ENQA disseminates information, experiences and good practices in the field of QA in HE to European QA agencies, public authorities and HEIs.
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The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) is an umbrella organisation which represents its members at the European level and internationally, especially in political decision making processes and in co-operations with stakeholder organisations. The Association aims to maintain and enhance the quality of European higher education at a high level, and to act as a majo
r driving force for the development of quality assurance across all the Bologna signatory countries. ENQA contributes to this goal especially by promoting European co-operation in the field of quality assurance in higher education and disseminating information and expertise among its members and towards stakeholders in order to develop and share good practice and to foster the European dimension of quality assurance.
🎓 The Bologna Process was launched in 1999 to create an area where systems would be more comparable, compatible, and coherent.
➡️ Learn more about the Bologna Process and the , and how they fuction, on our briefing note: https://enqa.eu/publications/enqa-briefing-note-on-the-bologna-process/
☑️ This week, ACSUCYL (Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León) has hosted a site visit in Valladolid for a targeted review.
📋 The review will evaluate whether and how the agency meets the expectations of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the EHEA.
➡ Learn more about ENQA targeted reviews: https://www.enqa.eu/targeted-reviews/
🎙️ ENQA President Douglas Blackstock outlines the current hot topics for QA agencies at an event to celebrate the 30th anniversary of MAB (Hungary). Congratulations to MAB for this impressive milestone!’
📢 ENQA member agencies are invited to nominate candidates to stand for election to fill three positions on the ENQA Board.
🗳️ Elections will take place at the General Assembly meeting on 24 October 2024 in St. Julian’s, Malta.
➡️ Read the full call here:https://enqa.eu/wp-content/uploads/Call-for-Board-nominations-3.pdf
The European Commission sets out their vision for QA of European Degrees and alliances in meeting with ENQA members. We had constructive discussions on the challenges and opportunities for practical implementation. Close cooperation with QA agencies will be vital in finding realistic solutions.
This week at ENQA:
✅ Meeting of ENQA member CEOs with the European Commission on their recent higher education package.
✅ Quality Assurance Agency for the University System in Castilla y León (ACSUCYL) site visit for agency targeted review against the ESG.
✅ Steering Committee meeting of QA-FIT project to plan the last phase of activities.
☑️ This week, a site visit for agency review has been made to the Agjencia e Kosovës për Akreditim - Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA).
➡️ Site visits include interviews with the agency’s management, staff and key internal and external stakeholders. Learn more: https://www.enqa.eu/the-review-process
☑️ Last week, a progress visit was made to the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AEQES, Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium).
💡 Progress visits generate an enhancement-oriented dialogue beyond the focus on compliance.
➡️ Learn more: https://enqa.eu/the-review-process/
This week at ENQA:
✅ Hosting HAQAA 3 external expert training, together with Association of African Universities and OBREAL-Global.
✅ Agjencia e Kosovës për Akreditim - Kosovo Accreditation Agency (KAA) site visit for agency review against the ESG.
🆕 The June 2024 edition of the ENQA News Bulletin is now available! Discover our latest news about:
✅ The Ministerial Conference
✅ Behind the scenes at the Secretariat
✅The and projects.. and more!
➡️ Read it here: https://mailchi.mp/enqa/enqa-bulletin-jun2024
🆕 Registrations are now open to ENQA members and affiliates for the ENQA General Assembly 2024, taking place on 23-25 October.
📍 The event will be hosted by the Malta Further & Higher Education Authority (MFHEA) in St. Julian's, Malta.
➡️ Register here before 7 October: https://www.enqa.eu/events/2024-enqa-general-assembly-23-25-october-2024-st-julians-malta/
📷 Last week, the Bologna with Stakeholders' Eyes for 2030 (BWSEFOR2030) Final Conference took place in Brussels.
🎙️ During the event, project partners presented policy recommendations for the future of the Bologna Process.
➡️ Read more here: https://bwse.online/policy-recommendations/
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This week at ENQA:
✅ Speaking at the 31st Annual Joint Meeting of the Enic-Naric Networks in Naples
✅ Speaking at a seminar for PhD students from the University of Georgia organised by the Center for Higher Education Policy Studies (CHEPS) of the University of Twente
✅ Progress visit to the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AEQES, Wallonie-Bruxelles, Belgium)
📢 ENQA invites member agencies to nominate candidates to stand for election to fill three positions on the ENQA Board. The ENQA Board is responsible for setting the strategic direction of the Association and overseeing the implementation of the strategic plan for 2021-2025.
