Results of the calls for the assessment of research work by teaching staff30.06.2011
All applications for the evaluation of the research work by public service teaching and research staff and non-tenure teaching and research staff at public universities in Catalonia within the framework of salary increments for merits in research have now been processed by AQU Catalunya.
14th ECA Workshop in Barcelona29.06.2011
Organised by AQU Catalunya, the 14th ECA Workshop took place during 20 and 21 June at Roger de Llúria building, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Meeting of the AQU Student Commission14.06.2011
The AQU Student Committee, which is composed of students from the higher education system in Catalonia, deals with systemising the participation of the student body in the review and evaluation activities of AQU Catalunya.
The private universities taking part in the survey on the labour market outcomes of graduates in Catalonia02.06.2011
The main new development in the Fourth labour market outcomes survey of university graduates in Catalonia, which is being carried out this year, is the participation for the first time of the private universities and twenty-two affiliated institutions. As such, the survey is the most extensive to have been carried out so far in the European Union.
AQU Catalunya publishes the Annual Report 201031.05.2011
In this document the Agency describes the activities that has carried out in 2010 and gives response to transparency and accountability.
Course on student participation in university quality enhancement at the Autonomous University of Barcelona 25.05.2011
The Course on student participation in university quality enhancement has been organised by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), with the support of AQU Catalunya, for the last five years. The aim of the course, which is given in May, is to train and provide students with skills and abilities so they can take part in the quality assurance of their studies at different levels.
The OECD's AHELO initiative to define the learning outcomes of graduates in Economics and Engineering24.05.2011
The objective of the Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO) initiative, which has the support of the OECD Education Ministers, is to assess the feasibility of an external assessment of learning outcomes, or generic skills and discipline-specific skills, that university students should be acquiring. The first stage of the work has focused on two selected disciplines, Economics and Engineering.
ENQA Workshop: Quality Assurance in Lifelong Learning20.05.2011
The European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and the Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) have organized a workshop in Bonn, Germany on 16-17 May 2011, on the theme: "Quality assurance in lifelong learning - recent developments and future perspectives".
AQU Catalunya will evaluate merits in research of teaching staff at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU19.05.2011
AQU Catalunya has signed an agreement with the Universiat Abat Oliba CEU in order to evaluate the research activity of its teachers. This assessment will be carried out in accordance with the criteria and the procedure that the Agency applies in the evaluation of merits in research of teatching staff in the rest of Catalan universities.