1. QUALITY ASSURANCE STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF ALL STAFF?

2. DIFFERENT APPROACHES Very centralised - rarely giving power to the local level? Very inflexible with ‘legalistic’ culture of micro-management? Very localised with little oversight by senior management? Mixed?

3. Romanian Model of QA in HE Agreement of a National Framework Very definite curriculum design template National Registry of HE Qualifications since 1965 On-line training for all HE staff with involvement in quality assurance of new programmes On-line training for external experts

4. Methodology for on-line QA training Decide the METHODOLOGICAL GUIDE for design and quality assurance of university qualifications Design 5 training modules Teach the modules in traditional ay first to create a group of 25 experts in QA of new qualifications EVALUATE Design e-learning versions of the 5 training modules

5. Levels of Training 1. LINCENCED quality evaluators – must be assessed and successfully complete 5 training modules 2. Academic staff my take modules as required by their job responsibilities – with or without assessment 3. General interest training – ‘light’ version