🗳️ Elections will take place at the General Assembly meeting on 24 October 2024 in St. Julian’s, Malta.
➡️ Read the full call here:https://www.enqa.eu/wp-content/uploads/Call-for-Board-nominations-3.pdf
☑ This week, progress visits have been made to the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IA AR), IQAA - Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, and Eurasian Сentre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA) (Kazakhstan)
💡 Progress visits normally take place two to three years after the verification of the final external review report (and after submission of the follow-up report) and aims to generate a stronger, enhancement-oriented dialogue, in order to go beyond the compliance-focused review site visit.
➡ Learn more about the review process here: https://www.enqa.eu/the-review-process/
This week at ENQA:
✅ final conference in Brussels (Belgium)
✅ Participating in European Education Area Higher Education Working Group
✅ Participating in E4 meeting (European University Association, EURASHE, European Students' Union - ESU, ENQA)
✅ Speaking at project visit to Liège (Belgium)
✅ Progress visits to the Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating (IA AR), IQAA - Independent Agency for Quality Assurance in Education, and Eurasian Сentre for Accreditation and Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Health Care (ECAQA) (Kazakhstan)
🎙 Elena Cirlan, ENQA Senior Policy & Project Coordinator, is taking part at the meeting of the Bologna Follow-Up Group thematic-peer group C on quality assurance (QA) in Constanța, Romania.
➡ She has tackled with other TPG co-chairs and presented ENQA's Message to Ministers: https://enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers
⏰ You are still in time to submit a paper, workshop or practice presentation proposal for the 2024 : Enhancing education, research and societal engagement through QA.
🗓️ Deadline: 23 June
➡️ https://bit.ly/2024eqafcall_X
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📷 Last week, the ENQA Leadership Development Programme 2024 (LDP)´s first seminar took place in Budapest, hosted by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB).
The ENQA LDP provides an intensive European peer-learning experience for high-potential professional staff in member & affiliate QA agencies
➡️ Learn more: https://www.enqa.eu/projects/enqa-leadership-development-programme-2024/
This week at ENQA:
✅ Board Members are attending the INQAAHE Forum 2024 in Bucharest (Romania)
✅ Speaking at Bologna Follow-Up Group Thematic Peer Group C on QA meeting in Constanța (Romania)
✅ Presenting ENQA’s activities at the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation of Spain (ANECA)
💻 Yesterday the online ENQA Member CEO meeting took place. It offered ENQA Member CEOs updates and discussions with the ENQA Board on issues of strategic importance for QA agencies.
➡️ Learn more about ENQA Members: https://enqa.eu/membership-database/status/member/
This week at ENQA:
✅ ENQA Board meeting in Brussels
✅ Online meeting for ENQA member CEOs
✅ ENQA Leadership Development Programme (LDP) 2024 1st seminar hosted by the Hungarian Accreditation Committee (MAB) in Budapest
✅ Progress visit to Agencija za znanost i visoko obrazovanje (ASHE, Croatia)
☑️ This week, the Balearic Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AQUIB, Spain) has hosted a site visit to their premises for their external agency review.
🗨️ Site visits include interviews with the agency’s management, staff and key internal and external stakeholders.
➡️ Learn more about : https://www.enqa.eu/about/
🎙 ENQA is participating in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) Ministerial Conference being held in Tirana (Albania) from 28 to 30 May. ENQA's President, Douglas Blackstock delivered yesterday a speech insisting on the need for flexible and responsive quality assurance that keeps student interests at its heart.
➡ The full speech is available here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqa-president-speech-for-the-2024-ehea-ministerial-conference/
➡ You can also find ENQA's Message to EHEA Ministers here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers/
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📢 Registrations are now open for the BWSEFOR2030 Final Conference: you are invited to connect, collaborate, and contribute to a transformative agenda for higher education in Europe.
📍 Brussels, Belgium
🗓️ 20 June 2024
🕕 12:30-18:30 h
➡️ Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1O6vCbdZ7ZyU10w3XnVwjIW5IDnli2C5X4GbEU8vQv4A/viewform?edit_requested=true
➡️ Learn more about the BWSEFOR2030 project: https://www.enqa.eu/projects/bologna-with-stakeholders-eyes-for-an-innovative-inclusive-and-interconnected-ehea-by-2030-bwse-for2030/
European Students' Union - ESU European University Association EURASHE
🧑🏫 The 1st SEQA-ESG 2 (Supporting European QA Agencies in meeting the ESG) peer-learning workshop took place last week in Belgrade (Serbia).
