Assuring the Quality of the Professional Element of Higher Education

Assuring the Quality of the Professional Element of Higher Education ProvisionAnthony F. Camilleri – Knowledge Innovation Centre

Koper, 3rd June 2015

Professional Higher Education Excellence phexcel.eurashe.eu

What is Higher Education for?


Different parts of HE havevastly different aims

medicine literature languages

start-upcentres

lecturehalls

researchlabs


Different parts of HE havevastly different aims

academic or professional


Professional Higher Educationis a form of Higher Education that offers a particularly intense integration with the world of work in all its aspects, including teaching, learning, research and governance and at all levels of the overarching Qualifications Framework of the European Higher Education Area.


PHE ≠all education delivered at a PHE Institution (university of applied science)vocational education & training


Requirementscome from different sources

legal &regulatory

learnerneeds

communityexpectations


Requirementscome from different sources

communityexpectations

academic community

wider society

world of work

enterprises

civil society organisations

public sector


PHE diversifies learning opportunitiesenhances graduate employabilityoffers qualificationsstimulates innovationfocuses on application of learning achievements


consequently

Quality criteriacome from different sources

regulators /governments

Higher EducationInstitutions

stakeholdercommunity

accreditation / external QA guidelines

internal QAmanuals

independentquality labels


Quality Labels

Subject Specific

AACSB, EQUIS, EQ-Arts, EUR-ACE

Modes of Provision

E-xcellence, OpenUpEd, OLC Quality Scorecard

Specific Aspects

PASCL, Guardian Diversity Awards, AISHE


Do we measure the Quality of the Professional Element of Higher Education?

Download our Gap Analysis

http://goo.gl/eBMpju

A clear need ofPHE-specific Quality Tools


a measure of PHE QualityPHE is a form of Higher Education that offers a particularly intense integration with the world of work in all its aspects, including teaching, learning, research and governance and at all levels of the overarching Qualifications Framework of the EHEA.

PHEQuality

∝is directly

proportional to

World of WorkIntegration

Intensity


A model for measuring intensityof integration with World of Work

Baaken, Thomas & Schröder, Carsten (2008). The Stairway Model to Strategic Partnership in: Science-to-Business Marketing Research Centre. Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany (2011): The State of European University-Business Cooperation. Final Report – Study on the cooperation between Higher Education Institutions and Public and private organisations in Europe.


HAPHE / PHExcel Quality Model

3 Years ofResearch

nearly 1000 actors consulted

15 partners €0.8 million funding


Three Quality Areas

Policy & Strategy

How is PHE embedded and represented in

the overall strategic

framework and policies of higher

education institutions?

Teaching & Learning

How is teaching and learning influenced

through specific characteristics of

PHE?

Research

How is research integrated as part

of a sustainable PHE, recognising

that it might differ from level to level and has not been

implemented in all institutions yet


Quality Criteria

Policy & Strategy

Policy and Strategy Integration

Objectives and Outcomes of PHE

Teaching &

Learning Methods of Curriculum

Development

Learning Methodology

Content for Teaching and Learning

Learning Environment

Programme Team

Research

Research Agenda

Research Process

Research Outputs and Outcomes


Criteria Framework

Criterion / IndicatorDescription Describes what the indicator/criterion

measuresCore Criterion Sets out the minimum requirement the

educational experience must adhere to, so as to be considered PHE

Characteristics of Excellence

Examples of specific practices which indicate excellence over and above the minimum


An examplePolicy & Strategy Integration

Description Integration of the world of work into policies and strategic framework

Core Criterion Institutional policies and strategies are defined in collaboration with the world of work

Characteristics of Excellence

• Institutional policies and strategies are defined in collaboration with stakeholders and through engagement with relevant professional regulatory bodies and political authorities.

• The policy and strategy is driven by structural involvement with the world of work and wider society.

• The policy and strategy is driven by an active and long-term engagement with the community.

• The policy and strategy is supportive of research and innovation and rewards these wherever they emerge in the institution.


Download the full framework

http://phexcel.eurashe.eu/quality-framework/


How to implement?

• use as a guide for practice• integrate into internal QA• subject to external excellence evaluation


Next Steps

Define Quality Criteria for

PHE

Test validity of Quality Criteria

Determine methods of

testing

Pilot Testing Model

Design a pilot service based

on model

Launch Service (assuming demand &

success)


More information

phexcel.eurashe.eu


The future is too importantto just let happen


AcknowledgementsThe University of Nottingham (UON)

Knowledge Innovation Centre (KIC)Jagiellonian University (UJ)

The European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA)SPACE Network For Business Studies and Languages (SPACE)

European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE)Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC)

Thank-You for your Attention

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