The 3^rd European Quality Assurance Forum will take place on 20-22 November 2008 at Corvinus University of Budapest.
Following the success of the last forum which attracted more than 500 participants from across Europe, this year's edition will explore European and international trends in Quality Assurance. The EC-funded event is again co-organised by the E4 group: EUA, the European Students Union (ESU), the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE).
The event aims to enable participants to discuss how higher education institutions and QA agencies are responding to new forms of accountability.  It will also analyse the unintended consequences of these new forms of accountability, and whether they have the desired impact on quality levels.
The event is aimed at rectors and vice-rectors responsible for QA, QA officers in higher education institutions, students, QA agency staff, and researchers working on higher education or the QA field.    Visit the event website. Register now for the QA Forum.
Following the success of the first two European Quality Assurance fora (respectively, at the Technical University of Munich and Sapienza Universita di Roma), the third forum, co-organised by ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE and supported by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Commission, is hosted by Corvinus University (Budapest, Hungary) on 20 – 22 November 2008.
The specific objectives of this third forum are:

• To gain an understanding of how higher education institutions and QA agencies are responding to new forms of accountability
• To analyse whether these new forms of accountability have the desired impact on quality levels and to examine their unintended consequences

Les travaux de cette conférence, prévue les 9 et 10 septembre à Strasbourg, doivent contribuer à la généralisation des processus d'assurance de la qualité des parcours et diplômes, dans toute l'Europe et au-delà, à travers le processus de Bologne, qui vise à rendre plus lisibles les formations et les systèmes d'enseignements supérieurs européens.
Une telle extension permettrait de rendre effectivement opérationnel le système des crédits européens ou ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) et de favoriser la mobilité des étudiants, des enseignants et des chercheurs en Europe sur des critères objectifs. Mis en œuvre, à l'origine, pour assurer le transfert de crédits, l'ECTS facilite la lecture et la comparaison des programmes d'études pour tous les étudiants européens. Il a permis de faciliter la reconnaissance académique des périodes d'études réalisées à l'étranger.
Cette conférence réunit 300 participants européens majoritairement des 27 pays de l’UE et des 19 autres pays signataires des accords de Bologne.
I lavori di questa conferenza, prevista per il 9 e 10 settembre a Strasburgo, devono contribuire alla generalizzazione del processo qualitativo relativo ai percorsi di studio e ai diplomi, in tutta Europa e oltre, attraverso il processo di Bologna, che mira a rendere più comprensibili i diversi percorsi di formazione e sistemi di insegnamento universitario europei.
Los trabajos de esta conferencia, prevista para los días 9 y 10 de septiembre en Estrasburgo, deben contribuir a generalizar el proceso de garantía de la calidad de las carreras y titulaciones dentro y fuera de Europa promovido por el "Proceso de Bolonia", cuya misión consiste en que tanto las formaciones como los sistemas de enseñaza superiores europeos resulten más comprensibles de un país a otro.
Die am 9. und 10. September in Straβburg stattfindende Konferenz soll zur Erweiterung des Verfahrens zur Qualitätssicherung der Studiengänge und -abschlüsse innerhalb Europas und darüber hinaus im Rahmen des "Bologna-Prozesses", dessen Ziel es ist, die Vergleichbarkeit der europäischen Ausbildungs- und Hochschulsysteme zu erhöhen, beitragen.
This conference, to be held on 9 - 10 September in Strasbourg, should be a step towards extending the procedures which guarantee the quality of educational courses and qualifications throughout Europe and beyond by means of the "Bologna process", which aims to promote the European system of training and higher education.
Contacts presse: contenus de la conférence : simonne.dumont@education.gouv.fr ; organisation : assqualite@egide.asso.fr ; presse: Service presse du Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche - DEPCOM - 01.55.55.99.12; cecile.braghieri@recherche.gouv.fr.

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