The workshop addressed the key elements of an ESG review process, which relies on external quality assurance (EQA) being carried out by an independent quality assurance agency, with the involvement of all relevant stakeholders.
➡ Learn more about SEQA-ESG 2: https://enqa.eu/projects/supporting-european-qa-agencies-in-meeting-the-esg-seqa-esg-ii/
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This week at ENQA:
✅ Participating in the Ministerial Conference in Tirana
✅ Attending European Recognition of Prior Learning network meeting
✅ Agency Reviews Committee meeting
✅ Balearic Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (AQUIB, Spain) site visit for agency review
In the run up to the 2024 Bologna Process Ministerial Conference, ENQA highlights quality assurance as a prominent success story of the EHEA, while recognising that there is still work to be done.
Therefore, ENQA calls on Ministers to take action on three key issues:
✅ Ensure that national legislative frameworks allow quality assurance agencies to operate in compliance with the ESG
✅ Enable international collaboration by reducing national-level barriers in quality assurance and higher education while enhancing transparency
✅ Maintain the relevance and added value of external quality assurance by allowing quality assurance agencies to implement flexible and enhancement-oriented approaches
➡️Read the full text here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers/
This week at ENQA:
✅ QA-FIT expert board consultation
✅ First SEQA-ESG 2 workshop in Belgrade
📢 In the run up to the 2024 Bologna Process Ministerial Conference, ENQA is pleased to share its message to the Ministers.
ENQA calls on Ministers to take action on three key issues:
☑ Ensure that national legislative frameworks allow quality assurance agencies to operate in compliance with the ESG
☑ Enable international collaboration by reducing national-level barriers in quality assurance and higher education while enhancing transparency
☑ Maintain the relevance and added value of external quality assurance by allowing quality assurance agencies to implement flexible and enhancement-oriented approaches
➡ Read more here: https://enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers
In the run up to the 2024 Bologna Process Ministerial Conference, ENQA’s message to the Ministers of Education of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) highlights quality assurance as a prominent success story of the EHEA, while recognising that there is still work to be done, both in meeting ...
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🎓 The Bologna Process was launched in 1999 to create an area where #highereducation systems would be more comparable, compatible, and coherent. ➡️ Learn more about the Bologna Process and the #EHEA, and how they fuction, on our briefing note: https://enqa.eu/publications/enqa-briefing-note-on-the-bologna-process/ #qualityassurance #bolognaprocess #highered #qa
🎙 ENQA is participating in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) Ministerial Conference being held in Tirana (Albania) from 28 to 30 May. ENQA's President, Douglas Blackstock delivered yesterday a speech insisting on the need for flexible and responsive quality assurance that keeps student interests at its heart. ➡ The full speech is available here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqa-president-speech-for-the-2024-ehea-ministerial-conference/ ➡ You can also find ENQA's Message to EHEA Ministers here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers/ #highered #ehea #bolognaprocess #qualityassurance #qa #highereducation European Higher Education Area - EHEA
In the run up to the 2024 Bologna Process Ministerial Conference, ENQA highlights quality assurance as a prominent success story of the EHEA, while recognising that there is still work to be done. Therefore, ENQA calls on Ministers to take action on three key issues: ✅ Ensure that national legislative frameworks allow quality assurance agencies to operate in compliance with the ESG ✅ Enable international collaboration by reducing national-level barriers in quality assurance and higher education while enhancing transparency ✅ Maintain the relevance and added value of external quality assurance by allowing quality assurance agencies to implement flexible and enhancement-oriented approaches ➡️Read the full text here: https://www.enqa.eu/publications/enqas-message-to-ehea-ministers/ #EHEA #highereducation #qualityassurance #QA #highered #bolognaprocess
Are you new around here, or have you always wanted an easy way to explain what it's like to be a part of #ENQA? Well, we have just the thing for you! Check out our new video where we describe how we work, who we are and what we do for our Membership https://youtu.be/uVYaD3IqZyM
On 10 March ENQA's General Assembly approved our new Statutes and Rules of Procedure, which are posted online. While you're there, you'll notice our website looks a bit different! Our new design is in line with our visual image and will be more user-friendly for you! https://www.enqa.eu/
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