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European Universities alliances are developing quality assurance arrangements to support expanding cooperation between their partner universities. However, an alliance-wide approach is still taking shape.
In this article for University World News, EUA’s Cecilia Biaggi outlines that the issue is not whether universities that take part in alliances assure quality, but how their arrangements help to assess their joint activities and improve their cooperation.
To do so, she highlights findings from several initiatives within the European higher education sector that provide useful insight into how alliance QA is developing and points out related resources and frameworks. In addition, Cecilia draws on the lessons learned from the EUA Institutional Development Programme’s pilot evaluation of the INGENIUM alliance.
Building on this experience, the article covers elements such as the importance of a shared understanding of quality within alliances, the distinction between project reporting and QA and how to move from annual project cycles to systematic alliance QA.
The full article is available in University World News: Alliance-wide quality assurance can help partnerships
