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

2. 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,

3. 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,

4. 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,

5. 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,

6. 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,

7. 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,

8. 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,

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