1. Axel Aerden Policy Dialogue Seminar 24-25 September 2015

2. 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. 3 European Higher Education Area (EHEA) European Standards & Guidelines QA Quality Assurance Agencies European Quality Assurance Register HE institutions Programmes

4. 4 Promote student mobility Avert “Accreditation mills” Facilitate authorisation of QA agency Facilitate the choice of QA agency Promote mutual trust

5. 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. 6 Going beyond borders ESG underpin all discussions EQAR drives cross-border agenda Methodologies are converging Increasingly (also) institutional level National policies develop slowly