Meeting of the Employers project discussion group on the ICT sector 12.06.2015
A meeting of the Employers project discussion group, made up representatives from enterprises in the Information and Communications Technologies sector, was held on Thursday, 11 June. During the session it was established that the ICT sector is a highly dynamic one, together with the fact that it is difficult to find skilled people to fill existing jobs. The discussion group’s conclusions will be presented to the academic community in November 2015.
AQU Catalunya publishes the Guide to the monitoring of recognised doctoral programmes 29.05.2015
Doctoral programmes are subject to the same procedures of validation (ex ante accreditation), monitoring and accreditation as those applicable to recognised Bachelor and Master’s programmes. These procedures are laid down in current Spanish legislation (Royal Decree 1393/2007, 29 October) dealing with the academic governance of recognised higher education programmes and awards.
Start of the second stage of the Employers survey 28.05.2015
Today sees the launch of the discussion group stage of the Employers survey, a project that seeks closer and better integration of the higher education and university system with the productive sector. This is to be achieved by way of study programmes that are more in line with the labour market and through the promotion of coordination and collaboration between universities and enterprises.
Degree course accreditation certificates27.05.2015
AQU Catalunya president, Josep Joan Moreso Mateos, the rector of Rovira i Virgili University, Josep Anton Ferré Vidal (as representative of the Catalan universities), the Director-General for Universities, Lluís Jofre Roca, and the Agency's Director, Martí Casadesús Fa, presented accreditation certificates to the first sixty-five degree programmes that successfully underwent assessment by AQU Catalunya during the 2014-2015 academic year.
Ceremony for the award of the first accreditation certificates to Catalan universities20.05.2015
AQU Catalunya has organised an award ceremony for the first accreditation certificates to Catalan universities, the aim of which is the accountability of the quality of degree programmes being run in Catalan universities and to distinguish HEIs that successfully underwent accreditation in 2014.
Guide to the Certification of IQAs Implementation07.05.2015
AQU Catalunya has published the Guide to the Certification of IQAs Implementation (internal quality assurance systems), which was endorsed by AQU's Quality Assurance Committee last month (April 2015).
Fourth Workshop on Excellence in Education04.05.2015
AQU Catalunya took part in the Fourth Workshop on Excellence in Education organised by the Catalan Association for Excellence with support from the Catalan Ministry of Education, which took place on 30 April at the School for International Business/ESCI-UPC.
AQU Catalunya at ESDAP30.04.2015
Dr. Sebastián Rodríguez, adviser to AQU Catalunya in matters of quality innovation and development, took part as a speaker in the workshop held at the Escola Superior de Disseny i Arts Plàstiques (School for Design and the Visual Arts) on the accreditation of degrees and awards in the Performing Arts and Visual Arts.
Meeting of the AQU Board29.04.2015
The AQU Catalunya Board of Management held its first meeting of 2015 on 27 April. At the session, the reports from the chairpersons of the Agency's main QA bodies (CAQ, CLiC and CAR) were submitted, as well as the results for 2014 of the external site visits for programme assessment.
AQU Catalunya workshop: "Employers' opinions regarding university graduates: results, findings and challenges"27.04.2015
A workshop on "Employers' opinions regarding university graduates: results, findings and challenges" will take place on 13 May 2015, in which there will be a report on the views of employers concerning the skills and training of recent graduates from universities in Catalonia, following on from the survey carried out by AQU Catalunya within the framework of the Employers study, funded by Obra Social/la Caixa.
More than 1,300 businesses participate in the Employers project survey22.04.2015
A total number of 1,325 businesses and companies participated in the survey carried out by AQU Catalunya in 2014 within the context of the Employers project, funded by Obra Social/la Caixa, the objective of which was to gather the opinions of employers and professionals in Catalonia regarding the skills and preparation of recent graduates.
INQAAHE 2015 Conference09.04.2015
AQU Catalunya participated in the Biennial Conference of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) held in Chicago, Ill, USA, on 30 March-3 April.
Deadline extension for applications for the accreditation of research and advanced research01.04.2015
AQU's Research Assessment Commission, in its meeting on 23 March 2015, agreed to extend the deadline for applications for the accreditation of research and advanced research for the first call made in 2015. Applications will now be accepted from 7 April until 15 May.