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Title: Workshop Quality Assurance after Bergen Graz, 11 May 2006


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Workshop Quality Assurance after BergenGraz,
11 May 2006
  • Comment Rolf Heusser
  • Mobility
  • Internal and External Quality Assurance
  • National Qualification Frameworks

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Mobility
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Mobility  Link toQuality Assurance
  • Mobility key objective of Bologna process
  • Bergen 2005 still challenges to overcome
  • Recognition problems existing
  • Recognition of foreign qualifications facilitated
    by transparent QA information
  • Crucial role of national accreditation systems

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National Agencies for Accreditation and Quality
Assurance in Europe, 2005
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Mutual recognition of accreditation decisions
 Political basis
  • Bergen conference 2005
  • We underline the importance of cooperation
    between nationally recognised agencies with a
    view to enhancing the mutual recognition of
    accreditation or quality assurance decisions.
  • European Parliament 2005
  • Hereby recommend that member states ... promote
    cooperation between agencies in order to build up
    mutual trust and the recognition of QA- and
    accreditation assessments, thus contributing to
    the recognition of qualifications for the purpose
    of study or work in another country.

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Mutual recognition of accreditation decisions -
Purpose
  • To increase transparency in higher education
  • To remove barriers in the process of recognition
    of foreign qualifications
  • To facilitate accreditation/recognition of joint
    programmes and other forms of trans-border
    education
  • To enhance mobility of students and academic
    staff

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ECA Foundation and Aim
  • Consortium of national accreditation
    organisations
  • Established in November 2003
  • 15 member organisations from 10 European
    countries AT, BE, CH, DE, ES, FR, IE, NL, NO, PL
  • Aim mutual recognition of accreditation
    decisions among participating countries until 2007

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Internal and External Quality Assurance
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Conferences of Berlin 2003 and Bergen 2005
  • Berlin ... the primary responsibility for QA
    in higher education lies with each institution
    and this provides the basis for real
    accountability.
  • Bergen ... we urge the HE institutions to
    continue their efforts to enhance the quality of
    their activities through the systematic
    introduction of internal mechanisms and their
    direct correlation to external QA.

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Institutional approachesto external QA, Europe
2005
  • Country Method Start
  • CH Quality Audit 2003
  • UK Institutional Audit 2003
  • S Quality Audit 1995
  • N Quality Audit 2003
  • F Institutional Evaluation 2004
  • DK Institutional Audit 2004

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Institutional assessments  Strengths
  • Respect of the autonomy of HEIs
  • Enhancement of institutional quality mechanisms
    and facilitation of the development of a quality
    culture
  • Sustainable effects at the level of institutional
    management
  • Resource saving method

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Quality Audits  Challenge and open questions
  • Challenge
  • Limited information about educational provisions
  • Open questions
  • How to assure good quality of study programmes
    during institutional assessments?
  • How to guarantee that institutional assessments
    can be used for the purpose of transnational
    recognition of qualifications?

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National QA system  Case study Switzerland
  • External assessment of quality assurance systems
    of Universities is mandatory
  • Based on national guidelines for internal
    quality assurance at Swiss HEIs (compatible
    with ENQA standards)
  • Selective programme accreditation as
    supplementary tool of external QA
  • National QA agency was evaluated in 2006 by
    international group of experts (on base of ENQA
    standards)

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National Qualification Frameworks
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National Qualification Frameworks  Relevance
  • Increased transparency in higher education
  • Orientation for students and employers
  • Improved international comparability of study
    programs/qualifications

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National Qualifcation Frameworks  Challenges
  • Scope of NQF Higher education sector only or all
    sectors of education system?
  • Change of paradigm from inputs to outcomes
  • How to define learning outcomes/competences?
  • How to measure learning outcomes/competences?
  • How to link the NQF with the national
    accreditation system?

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Summary and conclusions
  • Bologna process advances rapidly in Europe QA
    plays key role
  • Many challenges to overcome implementation of
    ENQA standards, establishment of NQFs mutual
    recognition agreements, etc.
  • Open questions concern HEIs as well as QAAs ?
    close cooperation necessary

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Further Information about OAQ
  • Requests and information
  • Rolf Heusser rolf.heusser_at_oaq.ch or info_at_oaq.ch
  • Telephone 41 31 380 11 50
  • Website www.oaq.ch
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