The QPC Terms of Reference were agreed on 6th May 2009.

1. The Quality Promotion Committee is a committee of the Executive
2. Membership of the Quality Promotion Committee is drawn from all parts of the University and should represent all Faculties in the University. (A detailed overview of the membership of the QPC is contained in Appendix 1)
3. The University President or his/her nominee shall be the Chair of the Quality Promotion Committee. (In case of the absence of the Chair at a particular meeting, the meeting shall be facilitated by a member elected from among the committee members present.)
4. Members of the Governing Authority shall have the right of attendance at meetings of the Quality Promotion Committee as observers and without a vote.
5. Normally, six meetings of the Quality Promotion Committee shall take place every academic year.
6. The term of membership of the Quality Promotion Committee shall be three years; a maximum of two terms per person normally applies.
7. Each member of committee (excepting officers or ex-officio members) is required to engage in a substantive role (such as rapporteur or champion) at least once during their term of office.
8. Academic representation on the Quality Promotion Committee shall include all Faculties. Representation of administrative and support units shall follow a predetermined rota (attached). Units can decline membership in the QPC for one term. Constituencies should mandate their representative or representatives.
9. A quorum of one third of the membership of the Quality Promotion Committee applies.
10. A review of the QPC membership shall be conducted in the spring of every year; change-over of QPC members, if applicable, shall take place at the start of the academic year.
11. The Quality Promotion Committee shall:
    
    
    • promote an ethos of self-evaluation and continuous quality improvement within the university, and seek thereby to enhance the student and staff experience
    • advise and make recommendations to Senior Management, Executive and Academic Council on policies for quality assurance and improvement, arising from the University's responsibilities under the Universities Act (1997); from the activities of the Irish Universities Quality Board and from the requirements of national agencies such as the Higher Education Authority, that have a remit for quality in higher education
    • advise Senior Management, Executive and Academic Council on the establishment of a framework of principles, policies, priorities, procedures and good practice for the promotion of outstanding quality in teaching, research and administration across the University
    • disseminate information throughout the University on best national and international practice on quality related issues
      
    • administer funding from the Quality Improvement Fund and advise Executive and Academic Council on funding needs arising from quality assurance mechanisms
      
    • review the range of quality assurance mechanisms used both at institutional level and by Schools and Units, to provide advice as appropriate and to ensure the cross-fertilisation of experience with procedures throughout the University
      
    • review, and where necessary, propose revisions of these terms of reference from time to time
      
12. Minutes of the Quality Promotion Committee shall be circulated to all members of the Executive and published on the QPO website.