UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, 17-18 October 2002

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UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, 17-18
October 2002

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UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, 17-18
October 2002 Automobiles, Bananas, Courses,
DegreesAn ABC of Higher Education and
Globalisation John DanielAssistant
Director-General for Education

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That the wide diffusion of culture, and the
education of humanity for justice and liberty and
peace are indispensable to the dignity of man and
constitute a sacred duty which all nations must
fulfil in a spirit of mutual assistance and
concern.
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For these reasons, the States Parties to this
Constitution, believing in full and equal
opportunities for education for all, in the
unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in
the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are
agreed and determined to develop and increase the
means of communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of mutual
understanding and a truer and more perfect
knowledge of each others lives.
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For these reasons, the States Parties to this
Constitution, believing in full and equal
opportunities for education for all, in the
unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in
the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are
agreed and determined to develop and increase the
means of communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of mutual
understanding and a truer and more perfect
knowledge of each others lives.
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UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education

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• UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
  Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
  Qualifications in Higher Education
• Goals
• A forum for discussion

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For these reasons, the States Parties to this
Constitution, believing in full and equal
opportunities for education for all, in the
unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in
the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are
agreed and determined to develop and increase the
means of communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of mutual
understanding and a truer and more perfect
knowledge of each others lives.
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• UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
  Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
  Qualifications in Higher Education
• Goals
• A forum for discussion
• Guidance for the UNESCO programme

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• Some basic principles

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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?

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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• GOVERNMENTS

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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• GOVERNMENTS
• CITIZENS (the excluded)

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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• GOVERNMENTS
• CITIZENS (the excluded)
• ACADEMIC COMMUNITIES

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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• Higher education as a public good

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For these reasons, the States Parties to this
Constitution, believing in full and equal
opportunities for education for all, in the
unrestricted pursuit of objective truth, and in
the free exchange of ideas and knowledge, are
agreed and determined to develop and increase the
means of communication between their peoples and
to employ these means for the purposes of mutual
understanding and a truer and more perfect
knowledge of each others lives.
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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• Higher education as a public good

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Higher education should be considered a public
service. While diversified sources of funding,
private and public, are necessary public support
for higher education and research remains
essential to ensure a balanced achievement of its
educational and social missions. (World
Conference on Higher Education 1998)
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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• Higher education as a public good
• New need not be bad

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THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE A diploma for the
last two years of secondary school designed and
managed by a non-governmental organisation. It
is followed by pupils in 1000 schools in 100
countries.
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BRITAINS TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings
of Teaching based on all subject assessments
1995-2001(Times Higher Educational Supplement,
August 2002)

1 YORK 2 CAMBRIDGE 3 OXFORD 4 WARWICK 5 LO
UGHBOROUGH 6 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 6 ESSEX 8 L
ANCASTER 9 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 10 LONDON SCHOOL
OF ECONOMICS
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THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX (USA) A successful
accredited university operated for profit.
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New concepts in Higher Education (new need not
mean bad)
THE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE - Operated by a
non-profit NGO
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY - Teaching at a distance
(public sector)
THE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX - Operated
commercially for profit
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• Some basic principles
• Who are the stakeholders?
• Higher education as a public good
• New need not be bad

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UNESCOGlobal Forum on International Quality
Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education, Paris, 17-18
October 2002 Automobiles, Bananas, Courses,
DegreesAn ABC of Higher Education and
Globalisation John DanielAssistant
Director-General for Education

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We are engaged in a great conceptual war,
testing whether our university, or any university
so conceived and dedicated, can long endure. We
are met on a great battlefield of that war. With
apologies to Abraham Lincoln
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The International Agencies horses for
courses
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• STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE
• Possible directions
• Degree recognition conventions

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• STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE
• Possible directions
• Degree recognition conventions
• Quality assurance

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BRITAINS TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES Quality Rankings
of Teaching based on all subject assessments
1995-2001(Times Higher Educational Supplement,
August 2002)

1 YORK 2 CAMBRIDGE 3 OXFORD 4 WARWICK 5 LO
UGHBOROUGH 6 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY 6 ESSEX 8 L
ANCASTER 9 IMPERIAL COLLEGE 10 LONDON SCHOOL
OF ECONOMICS
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• STARTING FROM WHERE WE ARE
• Possible directions
• Degree recognition conventions
• Quality assurance
• Guides to good practice

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Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of
Qualifications in Higher Education

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