Sweden agrees on new QA system
The Swedish Parliament approved a new external QA system for Swedish higher education. The new national quality assurance system should focus on both monitoring outcomes (which is the sessence of the current system) and quality development. The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ), a member of ECA, has received the mandate for the implementation. The QA system […]
IMO in Sweden accredited by ZEvA
International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary-General Kitack Lim has welcomed Sweden’s ongoing support to the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö following a meeting with Ms. Anna Johansson, Sweden’s Minister for Infrastructure on 27 January 2016. The World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden is a postgraduate maritime university founded by IMO, a specialized agency of […]
ECA and NVAO organised successful seminar on QA of joint programmes
On 3 December 2015 ECA and NVAO organised the Seminar “National Implementation of the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes”. More than 100 representatives of higher education institutions, joint programmes coordinators, QA agencies, governments and other stakeholders were present. The European approach for accreditation of joint programmes that was […]
Double accreditation by NVAO and EFMD is now possible
ECA member NVAO and the European management development network EFMD have signed a cooperation agreement. All the assessment processes and procedures that are required to have programmes accredited by both EFMD and NVAO can now be completed in one procedure. Joint accreditation will provide the Dutch and Flemish institutions that currently hold one of EFMD’s […]
US Senate bill proposes alternative to accreditation
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (Democrat) and Marco Rubio (Republican) have introduced a bill to create a voluntary, alternative system of accreditation. Currently, only students attending accredited institutions of higher education can receive federal student aid funds. In addition, higher education programs must exist for several years before they are eligible to apply to receive federal […]
ECA joint programmes training held in Cologne
On 21 and 22 September 2015 the first ECA training “Assessing Joint Programmes” was held at the AQAS offices in Cologne. There were fourteen participants from higher education institutions and QA agencies, as well as a student expert. The feedback received from participants was positive. ECA will therefore continue these trainings next year, taking into […]
“US accreditation should learn from Europe”
David Dill, who is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and has been studying QA for the last decade, points to several problems associated with US accreditation. In his view US accreditation for bachelor’s degrees appears less successful than QA in some European systems. Click here for the […]
Miguel Ángel Galindo appointed as Director of ANECA
ANECA’s Board of Trustees, the governance body of ECA member agency the National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA), has appointed Miguel Ángel Galindo as new Director of the Agency. Miguel Ángel Galindo is Professor for Applied Economics at the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha and was the acting Deputy-Director for Programme and […]
German Accreditation Council and NVAO sign agreement to simplify joint degree accreditation
On 8 July 2015 the German Accreditation Council and the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) have signed in The Hague a mutual recognition agreement with regard to the accreditation of joint degrees. From now on joint programmes leading to the award of a joint degree in which German, Dutch and/or Flemish HEI […]
New EUR-ACE Framework approved
A new version of the EUR-ACE Framework Standards and Guidelines has been approved. EUR-ACE® is the European quality label for engineering degree programmes at First Cycle (Bachelor) and Second Cycle (Master) level. For more information on the revised framework please read the letter below. EAFSG ECA
