUA-RD, SUA-TM or similar documents (verifying that they have actually been drafted within the assigned deadlines, assessing their completeness and updating them, and, where appropriate, suggesting suitable amendments);
• coordination and support for the coordinator and the academic board of PhD programmes (where applicable) in all activities relating to the quality assurance of the PhD programmes themselves. ensuring the proper two-way flow of information between the PQA, the Department and the PhD programmes and degree programmes affiliated with it;
• ensuring that degree programmes obtain the report from the Joint Commission and incorporate its observations;
• ensuring that the degree programmes and the Department collect and analyse students’ views on teaching activities;
• promotion, coordinated by the PQA, of training activities on quality assurance for staff attached to the Department;
• support and monitor the implementation of any other activities provided for in the PQA, including participation in working groups on specific issues;
• on the instructions of the PQA, drafting an annual report on the activities outlined above. 

Head

Paolo Calcagno - Department of Antiquities, Philosophy and History (DAFIST)

What it does

• provides guidance in defining your own study path
• helps to tackle and overcome any difficulties encountered during the course of study

Contact details

Alice Bonandini

What it does

• provides information students with disabilities about the study programmes available within their academic area and the services provided by the University;
• works with the Rector’s Representative and the Services for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities and Specific Learning Difficulties in order to identify and propose, at the student’s specific request, the support most suited to their needs and educational requirements;
• informs teachers and technical and administrative staff within its own teaching unit the types of services and activities available to support students with disabilities;
• informs teachers and technical and administrative staff of the requests made by students;
• supervises, monitors and coordinatesthe activities carried out by peer tutors and teaching tutors working within the relevant department.

Contact person

Elisabetta Colagrossi

What does it do?

• It supports students whose previous educational background differs from a three-year degree in Classical Studies, or who come from other universities – both Italian and foreign – to facilitate their integration into the Master’s programme.

Contact details

Alice Bonandini

What it does

• checks whether compliance with the curriculum requirements
• organises the assessment of individual preparedness

Members of the Committee

Elena Cimarosti
Lara Pagani
Rosa Ronzitti

What it does

• examines students’ previous or concurrent study programmes on the basis of the Programme Offer or the Degree Programme Regulations, and prepares the resolution for recognition by the CCS

Contact details

Francesca Gazzano

What it does

• assists enrolled students in defining their study plan
• checks that individual study plans are consistent with the RAD and the academic regulations, and submits them for approval by the CCS

Members of the Committee

Francesca Gazzano
Rosa Ronzitti

What it does

• assesses proposals for work placements;
• provides guidance to students on the suitability of proposals for work placements, internships and other activities eligible for credit;
• assesses students’ work placements and other activities and awards credits for them.

Members of the Committee

Elena Cimarosti
Serena Perrone

What it does

• promotes, collects and manages proposals for work experience placements;
• organises the collection of questionnaires and feedback from the organisations where work placements and internships have taken place;
• organises activities to promote career guidance (meetings with companies, etc.)

Internship and work guidance coordinators

Administrative contact for internships (Work Experience Sector) - lettere.tirocini@unige.it
Career Guidance and Placement Sector - sportellolavoro@unige.it
Lara Pagani - Guidance Officer for the School of Humanities

What it does

• promotes and coordinates the mobility of outgoing and incoming students through the Erasmus+ programme or other international programmes;
• promotes the internationalisation of the degree programme through activities involving collaboration with overseas institutions and staff mobility

Members of the Committee

Alice Bonandini 
Pia Carolla
Francesca Gazzano 
Biagio Santorelli

Head of International Activities (departmental)

Dario Tessicini

What it does

•  manages the Research Training Programme in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Members of the Committee

Alice Bonandini
Francesca Gazzano
Lara Pagani