The European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance

The European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) in practice: Implications for HEIs and higher education systems HERE Seminar Lviv, Ukraine 19 -20 October, 2016

This seminar • Topic of transversal interest • Is a commonly requested topic for technical assistance missions (TAM) – Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine (2), Palestine, Georgia, Lebanon/Serbia/Armenia (performance indicators), • In the context of the Bologna Process, the ESG have been recently revised – Need for awarness raising – Need to promote implemetation in Bologna countries – Need to assess impact in non-Bologna neighborhood countries

Participants Ø Strong institutional representation • Vice-rectors/rector: 10 • Professors/Deans: 18 • Students: 6 • Ministry: 6 • NEO: 14 • IRO: 2 • QA office: 2

Desired Learning Outcomes • Generate awareness for the ESG 2015, what they consist of, how they have been built and endorsed and how they are being implemented in different European countries • Discuss and debate in particular the institutional responsibility for QA and the need to build capacity for this • Learn about the conditions for building dynamic QA systems that take into account national and regional needs and interests, as well as the changing HE landscape

Pre-Survey Results • Scan the knowledge and experience of participants • 27 answers • Profile – 8 NEO – 17 Universities/HEI – 2 student bodies • 18 countries

Are you aware of the revised ESG and what is new about them? 26% Yes No 74% 4 respondents could describe what was new about them…. .

Core features of the ESG? • • • Diversity of systems - 2 Students, stakeholders, society - 2 Student-centred learning - 5 Transparency and mutual understanding – 3 Internal - external QA: University and ministry/agency - 7 Changing the culture of education in universities/quality culture Autonomy Fit for purpose Other terms mentioned: Difference between QA and ranking Compliance

If your external QA system complies with the ESG, what are the difficulties? • Involving students in QA systematically - 15 • Building capacity of institutions to implement their own QA processes - 14 • Developing or creating an independent QA agency - 11 • Linking QA to the development of LO based approaches - 10

Are students involved in external quality assurance panels in your country? Don't know 15% Yes 41% No 44%

Are students involved in institutional quality assurance? Don't know 11% Yes, always 33% No 19% Sometimes 37%

How…. • Student satisfaction surveys • Participation in working bodies and committees (governance structures) – 3 • Participation in evaluation panels – 1

Which of the below issues are important for you to explore? Relationship of QA, rankings and other ‘transparency tools’, 14 Different types of external QA- benefits and drawbacks, 11 QA and joint degrees, 8 Building institutional quality culture, 18 International/Regional collaboration in QA, 13 Building a quality assurance unit in my HEI, 5 Involving students in QA, 15 QA and e-learning, 5 -build institutional quality culture (18), -the involvement of students in QA (15), -the relationship of QA, ranking and other ‘transparent tools’ (14) -international/regional collaboration in QA (13). Data collection for QA, 9

SPHERE Contacts • • • Elizabeth Colucci: elizabeth. colucci@eua. be Nicolas Patrici: npatrici@obreal. org General queries: here@ub. edu

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