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... governments have packed their national plans with a series of reforms of direct relevance to universities, widely spanning from qualityassurance to academic careers and R&I regulatory framework updates ...
13 Oct 2021
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... provided that the degree has been accredited by an EQAR-listed agency, following the guidelines already included in the European Approach for QualityAssurance of Joint Programmes;
establish flexible ...
15 Jul 2021
Expert voices Qualityassurance in higher education is not easily pinned down. A glance into the external quality assurance of EUA member universities reveals a rather intricate puzzle of reviews, evaluations, assessments, ...
12 Jul 2021
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... The guide on substantial differences recommends the use of the five elements of a qualification – level, workload, profile, learning outcomes and quality – to classify and evaluate a qualification. A ...
23 Jun 2021
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... impact on internal qualityassurance, with Humboldt University of Berlin as one of its participants. The results, summarised in this EUA report, suggest many similarities in regard to the challenges and ...
22 Jun 2021
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The Covid-19 crisis has changed the agenda of higher education and its impact on universities is irreversible. Together with common practices of internal qualityassurance, the areas and the scope to be ...
20 Apr 2021
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... well as EU and individual countries’ relations with these partner countries and regions. EUA contributed to the development of the African Standards and Guidelines for QualityAssurance. It supported Latin ...
19 Apr 2021
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... European Union’s “modernisation agenda” for universities. The top four reforms, according to EUA’s “Trends 2010” report, touched upon qualityassurance, research policies, institutional autonomy and funding. ...
22 Mar 2021
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Collecting feedback from different stakeholders is a key part of any university’s internal qualityassurance system. This was evident in the discussions of the EUA focus group organised in early February ...
24 Feb 2021
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... all stakeholders – universities themselves, funding bodies, policy-makers, qualityassurance agencies and others. The concrete actions do not lie with one actor or the other; achieving the goal necessitates ...
15 Feb 2021
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... role in achieving this objective. In return, improving the implementation of the Convention will also support higher education institutions in improving quality of the learning environment they provide. ...
19 Nov 2020
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... respecting individual systems and institutional profiles. In Europe, the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) for QualityAssurance in the European Higher Education Area stipulate that higher education ...
13 Oct 2020
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... offers micro-credentials depends greatly on its profile, mission and strategy.
Returning to European-level developments, there are currently debates about qualityassurance, recognition, and portability ...
09 Oct 2020
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Recently it has been a rare occurrence to attend an (online) event without someone proposing to revise the Standards and Guidelines for QualityAssurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG). Where ...
15 Sep 2020
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... ambition for the Initiative goes well beyond higher education cooperation as we have known it until now, and envisages ambitious transnational alliances, with increased quality and competitiveness, where ...
09 Jul 2020
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... can tell. Thus, if they are drawn upon in a debate about quality, they should always be complemented by information obtained through other tools that aim to evaluate performance in higher education. This ...
22 Jun 2020
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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