Bologna 2020 – New Developments in European Quality Assurance of Higher Education lmplementation of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance

Bologna 2020 – New Developments in European Quality Assurance of Higher

Education

lmplementation of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance Systems - The Sixth

Annual Conference of Experts in Higher Education

11-12 November 2011, Moscow, Russia

2Dr. Iring Wasser,Managing Director ASIIN e.V.

Industrial Federations and

Labour Unions

Industrial Federations and

Labour Unions

Technical and Scientific Associations +

Professional Organizations

Technical and Scientific Associations +

Professional Organizations

Coordination Group

of German Universities

of Applied Sciences

Coordination Group

of German Universities

of Applied Sciences

Coordination Group of German Technical

Universities

Coordination Group of German Technical

Universities broad based alliance

anchored in the scientific community and in the

economy,

working together for quality- assurance and -improvement

of HE in Germany and the the EHEA

broad based alliance anchored in the scientific

community and in the economy,

working together for quality- assurance and -improvement

of HE in Germany and the the EHEA

national bodies representing the

faculties of engineering at

German universities

Cooperation with the German student

accreditation pool

ASIIN in Europe

ASIIN is member of:

ENQA, EQAR, CEENQA, EQANIE, ENAEE, ECTNA, INQAAAE, APQN

ASIIN is member of:

ENQA, EQAR, CEENQA, EQANIE, ENAEE, ECTNA, INQAAAE, APQN

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47 Signatory States (*since 2005)

Albania KazakhstanAndorra Latvia*Armenia Liechtenstein*Azerbaijan LithuaniaAustria LuxembourgBelgium MaltaBosnia - Herzegovina FYR of MacedoniaBulgaria *MoldovaCroatia NetherlandsCyprus NorwayCzech Republic PolandDenmark PortugalEstonia RomaniaFinland RussiaFrance Serbia and Montenegro*Georgia Slovak RepublicGermany SloveniaGreece SpainHoly See SwedenHungary SwitzerlandIceland TurkeyIreland *UkraineItaly United Kingdom

The European Higher Education Area:Paris 1998 - Bologna 1999 - Prague 2001 -Berlin 2003 - Bergen 2005 - London 2007 - Leuven 2009-Vienna 2010-Bukarest 2012

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Completion of the European Higher Education Area until 2010, in which citizens can choose from a wide and

transparent order of high quality courses and benefit from smooth recognition

procedures

Goals: European knowledge society characterized by high mobility and

permeability, lifelong learning

Promotion of comparability and compatibility of degrees:

Two cycle study system, ECTS, adoption of a system of easily readable and comparable

degrees, Diploma Supplement, permeability of study structures

Promotion of the European Dimension in Higher Education

Common European Market

Goals: freedom of movement of workers, right of establishment, freedom of

services.

Declaration of Lisbon, Barcelona: „to make Europe the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in

the world.“

The European Directive on the recognition of professional qualifications:

Goal: „A clear, secure and quick system for the recognition of qualifications in the field of the

regulated professions is required to ensure free movement.“

The EC institutions and member states should facilitate employment and the provision of

services through wholesale consolidation of the existing regimes of professional recognition in

the regulated professions.

Political Context of QA in Europe

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Recognition of Degrees/Qualification Frameworks/European Learning Outcomes and

Competence Profiles

Transnational Cooperation in QA/Mutual Recognition Agreements

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European Quality Assurance is based on

The European Qualification Frameworks (Bologna as well as Copenhagen OF, Dublin Descriptors)

European Standards and Guidelines,

European Code of Good Practice

European Register of QA/Accreditation Agencies

European Learning Outcomes/Competence Profiles on the Disciplinary Level

Main European Instruments for Quality Assurance

Dr. Iring Wasser,Geschäftsführer ASIIN e.V.

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The growing importance of the Learning Outcome Concept for European Mobility

The Leuven Communique in 2009:

”We reassert the importance of the teaching mission of higher education institutions and the necessity for ongoing curricular reform geared toward the development of learning outcomes... Academics in close cooperation with student and employer representatives, will continue to develop learning outcomes and international reference points for a growing number of subject areas…“

”It is arguably that the main end product of the Bologna reforms is better qualifications based on learning outcomes and certainly not just new educational structures. For this sort of bottom-up reform it is recognised that there is a need for fundamental changes at the institutional level where academics are responsible for creating and maintaining qualifications”. (Stephan Adam, UK Bologna Promoter)


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GGP

ESGDublin

Descriptors

DisciplineLO

Global level

INQAAHE

The Organisational Structure of QA in Europe and Beyond


ENQA/ECA

CEENQA CANQA

APQN

Europe/Continental level

Subject Specific/Professional level

Islamic Network

ENAEE EQANIE AEC ECTNA EAPAA

The Tuning

Association

The European Countries Biologists

Association

…

IFA EFG …

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ECTNA European Chemistry Thematic Network Association

ENAEEEuropean Network Accreditation Engineering Education

All European Engineering Accreditation Agencies + FEANI, SEFI etc. : LO for FCD and SCD

European Disciplinary Accreditation Networks: Pan European Definition of Learning Outcomes as Entry Route to the Profession

More than 150 HEIs + chemical societies in Europe + ASIIN have developed LO for the European BA/MA in Chemistry

EQANIEEuropean Quality

Assurance Network for Informatics Education

CEPIS, Informatics Europe, ASIIN + many European Informatics societies

ISEKI Food

ASIIN/IFA have developed pan-European LO/QA structures in the field of food science

EQASEurobachelorEuromaster

Euro-InfBachelor/Master

EUR-ACEFC/SC

European Quality Labels

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Best Practice in QA as defined by the European Commission


