3 new agencies authorised to award EUR-ACE label
Three new agencies are authorised to award the EUR-ACE label to the engineering degree programmes which they accredit. Among these agencies is ECA member ANECA. The signing of a Mutual Recognition Agreement which will facilitate greater recognition of engineering degree programme is announced to take place in Brussels in November 2014. PRESS RELEASE
Presentation: Report on Progress in Quality Assurance by the European Commission
At the occasion of the ECA Association annual meeting in Porto this month, Daniel Gohring – guest speaker from the European Commission – has presented to the ECA members the European Commission’s Report on Progress in Quality Assurance. Read the original QAzette article: Report on Progress in Quality Assurance in Higher Education On behalf of the […]
First Annual Meeting of association ECA held in Porto.
Follow ECA on LinkedIN c On 17 and 18 June 2014 the 17th ECA Workshop and 1st Annual Meeting of the association ECA took place in Porto. The event was hosted by A3ES in the historical premises of the University of Porto. During the Workshop the four ECA working groups discussed the work accomplished in 2013-2014 and established […]
New EU report on modernisation of HE
University World News: a study by the European Commission “found quality assurance agencies to be minimally involved in assessing or monitoring activity in areas that are considered top policy priorities across Europe.” “Despite paying considerable lip service to hot higher education issues such as access, retention and employability, most European countries are failing to set […]
Online Learning and Student Outcomes in California’s Community Colleges
“In the short term, course by course, student outcomes are worse in online courses than in traditional courses. However, when we examine long-term outcomes, the picture looks brighter. Students who take at least some online courses are more likely than those who take only traditional courses to earn an associate’s degree or to transfer to a four-year institution. […]
EU: launch of U-Multirank
A new global university ranking, set up with €2 million in funding from the European Union, was launched yesterday. U-Multirank, which assesses the performance of more than 850 higher education institutions worldwide, breaks new ground by producing multi-dimensional listings rating universities on a much wider range of factors than existing international rankings. The idea is […]
UAE to get university ranking system
Abu Dhabi: “I don’t know which university to go” is something many students in the UAE often say due to the lack of a university ranking system in the country. c However, a system is soon to be introduced. It will be a valuable reference tool for thousands of students in the country and bring […]
Just published: the joint programme checklist
This publication aims to present what quality assurance agencies have learnt from assessing joint programmes. The presentation takes the form of a checklist since this makes the information easily accessible and digestible. The checklist intends to increase the success of joint programmes by presenting elements deemed to be good practices. The good practices presented come […]
ECA is now an association
On 15th April 2014 ECA has become an association. The incorporation took place in The Hague at the notary’s office BarentsKrans. c The member agencies ANECA (Spain) and AHPGS (Germany) acted as incorporators. Thirteen agencies have already signed up as first members of the association. ECA is now able to participate fully in international projects and to […]
APQN gives award to ECA
At the APQN Conference 2014 in Hanoi an award was given to ECA to underline the partnership between the Asia-Pacific Quality Network and ECA. Both networks signed a Memorandum of Cooperation in 2013. At the conference the ECA projects on joint programmes JOQAR and internationalisation CeQuInt as well as the website Qrossroads were presented. The importance of the […]
