1. 4 th Techno TN Forum 4 th - 5 th May 2007 WG 1 Theme 1 Qualification and Accreditation

2. Constraints & State of the art Political issues (national sovereignty/ academic autonomy/European policy) Diversity of European higher education Two purposes of accreditation funding recognition Attitudes of the academic community vs. process evaluation („there are good chocolates from bad machines and vice versa”)

3. Additional factors Bureaucracy (universities are tired of multiple controls/reporting/… etc.) „Diploma mills”

4. Recommendations (1) StateInstitution Agencies from the Register Programme Institutional accreditation (domain of STATE) Programme/subject accreditation

5. Recommendations (2) Accreditation should check if the rules of Bologna process are fulfilled minimize necessary documentation check outputs (e.g. level of Ba/Ma theses) check if university is offering what is advertising be valid for a limited period of time (e.g. 5 years) Language of instruction: to promote internationalization

6. Recommendations (3) To create a „QA Forum” within Techno TN including representatives of networks (persons who are responsible for QA/accreditation-oriented activities) double purpose: to represent thematic networks in discussions with ENQA to disseminate good practice among Techno TN members