ENQA Newsletter Issue 23

Dear colleagues,

This edition of the ENQA newsletter brings much information from the Secretariat, including news on staff changes, upcoming events, and project activities. It is especially worth mentioning that both the ENQA General Assembly and the European Quality Assurance Forum have deadlines for contributions approaching soon and that ENQA has published two documents recently – the 2017 annual report and the final output of the ENQA working group on quality assurance and e-learning.

I am especially pleased to see a contribution this quarter from an ENQA member who has taken one of the QACHE project’s outputs, the Toolkit, and further explored how QA agencies can implement the advice contained therein.

If you have not already read ENQA’s message for May’s ministerial conference, I highly recommend you do, particularly so you can see all that we have accomplished since 2015. Collaboration is a key feature of our association, and so it will continue – and now with two additional members from Latvia and the Netherlands.

Finally, I would like to thank you for re-subscribing to ENQA’s newsletter following the roll out of our new GDPR-compliant privacy policy. Happy reading!

Sincerely,

Christoph Grolimund
President of ENQA

ENQA Board welcomes two new members, Kosovo agency designated Member under review

During ENQA's April General Assembly meeting and June Board meeting, several important decisions were taken. > More

ENQA Secretariat staff changes

The Summer months bring a few changes to the ENQA office. > More

ENQA privacy policy is available on ENQA website

ENQA has updated it's privacy policy to match the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). > More

Present a poster at the ENQA General Assembly in Astana!

You can present a poster at the next General Assembly in October! Proposals for your poster can be submitted through 24 August. > More

ENQA's considerations for e-learning to be presented during webinar

ENQA’s Working group VIII on quality assurance and e-learning has recently published and their findings will be presented during a new EADTU-ENQA Webinar on e-learning on 19 September between 13.30-15.00 CEST. > More

Registration is open for EQAF 2018

Registration is now open for the 2018 European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) which will take place 15-17 November 2018 in Vienna. > More

ENQA helps bring quality dual education programmes to Asia

ENQA is a partner in the EU-funded Towards Excellence in Engineering Curricula for Dual Education (TEEDE) project, implementing dual education programmes with higher education institutions in Cambodia, China, India, and Russia. > More

ENQA represented on the ETER Advisory Board

ENQA was recently invited to join the Advisory Board of the European Tertiary Education Register (ETER). > More

ESU elects new Presidency and Executive Committee

Important decisions were taken at the 74th Board meeting of the ESU with the election of the new President, two Vice Presidents, and seven Executive Committee members. > More

Recommendations for QA agencies implementing the QACHE Toolkit

In 2016, ENQA published the main outcome of the Erasmus Mundus-funded project “Quality Assurance of Cross-Border Higher Education” (QACHE), called Cooperation in Cross Border Higher Education: A Toolkit for Quality Assurance Agencies. There are two new key strategic recommendations for QA agencies to help them in their efforts to implement the advice contained in the QACHE Toolkit.. > More

AQU Catalunya publishes methodology for the accreditation of doctoral programmes

New guidebook from AQU Catalunya includes the dimensions and criteria for review, the relevant indicators, and recommendations for drafting the self-assessment report. > More

Recognition of professional qualifications under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework

As a result of a successful pilot, Hong Kong’s Education Bureau plans to recognise professional qualifications attained by assessment (as opposed to learning programmes) beginning in September 2018. > More

EHEA ministers meet in Paris

On 25 May, the ministers adopted the Paris Communiqué, which sets the priorities for the next two years until the Ministerial Conference in Rome in 2020. > More

The Bologna Process Implementation Report provides update on EHEA

The Bologna Process Implementation Report presents a detailed picture on how the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has been moving forward since 2015. > More

EC adopts proposal for Erasmus 2021-2027

The European Commission’s proposal for the next generation of the Erasmus programme was released on 30 May. > More

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