ECA becomes member of ProDeJIP
ECA has become constituent member of the Association for the Promotion and the Development of Joint International Programmes in Higher Education (ProDeJIP) during the General Assembly in Leiden on 24 February 2016. A representative of ProDeJIP is member of ECA’s Working Group 1. Cooperation between the two associations is mutually seen as beneficial. As ECA has […]
Register now for ECA trainings in May
There are still a few places left for the ECA trainings in May: “Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation”, 5 and 6 May 2016, Warsaw This training suitably prepares participants for the assessment of the quality of internationalisation in the framework of the ECA Certificate for Quality in Internationalisation (CeQuInt). For more information see the programme: […]
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 […]
ASIIN International QA Conference in Berlin
ASIIN in cooperation with 15 other bodies organises the following international QA conference: “Quality Management in Higher Education: the unsolved mystery of its untapped potential – how can we jointly tackle the five remaining grand challenges?” in the Hotel Steigenberger am Kanzleramt in Berlin during 3-4 May 2016. Aim of the conference is to discuss and […]
Joint Quality Initiative: The Origin of the Dublin Descriptors
As the Bologna Process moves forward with new Communiques, reports and actions taken we should remember that sometimes significant progress is made by a small group which then evolves into something bigger. A good example is the Joint Quality Initiative (JQI) which made an essential contribution to including quality assurance and qualifications frameworks in the […]
Board and Secretariat of ECA wish you a Happy New Year!
For the major news items in 2015 see: ECA NEWS IN 2015.
ECA training Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation held in The Hague
On 24 and 25 November 2015 the ECA training “Assessing the Quality of Internationalisation” was held at the NVAO offices in The Hague. Fourteen participants from seven countries followed the training which was facilitated by Axel Aerden (NVAO) and Maciej Markowski (PKA). The training prepared participants for the assessment of internationalisation in the framework 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 […]
ECA webinar with Lucien Bollaert available
The second ECA webinar featured Lucien Bollaert who spoke on “Quality, Quality Assurance and Quality Culture in Higher Education”. “Why do we need quality? How is it created? And what is it?” were some of the fundamental questions that Lucien Bollaert elaborated on. The webinar was broadcasted on 20 October 2015 and is now available […]
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 […]
