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Taking stock and looking forward

Through a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, the 2015 EQAF, entitled ‘Taking stock and looking forward’, will combine presentations of current developments in quality assurance with discussions on research, policy and practice that will take place in paper sessions and workshops.

2015 marks not only the 10th anniversary of EQAF, but also 10 years since the introduction of the ESG and five years since the formal launch of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). With the recent adoption of the revised ESG, this year presents an ideal moment to take stock of the status of European QA policies and assess their impact on all stakeholders. The Forum will examine QA in the EHEA from a variety of perspectives and explore the ways in which concrete practices in institutions and agencies reflect European level policies.

Contributions

The Forum organisers invite contributions from QA practitioners in higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies, students, and researchers in the field.

The Forum organisers, ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE, have opened a call for contributions (here) from QA practitioners in higher education institutions and quality assurance agencies, students, institutional leaders and researchers in the field. Two types of contributions are sought: papers (here) and workshops (here). EQAF is an excellent opportunity to present current practice or research and test new ideas, and to elicit feedback from colleagues and stakeholders. All contributions are expected to seek to stimulate a discussion with the participants, thus enhancing peer-learning. The deadline to submit contributions is 3 August 2015.

EURASHE members are encouraged to contribute to the 10th edition of EQAF.

Following are the practicalities of the event:

Organisers

Following is the material of the event:

•  15 Years Student Accreditation Pool in Germany: Achievements, Failures and Future Challenges (0.8 MB)
•  2015 10th EQAF: Call for contributions (0.2 MB)
•  2015 10th EQAF: Papers abstracts (0.5 MB)
•  2015 10th EQAF: Programme (0.3 MB)
•  2015 10th EQAF: Workshops abstracts (0.5 MB)
•  A crash course in promoting quality culture (0.9 MB)
•  A new model for external review of quality in a diverse higher education area (0.7 MB)
•  A Tribute to transversal expertise: What is the contribution of non-disciplinary experts to evaluation committees in academic programme evaluation in French-speaking Belgium? (0.6 MB)
•  Accreditation outcomes 2010-2015: which programmes fall short of expectations and why (0.6 MB)
•  Back to the future: Taking quality assurance to the next decade (0.5 MB)
•  Big (and Small) Data Meets Quality Assurance (1.1 MB)
•  Challenges and Barriers to Assessing and Recognising Excellence in (Professional) Higher Education (0.2 MB)
•  Challenging the system: envisioning the future of quality assurance (0.9 MB)
•  Comparing internal influential factors affecting accreditation processes in Dutch and Dutch-Caribbean universities: enablers and barriers (0.5 MB)
•  Cross-Border External Quality Assurance: Practical Experiences and Recommendations (0.3 MB)
•  Cross-border Higher Education in Dubai –the Power of Partnerships (2.7 MB)
•  Does quality assurance reflect the social dimension of higher education? (0.2 MB)
•  Eight Challenges for Institutions who Wish to Handle Teaching Competence as a Strategic Quality Goal (0.3 MB)
•  Enhancement-led Visits to the faculties of the University of Ljubljana (0.8 MB)
•  EQA in the Light of the ESG 2015 - perspective of an agency (0.7 MB)
•  European approach to the QA of joint programmes (0.1 MB)
•  Evolution of the QA Culture at One University (0.5 MB)
•  External QA in light of the ESG 2015 (0.2 MB)
•  How to change an external QA framework: exchanging good and bad practices (0.2 MB)
•  How to forecast the future? - Different sources for gathering knowledge about the future needs of employers’ with regard to competences (0.6 MB)
•  How to support Quality through International Activities - Case studies from the field of higher music education (0.4 MB)
•  Internal QA in the light of the ESG 2015 (2.5 MB)
•  On-Site Visit Interviews in External Quality Assurance Procedures – a Linguistic, Empirical Approach (0.4 MB)
•  Possible Developments for the European Register of quality assurance agencies ('Oxford-style debate') (0.3 MB)
•  QA in PhD programmes: the importance of stating the obvious (2.0 MB)
•  Quality assurance of cross-border higher education – an increased burden or fruitful cooperation between regions? The European approach (0.7 MB)
•  Self-evaluation as an effective tool in establishing quality management at the University of Helsinki (0.5 MB)
•  Students: full partners of institutional Quality at the University of Lausanne (UNIL) (0.3 MB)
•  Ten Years of Quality Assurance with Students' Eyes – Taking Stock and Providing an Outlook (0.2 MB)
•  The Future of Quality Assurance to and after Yerevan (0.3 MB)
•  The Future Starts Now (1.2 MB)
•  The Learning Paradox in Higher Education (0.7 MB)
•  The transition to a level playing field in English Quality Assurance: does one size fit all? (0.2 MB)
•  The value of prognostics in quality assurance: Using student and graduate monitoring data for strategy development (0.6 MB)
•  The Values of Quality (Assurance) (0.3 MB)
•  Using ESG 2015 to develop a national quality culture for further and higher education in a post-colonial micro-state: Malta (0.4 MB)
•  What do the indicators tell? (1.4 MB)
•  Zen and the art of risk assessment: what are the implications of a system of risk- based quality assurance for higher education in England? (0.5 MB)