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... Alfa, and the current Erasmus+ Capacity Building programme. Such projects contributed to internationalisation of institutions and systems and also to reforms in qualityassurance, recognition, and curricula. ...
27 May 2020
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... quality of online education more than the quality of education taking place in a more traditional way. All modes of study have their pros and cons and can be of good or less-than good quality. In fact, ...
25 May 2020
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... Ministerial Conference scheduled to take place on 18-20 November.
Developing these principles has put new wind in the sails of the debate on role of qualityassurance in promoting the social dimension ...
22 Apr 2020
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With some exceptions, qualityassurance developments have been largely focused on the educational mission of universities. There are, however, some examples of national systems where the focus of external ...
08 Apr 2020
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... to resolve many of the problems of the current system. Apart from concerns about costs (which may continue to rise), quality (publishers may be incentivised to publish more papers), and participation (researchers ...
17 Feb 2020
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Universities collect a wide range of data to improve the quality of their learning and teaching. A large-scale Likert-type survey is a common method of data collection to inform changes at the institutional, ...
09 Dec 2019
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... collaboration in academic activities. In this context, some networks have already identified nationally based external qualityassurance arrangements to be one of the challenges in achieving the networks’ ...
06 Dec 2019
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... stakeholders are paying increased attention to their performance results. In parallel, the approach to, and system for, qualityassurance in higher education has evolved in recent decades. Higher education ...
20 Nov 2019
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The question of student assessment is an integral part of qualityassurance in the European Higher Education Area. Standard 1.3 of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher ...
18 Nov 2019
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Hundreds of qualityassurance professionals from European higher education institutions are making their way to the annual European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) this week to meet with representatives ...
18 Nov 2019
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... are left for the sectoral report.
Typical recommendations about governance broach issues of funding, institutional autonomy, the external qualityassurance system, and whether the conditions are optimal ...
17 Oct 2019
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Internal qualityassurance processes have become an intrinsic part of any modern university management. Quite often universities put them in place because they are required by external quality assurance ...
13 Sep 2019
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External qualityassurance plays an important role to support higher education institutions in enhancing the quality of their provision and to create trust in the quality of higher education. Publishing ...
07 Jun 2019
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... formulating educational policies, notes that qualityassurance agencies in only a handful of European countries provide input in policy-making.
Nevertheless, reports resulting from external quality assurance ...
07 Jun 2019
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... should clearly work to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number four on equal rights to high-quality education. Achieving this goal requires higher education institutions to ...
16 May 2019
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... expect qualityassurance to ensure that universities are fulfilling this task, which then raises the question of what kind of quality assurance is needed to do this.
One of the characteristics of the ...
08 May 2019
Expert voices Qualityassurance processes are on often criticised for being too process-focused and not touching upon the core issues of learning and teaching. Remarks were made by policymakers and academics alike when ...
13 Mar 2019
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... of international relations departments, qualityassurance and communication departments ranged from 55% to 67%. However, the share of female heads or directors of research departments has remained unchanged ...
07 Mar 2019
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... higher status than education and teaching. While things are indeed changing, one could question whether the many strategies and initiatives taken to enhance the quality of learning and teaching are coherently ...
15 Feb 2019
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For the past twenty years, the Bologna Process has provided a framework for European collaboration in higher education by promoting common degree structures and approaches to qualityassurance, recognition ...
14 Feb 2019