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EASPA / European Alliance of Subject Specific Professional Accreditation and Quality Assurance

Am 29. November 2011 in Brüssel

New European Developments in QA


ASPA

Other world regions …

Europe

United States

The Tuning Association

The European Countries Biologists

Association

IFA EFG …

ENAEE EQANIE AEC ECTNA EAPAA

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CEENQA Background


• Oldest European Quality Assurance Network - Set up in 2000

• legally registered as association in 2011

• “The purpose of the Association is the cooperation between the member organizations in the development and harmonization of their activities in the field of quality assurance and quality improvement in higher education in Central and Eastern Europe, thereby making a contribution towards the development and implementation of the European Higher Education Area.” (Statutes)

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CEENQA - 22 members in 15 countries


• Albania

• Austria ÖAR, FHR, AQA

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Bulgaria

• Croatia

• Czech Republic

• Germany ACQUIN, ASIIN, FIBAA

• Hungary

• Latvia

• North Cyprus

• Poland UKA, PKA

• Romania

• Russia, NAA, NCPA, AKKORK

• Slovakia

• Slovenia

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CEENQA - Activities


• Providing information and “best practice” examples in quality assurance and quality development in higher education,

• Launching or participating in projects for the sake of better quality in higher education,

• Seeking possibilities for applying for funds to support projects,

• Organizing events, seminars, workshops, and conferences in its field,

• Exchanging quality experts among CEENQA members, • Maintaining relations with other European and non-European

organizations, which are important in terms of the purpose of the Association,

• Maintaining a website in order to inform about these activities.

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ENQA at a glance


• Founded in 2000 as a network and transformed into an association in 2004

• Umbrella NGO for European QA agencies in HE

Membership:

• 41 Full members, 10 Candidate members

• 36 Affiliates(covers more than 40 countries)

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ENQA and the Bologna process


• Quality Assurance as one pillar of EHEA• Consultative member of the Bologna Follow-up Group

Main contributions:• Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European

higher Education Area (ESG), adopted in 2005• drafted by ENQA together with EUA, EURASHE and ESU (“E4”)• The “European Quality Assurance Register”, founded in 2008• Addressing relevant issues of quality assurance and feeding the

results into discussions at the European level• Sharing good practice, fostering cooperation

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ENQA - The European Standards and Guidelines


Main feature: ESG are “designed to be applicable to all higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies in Europe, irrespective of their structure, function and size, and the national system in which they are located”

ESG part I: Internal quality assurance

ESG part II: External quality assurance

ESG part III: Quality assurance agencies

• ESG provide a “common understanding” of quality assurance in higher education

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ENQA - Core aims of ESG part III and of ENQA membership criteria


• Support development of professionally working, trustworthy and independent agencies, which share the same values and apply the same principles.

• Create mutual trust in order to contribute to mutual recognition and to mobility.

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ECA - Foundation and Aim


• Established in November 2003 as project organisation• Consortium of national accreditation/QA agencies• 17 member organisations from 11 European countries: all

regions involved• Aims:

1. mutual recognition of accreditation and QA decisions

2. providing transparent information on quality

3. supporting internationalisation of institutions and students

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ECA - Phases I and II


Bilateral MR Agreements

TEAMprojects

Qross-roads

ECA I ECA II2004 2007

2010

CertificateInternatio-nalisation Information exchange

Cooperation projects; external reviews

Common tools/principles

JProgr.Accred

New EU funded projects

E-TRAIN JOQAR

2012

ECA III

2008

Multilateral MRAgreement on JPs

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Lacking transparency on the job marketDifferent degrees and complicated acceptance procedures have hampered the change of employment in European Countries and between European Countries.

EU Mobility Regulation of 2005 The EU therefore demands the mutual acceptance of the competencies required to carry out a profession in order to eliminate impediment at the change of employment between individual member states in the long-term.

Professional Cards as an answer to impediments of professional mobility?

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Objectives of the professional cards

Promotion of EU-wide mobility of professionals in accordance with the European Directive 2005/36/EG on the recognition of professional qualifications

Profile shaping and further development of the profession through orientation on European-wide standards

Strengthening the Euroepan professional communities through transparency of professional status, individual degrees and intensified identification

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The example of the engineerING card

1 Given Name2 Surname3 Date and Place of Birth4a Date of Issue4b Date of Expiry5 Member of Association/

Organisation6 ID Number7 Signature8 Key for qualifications

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Academic Studies

Legend of classification of the front of the card

Continuing Education

Professional Experience

engineerING card: Back

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The Register Data Sheet Features all Important Details

Academic Studies

Professional Experience

Continuing Education

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Personal Details

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Learning Outcomes/Competence Profiles will continue to be developed internationally/continental scale as a vehicle of academic and professional mobility:the founding of EASPA a crucial step forward

Development of measurable cross-national outcomes (The AHELO project) ; Institutionaliziation of international peer groups which visit institutions and programs in several countries at the same time to cross-examine the output of study programs

Development of international/joint degree programms; joint accreditation procedures for binational/joint degree programs

ESG revision must be supplemented by a drive towards Mutual Recognition Agreement

European Databases of Best Practices in QA will emerge

Stakeholder involvement must be intensified; Involvement of the Business Community is still one of the biggest challenges

The Way Forward


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Contact

Dr. Iring WasserCEO of ASIININQAAHE Board DirectorPresident of CEENQAVice-President of ENAEEChairman of the EUR-ACE Label CommitteeVice-President EQANIEMail: [email protected]: www.asiin.dephone: +49 (0)211 / 900 977 -10


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Bologna 2020 – New Developments in European Quality Assurance of Higher Education lmplementation of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance