The Catalan universities presented with the methodology for the accreditation of recognised degrees30.04.2013
The purpose of the sessions, which are aimed at vice-rectors, deans, heads of university schools and colleges, heads of department, programme managers and the heads and members of university quality units, is to present and discuss the contents of the guide and get feedback from those involved in the actual accreditation of recognised Bachelor and Master's degree programmes.
Start of the monitoring of recognised programmes, 201322.04.2013
Universities must send their list of degree programmes that will be included in the process to the Agency prior to May 10. Monitoring reports for these programmes must be submitted between 7 - 28 June. Full university monitoring reports must also be submitted between these same dates.
The universities discuss the impact of teaching assessment handbooks17.04.2013
Around sixty participants, including vice-rectors, academic managers and students from Catalan universities participated in the workshop, "Reaccreditation of the teaching assessment handbooks used by public universities in Catalonia", organised by AQU Catalunya on 16 April.
INQAAHE: 2013 Biennial Conference16.04.2013
The head of AQU's Quality Assurance Department and membre of the ENQA Board, Josep Grifoll, attended the round table of the subtheme 3, Impact of QA and the effects of external and internal QA: regional perspectives to a shared issue.
AQU Catalunya in the Annual Conference of the Forum on Education Abroad12.04.2013
AQU Catalunya has participated in the Ninth Annual Conference of the Forum on Education Abroad Moving Beyond It Was Great: Student Learning and Development in Education Abroad, held in Chicago April 3-5, 2013.
Seminar on Quality Assurance in Minsk 02.04.2013
The seminar gathered more than 50 participants representing the Belarusian Ministry of Education, the National Institute for Higher Education, the National School on Higher Education, as well as representatives of different Belarusian universities from Minsk and the regions, members of students' initiatives and of NGOs working in the area of higher education.
Launching of the ISLAH project27.03.2013
AQU will transfer knowledge and best practice in the promotion and assurance of QA in higher education system to local research units and will support the background analysis of the tools and activities carried out in Morocco and Tunisia for the identifying of synergies and avoid duplication.
ESG revision26.03.2013
The objectives are to increase its transparency and to promote a broader participation as well as to take into account any input since the early stages of the process.
Public consultation on accreditation methodology25.03.2013
The document that goes under public consultation has been presented to the universities and includes all aspects and elements that should be taken into account when accrediting programmes and awards that have completed the period of planned development in the regulatory framework.
Meeting of the AQU's Student Commission07.03.2013
The first meeting in 2013 of AQU's Student Commission was held on 5 March. The work of the Student Commission, which is an advisory body, is to expand and make systematic student participation in the Agency's review activities and projects that have a direct impact on the student body.
AHELO's results06.03.2013
The purpose of the feasibility study is to see whether it is practically and scientifically feasible to assess what students in higher education know and can do upon graduation within and across these diverse contexts. The feasibility study should demonstrate what is feasible and what could be feasible, what has worked well and what has not, as well as provide lessons and stimulate reflection on how learning outcomes might be most effectively measured in the future.
Summary of teaching assessment in Catalan universities01.03.2013
Following its overall appraisal of teaching assessment in Catalan universities (2002-2012), AQU Catalunya presented the next moves in this field in the first DOCENTIA workshop on Good Practices organised by ANECA on 26 February.