The 33rd May Annual International Educational Conference was organized by the Faculty of Education and Behavioral Sciences of Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. Attended by 150 researchers, the Annual Conference took place from 8 to 9 May 2015. It provided a platform for researchers, policymakers and practitioners to discuss and share their ideas, research outcomes and experiences. More...
By Mary Beth Marklein. Noting a "sense of urgency for a shared understanding" of higher education quality in an increasingly global landscape, an international advisory group has released a set of principles around which it suggests quality assurance policy might be organised. Read more...
The 10th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) will take place in London from 19 to 21 November 2015, hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency and UCL Institute of Education.
The Forum organisers, ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE, have opened a call for contributions from QA practitioners in higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies, students, and researchers in the field. Two types of contributions are sought: papers and workshops. More...
Concerning quality in e-learning-oriented processes, we find many issues that generate interesting debates because there isn't a simple methodology nor a superficial approach as this would imply serious impacts on all stakeholders. So this article aims to present the state of the art of e-learning oriented to its processes. More...
By . The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said. More...
By . Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests. More...
Par Christine Barret-Labre. L’Etat, les régions, l’Ademe et les organisations professionnelles ont signé le 27 mai dernier la charte de mobilisation nationale en faveur de la formation des professionnels du bâtiment pour la rénovation énergétique et l’appropriation de l’innovation dans la construction. Cet engagement vise à renforcer les collaborations existantes autour d’ambitieux objectifs. Voir l'article...
By Grace Karram Stephenson. “What is the most powerful lever of change for post-secondary systems?”
The short answer: funding. This was the first argument of the day at a recent higher education policy symposium hosted by the University of Toronto. Policy-makers, scholars and higher education professionals discussed enrolment and funding for higher education in Ontario – Canada’s most populous province. Read more...
The revised version of the “Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area“, commonly known as ESG has been adopted at the EHEA Ministerial Conference held in Yerevan (Armenia) the 14th and 15th of May together with the Fourth Bologna Policy Forum.
This revised version was proposed by the E4 Group (ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE) in cooperation with EI, BUSINESSEUROPE and EQAR, following the mandate given in the Bucharest Communiqué by the ministers, and endorsed by the Bologna Follow-Up Group (BFUG) in September 2014. The revision included several consultation rounds involving both the key stakeholder organisations and ministries. The many comments, proposals and recommendations received have been very useful and of extremely importance for the revision process. They are reflected in the resulting revised version. More...
At a Ministerial meeting today in Yerevan, Armenia, the European Higher Education Area adopted the revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) (opens in new window)./https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
