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2 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level (UNIQTOOL) Funding: Tempus Type: Structural Measure (SM) Duration: 3 years Eligibility period: –

3 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Participating countries: Belarus Ukraine Uzbekistan Sweden Italy Spain Estonia

4 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Participating Institutions: Belarus -Belorussian National Technical University -Vitebsk State University -Mogilev State University -Ministry of Education of the republic of Belarus

5 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Participating Institutions: Ukraine -National Technical University of Ukraine Kiev Polytechnic Institute -National Aerospace University Kharkov Aviation Institute -Sevastopol National University of Nuclear Energy and Industry -Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine

6 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Participating Institutions: Uzbekistan -Tashkent University of Information Technologies -National University of Uzbekistan -Fergana Polytechnic Institute -Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of Uzbekistan

7 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Participating Institutions: - Sweden -Royal Institute of Technology -Swedish National Agency for Higher Education -Italy -Politechnico di Torino -Spain -Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya -Estonia -Tallinn University of Technology

8 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Main components: -Establishing common ground among the project partners -Study of European experience in introduction of QA policies -Involving students in the quality work -Developing QA policy documents at the project partner institutions

9 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Main components: -Dissemination -Sustainability -Quality control and monitoring -Project management and coordination

10 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Establishing common ground among the project partners: -Establishing project teams and preparing reports on current policies -Benchmarking the best practices and showcases in BY, UA and UZ -Organizing a workshop on policies and tools in QA

11 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Study of European experiences in introduction of QA policies: -Study visits to EU partner institutions and report preparation -Developing proposals on introduction of quality policies -Training at EU partner institutions

12 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Involving students in the quality process: -Establishing student teams at partner institutions -Student visits to EU partner institutions for exchange of experiences -Developing proposals on involvement of students in the partner countries

13 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Developing QA policy documents at project partner institutions: -QA at bachelor and Master Level -QA at PhD level and research -Developing recommendations and guidelines on introduction of QA -Seminar on exchange of experiences

14 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Dissemination: -Dissemination through the web -Project launch events in Belarus, Ukraine and Uzbekistan -Events for various target groups with relevant materials -Final dissemination conferences

15 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Sustainability: -Sessions on the project sustainability -Events for the university management Quality control and monitoring -Assessment by the quality control group -Assessment by external experts -Peer reviews with the team members

16 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Project management: -Establishing and running web-platform for communication -Launch event and coordination meetings -Project management by the project coordinator -Permanent management by local team coordinators

17 Implementing tools and policies for quality work at institutional level Forthcoming activities: -Establishing project teams and preparing reports on the current policies -Establishing communication pattern -Launch seminars in the partner countries -Seminar on exchange of experiences -Study visit to EU partners

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