EQArep workshop on stakeholders ’ transparency needs Tallinn, 6-7 May 2013 Maria Kelo, Director, ENQA
ENQA at a glance Umbrella NGO for European QA agencies in HE, founded in 2000. Membership: • 44 Full members, of which one “under review” • 2 Candidate members • 43 Affiliates (covers more than 40 countries) Membership criteria: by and large the European Standards and Guidelines
Mission statement • to contribute significantly to the maintenance and enhancement of the quality of European higher education at a high level • to act as a major driving force for the development of quality assurance across all the Bologna signatory countries. • ENQA promotes European co-operation in the field of QA in higher education in order to develop and share good practice in QA and to foster the European dimension of QA.
Activities • Dissemination of information on experience, good practice and new developments in the field of quality assessment and QA in HE to stakeholders • Organisation of events • Publication of reports • Coordination of external reviews of QA agencies • ENQA has launched 5 working groups • Co-operation within E4 (EUA, ESU, EURASHE) • Involvement in the Bologna Follow-up Group and EQAR • Participation in transnational quality assurance projects
EQArep project – why? • Need for detailed and reliable information on individual study programmes, faculties and higher education institutions, and especially on quality at programme and at institutional level. • Quality assurance is an important tool in providing transparent and reliable information on the quality of HE BUT …. • reports vary a lot in terms of structure and content and also as regards publication channels and strategies • we do not know how much they are used, by whom, and how useful are they for the users • their contribution to the comparative dimension of transparency of higher education at the European level is still relatively limited 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 5
EQArep project – who? • Consortium of ENQA and four of its member agencies: – ASHE, Croatia – EKKA, Estonia – OAQ, Switzerland – QQI, Ireland • Stakeholder Advisory Board: – Business Europe – ESU – EUA – EURASHE 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 6
EQArep project – what? • map the current publication practices and analyse the typology of reports, their purposes, use, etc. • explore the different needs of stakeholders for transparent and comparable information, and the role that EQA review reports can/are expected to/do play • Provide good practice and recommendations/standards for different types of quality assurance reports in the EHEA • evaluate whether a European template for quality assurance (summary) reports is feasible Better understanding of the needs of (potential users) Increased comparability increased mobility, facilitated collaboration, etc. Better information provided to the stakeholders 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 7
Activities and stages • Survey on stakeholders’ requirements for transparency • Workshop for stakeholders of quality assurance • Survey of QA agencies on publication of quality assurance reports: purpose, structure and content • Analysis of a sample of QA reports • Workshop for quality assurance agencies on publication of review reports • Elaboration of recommendations (and a template?) for external evaluation reports • Final dissemination conference • Final report and publication 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 8
The perspective of stakeholders • Students, “other” HEIs’, QA agencies, world of work, policy makers, funders… • Stakeholders are important players in QA, but also important users of information provided by QA • Survey on stakeholders’ needs for transparent information and their use of QA reports • This workshop to verify the findings, discuss among stakeholders, and collect suggestions for the future of the project • Will feed into the next stages: analysis of review reports, development of recommendations, elaboration of a European template (?) 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 9
This workshop • Participants: – Mainly respondent to the survey who indicated interest in participating students, HEI representatives, government representatives, employer representatives – QA agency representatives from the project partnership – Advisory board members: representative organisations at the European level • Working methods – Plenary presentations to provide background and context to the issue at stake – Working groups small groups to provide us with concrete suggestions and ideas 8.5.2013 replace txt View menu > Header and footer 10
Thank you!
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