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Europe’s Universities Shaping the Future
Position EUA Strategic Plan The need for strong universities has never been greater in addressing societal challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, resource scarcity, ageing populations, migration and ... 25 Jun 2020 -
Exploring higher education indicators
Report ... that measure the effectiveness or quality of education is increasing as there is much demand for more evidence-based evaluation and decision-making. This report explores what kind of education indicators ... 25 May 2020 -
Recognition of professional qualifications
Briefing This policy brief gives an update on aspects of the recognition of professional qualifications that are particularly relevant to European universities. It includes a brief digest of some of the significant ... 23 Apr 2020 -
Evidence-based approaches to learning and teaching: Thematic Peer Group Report
Report The concept of evidence-based learning and teaching is complex and multifaceted. The EUA Learning & Teaching Thematic Peer Group on “Evidence-based approaches to learning and teaching” understands ... 19 Mar 2020 -
Student assessment: Thematic Peer Group Report
Report Assessment is an essential and influential element in the learning journey of all students. There is commitment across universities to promoting a holistic assessment design, based on co-creation between ... 17 Mar 2020 -
Internationalisation in learning and teaching: Thematic Peer Group Report
Report ... universities to address global challenges and provide high-quality education. This paper presents the work and conclusions of the group. The group found that while mobility and language issues are ... 16 Mar 2020 -
Curriculum design: Thematic Peer Group Report
Report At the centre of a student’s university experience stands the programme that they follow. Therefore, creating curricula that are fit-for-purpose is at the heart of an institution’s teaching mission. ... 13 Mar 2020 -
Study programme development – Building a bridge between tradition and innovation - An unusal approach
Learning & Teaching Forum paper Study programme development is one of the most challenging processes at universities since all faculty is involved. And in our experience, the redesign of already existing programmes seems to be even more ... 04 Mar 2020 -
A new approach to existing challenges: addressing student mental wellbeing from a learning and teaching perspective
Learning & Teaching Forum paper The challenges around addressing student mental health and wellbeing are not new. Over recent years thenumber of students disclosing a mental health condition in the UK has increased: 47,625 more studentsdisclosed ... 17 Feb 2020 -
An Independence Index of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education: European and Latin American countries compared
EQAF Paper This contribution presents an assessment of the de jure independence of Quality Assurance Agencies (QAAs) operating at the national level in the field of higher education and which are public in nature ... 06 Dec 2019 -
Quality assurance within student representation in Croatia: breaking the barriers between academia and community
EQAF Paper In an everchanging world of student representation, Croatian students have noticed a need for change in the development, organisation and evaluation of the quality of their students` representatives and ... 26 Nov 2019 -
A first exploration of the ‘European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’
EQAF Paper The ‘European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes’ is a framework to evaluate joint programmes uniformly. It has been in existence since May 2015. Recently, the ‘European Approach’ is anchored ... 26 Nov 2019 -
Development of a new Student Centred Quality Enhancement Framework for Ireland’s first Technological University
EQAF Paper ... Tallaght (ITT) merged. Three independent quality assurance frameworks continue to be implemented across the three constituencies of the former independent institutes. However, to meet its statutory ... 26 Nov 2019 -
Competences and Qualities for Student Experts: a View from QA Agencies
EQAF Paper Presumably we want each expert in external quality assurance procedure to be a great one. And here the hard part arises – what is a great expert? This paper provides research to the question: what competences ... 26 Nov 2019 -
Filling the Gap. Defining a Robust Quality Assurance Model for Work-Based Learning in Higher Education
EQAF Paper ... has been dedicated to developing instruments to guarantee its quality. An inventory made by ENQA shows that only single QA organisations have taken initial initiatives, but that a comprehensive model for ... 26 Nov 2019 -
The assessment of the social dimension of Higher Education. A global or a local process?
EQAF Paper The social dimension of Higher Education has never been before so much emphasized. This is because it is expected that universities will lead the resolution of the challenges that face our societies. Quality ... 26 Nov 2019 -
How French CTI (Commission des Titres d’Ingénieur) supports societal engagement of institutions in the field of Sustainable development
EQAF Paper ... they concern many fields of accreditation but especially Quality Assurance and expected Learning Outcomes. We had to put in place specific “Focuses” in 2016 and 2018. We have just got ... 26 Nov 2019 -
Thinking out of the box as a precondition for sustainability and innovation development
EQAF Paper Institutional quality initiatives have been the main guidelines in developing internal Quality Assurance (QA) processes at South East European University (SEEU). The University promotes quality in order ... 26 Nov 2019 -
A methodology for perpetually enhancing student employability through the quality assurance processes and based on stakeholder engagement
EQAF Paper The growing importance for entrepreneurial, student-centred, engaged universities that empower graduates with knowledge, 21st century competencies and skills but also with personal attributes which will ... 26 Nov 2019 -
A Study of the Relationship between Societal Engagement and Quality Assurance in Irish HEIs
EQAF Paper Higher education has an impact through social engagement. This paper examines, through a mixed methods approach, the relationship between internal and external quality assurance (QA) and community engagement ... 26 Nov 2019
