The label breaks down the overall qualitative strategy into four main areas. 

Ethics and professional responsibility

UA fully respects the ethical and deontological operating principles, starting with academic freedom. It is strongly committed to issues of equality and non-discrimination, gender balance, respect for intellectual property, etc. Training is systematically provided to doctoral students, and an integrity referent and an ethics committee are in place. This system has been supplemented by the appointment of an equality referent, and will be reinforced by systematic training of staff on all these issues in order to track down prejudices.

Recruitment and career development

Recruitment is the subject of particular attention by the UA in order to guarantee the principles of merit, transparency and openness, and to guarantee fair treatment of candidates, whatever the jobs. Improving the way commissions, committees and juries operate is an ongoing process. It involves ongoing training, particularly for presidents, in order to disseminate good practices, but also involves more complete information for candidates and harmonization of practices. Harmonization does not, however, mean standardization. The current project must therefore integrate the specificities of each position, discipline, category.

Working conditions and quality of the professional environment

Working conditions represent a permanent construction site. In a context very strongly constrained by a double deficit in financial and human resources, the university manages to offer a quality working environment which is recognized as such. She is also very concretely committed to staff equality, and therefore non-discrimination. The objective is to better identify difficulties in the exercise of the profession and in the professional environment, and to support staff by developing mentoring or referent systems.

Training and professional development

Staff training is a strong element of the UA, which can further benefit by combining several research offers offered by various entities. The evolving nature of skills and needs – the health crisis has highlighted this – requires a permanent effort to identify needs and appropriate training, whether for teaching or project management and administrative structure responsibilities.