Quality Assurance and Developments of Higher Education in Europe Christoph Grolimund Vicepresident ENQA Windhoek, September 20, 2016

EHEA – European Higher Education Area 28 member states EU 13 non-EU states in Europe 7 states outside (geographical) Europe 48 member states of the EHEA 7 states outside Europe in the geographical sense: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine Windhoek, 20.09.2016

Diversity of EHEA – Brief for European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) “The EHEA with its (then) 40 states is characterised by its diversity of political systems, higher education systems, socio-cultural traditions, languages, aspirations and expectations. This makes a single, monolithic approach to quality standards and quality assurance in higher education inappropriate.” Windhoek, 20.09.2016

European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) - Purpose ESG set a common framework for quality assurance systems for learning and teaching at European, national and institutional level ESG enable the assurance and improvement of quality of higher education in the European Higher Education Area ESG support mutual trust, thus facilitating recognition and mobility within and across national borders ESG provide information on quality assurance in the EHEA Windhoek, 20.09.2016

European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) - Principles Higher education institutions have primarily responsibility for the quality of their provision and its assurance Quality assurance responds to the diversity of higher education systems, institutions, programmes and students Quality assurance supports the development of a quality culture Quality assurance takes into account the needs and expectations of students, all other stakeholders and society Windhoek, 20.09.2016

European Standards and Guidelines ESG – Structure 1. Internal QA (of HE) 2. External QA 3. QA of Agency Part 1: Internal QA within Higher Education Institutions Part 2: External QA of higher education and Part 3: QA of external QA agencies Windhoek, 20.09.2016

ESG Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 1.1 Policy for quality assurance 1.2 Design and approval of programmes 1.3 Student-centred learning, teaching and assessment 1.4 Student admission, progression, recognition and certification 1.5 Teaching staff 1.6 Learning resources and student support 1.7 Information management 1.8 Public information 1.9 On-going monitoring and periodic review of programmes 1.10 Cyclical external quality assurance Part 2 2.1 Consideration of internal QA 2.2 Methodologies fit for purpose 2.3 Implementing processes 2.4 Peer-review experts 2.5 Criteria for formal outcomes 2.6 Reporting 2.7 Complaints and appeals Part 3 3.1 Activities, policy and processes for QA 3.2 Official status 3.3 Independence 3.4 Thematic analysis 3.5 Resources 3.6 Internal quality assurance 3.7 Cyclical external review of agencies Windhoek, 20.09.2016

ENQA – member agencies 48 full members from 26 EHEA countries 46 affiliates from a further 15 countries ENQA is representative of 41 of the 48 members of the EHEA Windhoek, 20.09.2016

Thank you! www.enqa.eu christoph.grolimund@aaq.ch