Quality Assurance Seminar in Nicosia – September 2012

On this page you fill find the necessary information on the EURASHE Seminar on Seminar on the implementation of Internal (and External) Quality Assurance and of the ESG in HEIs organised on 27 – 28 September 2012 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
EURASHE is pleased to inform you that it will organise a ’Seminar on the implementation of Internal (and External) Quality Assurance and of the ESG in HEIs’ on 27 and 28 September 2012 in Nicosia, Cyprus.
This event is organised in cooperation with the European University Cyprus, and the Open University of Cyprus, both EURASHE members. Moreover it will take place under the Auspices of the Cyprus Presidency of the European Union.
The objective of the seminar is to train individuals responsible for the management/coordination of internal QA at institutions (e.g. Quality Assurance managers, Quality Assurance coordinators, Quality Assurance administrators, Heads of Higher Education Institutions), so that after the completion of the seminar they would be able to organise and implement fully, efficiently and effectively internal Quality Assurance based on the ESG, preparing also in this way for the external Quality Assurance evaluation of their institutions.The seminar is built upon two themes, Internal QA processes & instruments for improvement; and Implementation of the ESG for QA in the institutions.
Further information will be available in the coming days. Stay tuned!
The rationale of the Seminar is available here!
Draft RATIONALE of the SEMINAR - Background and Purpose of the seminar
The European dimension of Quality Assurance starts from a guaranteed flexibility for governments to choose their system or ‘model ‘ of Quality Assurance, while observing the generic Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance, which are universally used in all European institutions of higher education conducting their own internal Quality Assurance and/or being subjected to external Quality Assurance by agencies, next to the latter’s use for their own quality purposes.
With the targeted attendants (from our members institutions, but also from a wider background of policy makers and Quality Assurance practitioners) we want to bring together a ‘community of practice’, which will be guided through the proceedings on the basis of a guide which has been developed by practitioners and policymakers, on the basis of their own expertise and relying on the feedback received through the extensive consultation among our membership and beyond this.
The ultimate objective with this hands-on seminar is to train individuals who are responsible for the management or coordination of internal Quality Assurance at institutions (e.g. Quality Assurance managers, Quality Assurance coordinators, Quality Assurance administrators, etc.), so that after the completion of the seminar they will have acquired the foundation for organizing and implement fully, efficiently and effectively internal Quality Assurance based on the ESG, preparing them in this way also for the external Quality Assurance evaluation of their institution.