2014-NVAO-ECA Seminar December
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9-10 December 2014, The Hague Employability and Quality Assurance Description On Tuesday 9th December 2014 NVAO and ECA are co-organising a winter seminar in The Hague. This year’s theme of the seminar is Employability and Quality Assurance. Employability and quality assurance is a topic of continued interest throughout Europe. It features prominently in the latest European […]
2014-17th ECA Workshop
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17-18 June 2014, Porto, Portugal The 17th ECA Workshop and first Annual Meeting of the association ECA took place from 17 to 18 June 2014 in the University of Porto, Portugal. Draft-Programme-ECA-Workshop-Porto-v8 Documents Programme Programme of the Workshop Presentations Report on Progress in Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Daniel Gohring, European Commission Response by Rolf […]
The Guide to Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation
The Guide to Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation The publication provides essential elements regarding internationalisation from the perspective of the methodology applied for the Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation. Abstract: This guide analyses the different elements that contribute to internationalisation in higher education. The guide regards internationalisation as a complex phenomenon, strongly influenced by the context in which […]
JOQAR Observation Missions: Evaluation Report
All seven JOQAR partners who are QA agencies and not yet included in MULTRA were given the opportunity to undergo an observation mission. Five of these seven agencies indeed decided for an observation mission. Three agencies (EVA, SINAES and ZEvA) also indicated their willingness to join MULTRA and be subject of an observation. Five agencies had completed an external review against the ESG (and were ENQA full member […]
Single Accreditation of Joint Programmes: Evaluation Report
Single Accreditation of Joint Programmes: Pilots Evaluation Report This report is an outcome of the project Joint Programmes: Quality Assurance and Recognition of degrees (JOQAR) awarded. The overall purpose of the JOQAR project is to ensure that joint programmes are facilitated in two specific areas: accreditation/external quality assurance (QA) and recognition. The project partners – ten quality […]
2013-ECA-NVAO Seminar December
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MOOCs and External Quality Assurance, held in The Hague, 10-11 December 2013 MOOCs and External Quality Assurance Description On Wednesday 11th December 2013 NVAO and the European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) are organising again a winter seminar in The Hague. This year’s theme of the seminar is MOOCs and External Quality Assurance. […]
Guidelines for Good Practice for Awarding Joint Degrees
These Guidelines are part of the development of a recognition framework for joint degrees in the framework of ECA’s Joint Programmes project (JOQAR). Abstract: How to award a joint degree in such a way that it is recognisable and indeed recognised? When is a joint degree regarded as an official degree in countries outside, but […]
Learning Outcomes in Quality Assurance
Learning Outcomes in Quality Assurance and Accreditation. Principles, recommendations and practice Accreditation organisations reaffirm that Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are responsible for the quality assurance of their study programmes. This means that the main accountability for setting and defining learning outcomes (LO) lies in the hand of the HEI. In order to support HEI in this task, accreditation […]
Framework for Fair Recognition of Joint Degrees
This publication is intended to facilitate the recognition of joint degrees and was developed in the framework of ECA’s Joint Programmes project (JOQAR). Abstract: The elements that play a role when evaluating a degree (such as the status of the institutions, the awarding of the degree, the quality, etc.) are the same for both regular […]
Handbook for the Training of Panel Members
All higher education stakeholders nowadays acknowledge the need for well-trained, professionally acting and internationally competent panel members. This handbook focused on the aspect of training panel members well. Abstract:The trust-building potential of external quality assurance procedures depends upon the quality and professionalism of the persons in the assessment panels. These peers, experts and students are required to […]