Results of the second call of AUDIT programme26.08.2010
AQU Catalunya has finished the assessment of the design of internal quality assurance systems of the institutions that have participated in the second call of the AUDIT programme.
In-depth studies on the higher education system in Catalonia18.08.2010
AQU Catalunya has published a series of studies carried out by research groups at Catalan universities which are the result of a competitive funding scheme run by the Agency in 2007 for research projects aimed at gaining a better understanding and diagnosis of the higher education system in Catalonia.
Protocol approved for the monitoring and renewal of accreditation of recognised university degrees30.07.2010
The General Conference for University Policy (Conferencia General de Política Universitaria) and the Spanish Universities Council (Consejo de Universidades) have endorsed the protocol for the monitoring and renewal of accreditation of recognised university degrees, which sets out the minimum criteria and basic indicators for the monitoring of the curricula of recognised degree programmes in Spain.
Meeting with the Minister for Education23.07.2010
Both the president and director of AQU Catalunya, Joaquim Prats and Josep Anton Ferré, attended a meeting in Madrid with the Minister for Education, Ángel Gabilondo, the Secretary General for Universities, Mŕrius Rubiralta, and the Director General for University Policy, Juan José Moreno.
Start of the second stage of the Experimental Monitoring Programme12.07.2010
The universities have to produce the progress reports of the participating Bachelor and Master degrees, which must include public information on the operational development of the curriculum, the indicators to be used for monitoring, the analytical assessment of how the degree programme is being run, proposals for enhancement and any modifications that may stem from these.
The AQU Board of Management endorses the Framework for the ex ante accreditation, monitoring, modification and accreditation of recognised degrees07.07.2010
The AQU Catalunya Board of Management has endorsed the instrument whereby the quality of recognised degree qualifications in Catalonia will be based on established processes of ex ante accreditation, monitoring, modification and accreditation. The aim is for consistent links to be established in quality assurance processes and greater efficiency promoted in the running of the different review processes that need to be introduced in both the universities and the Agency.
Equal job conditions between male and female graduates, three years after graduation06.07.2010
AQU Catalunya has presented the results of the study on Gender and graduate labour market outcomes: an analysis of the quality of the professional employment outcomes of female graduates and possible differences in relation to male graduates three years after graduation, which was carried out with the support of the Institut Catalŕ de les Dones, the Catalan government-sponsored institute for female affairs.