A bimonthly publication of AQU Catalunya

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July 2011

In this document the Agency describes the activities that has carried out in 2010 and gives response to transparency and accountability.

 AQU Catalunya. Annual Report 2010

There are six sections to this report that correspond to the Agency's various strategic areas. Activities that stand out in the area of Teaching quality include the preparation, approval and initial implementation of the Framework for the ex-ante assessment, monitoring, modification and accreditation of recognised degree programmes, the restructuring of the Quality Assessment Commission, completion of the experimental Monitoring programme and the involvement of students in the Agency's activities; in the area of Academic staff quality, there was the assessment and review of university academic staff; in Knowledge generation, several studies on graduate labour market outcomes were completed, the 2011 survey graduate employment was produced and a workshop organised on research assessment in the Humanities and Social Sciences; in Internationalisation and institutional relations, the Agency worked with REACU (the body that brings together all of the university quality assurance agencies in Spain), the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the European Consortium for Accreditation (ECA); in Strategic management and communication, there was coordination and collaboration with the Catalan universities and their social partners, and the website was restructured; and in Internal organisation, accountability and the internal quality assurance system were maintained, the Agency's ICT systems were upgraded, and measures were applied to stem and reduce expenditure.