The E4-Group organised the 9th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) titled ‘Changing education – QA and the shift from teaching to learning‘ in Barcelona (Spain) on 13-15 November 2014. The official website of the event is available here. Underneath are further information on:
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9th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) – Call for Contributions! 27/2/2014 - The 9th European Quality Assurance Forum (EQAF) will take place on 13-15 November 2014 in Barcelona (Spain) at the University of Barcelona. ENQA, ESU, EUA and EURASHE, the co-organisers, have now... Read more
Through a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, the 2014 EQAF, entitled ‘Changing education – QA and the shift from teaching to learning’, will combine practice-oriented or research-based discussions that will take place in the paper sessions and workshops with presentations of current developments in quality assurance. Student-centred learning, diversified student populations and new modes of delivery have in recent years set in motion profound changes in higher education. Students are increasingly expected to be autonomous learners, and teachers to use innovative teaching methodologies and develop assessment methods that reflect this change. As a consequence, teacher-student interaction is changing, and institutional student support services need to evolve in order to facilitate a quality learning experience. This year, the Forum will explore whether and how current QA approaches are keeping up with and supporting developments in learning and teaching.
Contributions
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). The deadline to submit contributions is 25 July 2014. EURASHE members are encouraged to contribute to the 9th edition of EQAF.
The 9th EQAF will include a plenary session discussing the results of the HAPHE project (Harmonising Approaches to Professional Higher Education in Europe) and the first outcomes of the PHExcel project (Testing the Feasibility of a Quality Label for Professional Higher Education Excellence). Both projects are coordinated by EURASHE.
Organisers
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) - The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) is a voluntary association of European quality assurance agencies and currently comprises 40 members and 49 affiliates. Its aim is... Read more
European Students’ Union (ESU) - The European Students’ Union (ESU) is an umbrella organisation of 47 National Unions of Students from 39 countries. The aim of ESU is to represent and promote the educational, social,... Read more
European University Association (EUA) - The European University Association (EUA) has over 850 members across 47 countries, making it the largest and most comprehensive organisation representing universities and national university associations in Europe. As the... Read more
European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE) - EURASHE is the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education that offer professionally orientated programmes and are engaged in applied research within the Bologna cycles. EURASHE represents universities of applied sciences... Read more- (A Manual for Internal) Quality Assurance (IQA) in Higher Education (HE) with a special focus on Professional Higher Education (PHE) (1.8 MB)
- 2014 9th EQAF: Call for contributions (0.5 MB)
- 2014 9th EQAF: Programme (0.2 MB)
- A comparison between two European universities of applied sciences (0.3 MB)
- Accreditation, Regulation and Self Evaluation – a Game Theoretic Viewpoint (0.3 MB)
- Addressing student-centred learning: are quality audits fit for purpose? (0.7 MB)
- Aligning student-centered instructional design principles and quality assurance to foster continuous improvement of educational quality (2.0 MB)
- An analysis of the Quality Assurance Agencies activities across borders (0.6 MB)
- An international approach to quality assurance of new providers in higher education: the CHEA Quality Platform (0.3 MB)
- Approaches to quality in professional higher education (0.4 MB)
- Assuring and enhancing teaching and learning through effective alignment of internal and external review methods (0.5 MB)
- Dialog-based student feedback: formative approaches to evaluate academic teaching and as “crisis intervention” (0.3 MB)
- Diversity and culture as pull factors for successfully practiced quality standards in virtual higher, further education and scientific trainings (0.3 MB)
- Embedding Equality and Diversity in the Curriculum (0.9 MB)
- Euro-Mediterranean perspectives on the complex shifts between external and internal QA of teaching and learning, at strategic and practical levels: Enhancing Quality Assurance Management (EQuAM) in Jordanian universities (0.4 MB)
- From teaching assessment to formative learning assessment (1.0 MB)
- From teaching to learning: how quality assurance in UK higher education has responded to this shift by promoting a culture of enhancement (0.3 MB)
- From ‘quality assurance of teaching’ to ‘quality enhancement of learning’: A conceptual contribution (0.2 MB)
- How could quality assurance foster a shift towards student-centred learning? (2.8 MB)
- How do connotations of to learn and to teach influence learning and teaching? (0.3 MB)
- How does the Estonian system of quality assurance in higher education support teaching to learning paradigm shift based on the example of Estonian IT College (0.2 MB)
- Implementation of the first national student engagement survey through partnership and collaboration (0.1 MB)
- Learning for employability: Integrating employability into professional bachelor programmes and quality assurance in four higher education systems (0.4 MB)
- Quality Assurance for Teaching and Learning: Evolution and Revolution (0.4 MB)
- Quality Assurance of Online, Open and Flexible Higher Education (0.7 MB)
- Quality audit: Fit for what purpose? (0.4 MB)
- Quality audits – fit for purpose? Student-centred learning, teaching and assessment and external reviews of higher education institutions’ internal quality management (0.1 MB)
- Quality internship. Students’ self-assessment in their work-based learning experiences (0.3 MB)
- Raising awareness of the quality teaching with students’ involvement (0.5 MB)
- Rankings and Institutional Strategies and Processes (1.6 MB)
- Student Feedback Gathered by the Trade Unions - Much Needed Perspective on Employability? (0.4 MB)
- Student-centred learning (SCL) and quality education: The implementation of student-centred learning in quality assurance procedures (1.2 MB)
- Student-centred learning and quality education: the implementation of student-centred learning in quality assurance procedures (0.3 MB)
- Students' Course Evaluation. A Shift of Paradigm at University of Luxembourg (1.1 MB)
- Students’ role in quality enhancement – a reflection of functional stupidity or an implication of “Quality as Practice”? (1.8 MB)
- Supporting Quality in E-learning (1.3 MB)
- Supporting the shift from teaching to learning in Professional Higher Education (PHE): examples from teacher and pharmacy education (0.3 MB)
- The changing landscape of teaching and learning (1.5 MB)
- The role of the administrative staff in the internal quality assurance systems: the case of the state-funded universities in Poland (0.4 MB)
- Tutoring Support Office: Increasing Teacher – Student contact in Higher Education, Promoting a shift from Teaching to Learning? (0.7 MB)
- What’s new in Europe? (1.0 MB)