Axel Aerden Policy Dialogue Seminar September 2015
2 European higher education Strict borders are erased by: -Bologna Process -Cross-border higher education -Trans- & international quality assurance Strict borders are erased by: -Bologna Process -Cross-border higher education -Trans- & international quality assurance
3 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) European Standards & Guidelines QA Quality Assurance Agencies European Quality Assurance Register HE institutions Programmes
4 Promote student mobility Avert “Accreditation mills” Facilitate authorisation of QA agency Facilitate the choice of QA agency Promote mutual trust
5 European Approach for QA of joint programmes European QA methodology EQAR-registered QA agencies Results for whole EHEA Final competence at national level “Europeanisation of QA”
6 Going beyond borders ESG underpin all discussions EQAR drives cross-border agenda Methodologies are converging Increasingly (also) institutional level National policies develop slowly