Universities from Western Balkans and EU discuss role of central quality assurance units at EUREQA workshop

Quality assurance staff from universities in the Western Balkans gathered in Korca, Albania, from 5 to 6 September, to discuss the role of central quality assurance units, as well as the tools they use. The workshop was organised in the framework of the EUA-led “Empowering Universities to fulfil their responsibility for Quality Assurance” (EUREQA) project.
During the second in a series of four workshops, which will bring together quality assurance managers from the Western Balkans and EU countries, 40 participants discussed in detail various models for distributing quality assurance tasks among the central- and faculty-level units. The workshop addressed questions such as: What role should the central QA unit play and how can it co-operate with those working in the faculties? What are the advantages and disadvantages of different divisions of responsibilities? What are the different roles of QA officers?
The EUREQA project will continue promoting capacity building for QA in Western Balkan universities, through study visits, participation in the European Quality Assurance Forum and the translation of EUA’s publications on quality culture into the local languages.
More information on the EUREQA project, including presentations from the second workshop, can be found here.