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October 2015
AQU NEWS
- AQU Catalunya signs collaboration agreements with the COPC and COTOC23.09.2015
AQU Catalunya has signed specific collaboration agreements with the professional body of psychologists in Catalonia (Col·legi Oficial de Psicologia de Catalunya/COPC) and the professional body of occupational therapists (Col·legi de Terapeutes Ocupacionals de Catalunya/COTOC) to participate in QA procedures in the university system in Catalonia. - A delegation from Romania visits AQU Catalunya22.09.2015
A dozen members of senior teaching staff from the Politehnica University of Bucharest, the Transylvania University of Brasov and the University of Galati visited AQU Catalunya to gain first-hand knowledge of the review procedures involving study programmes and academic staff carried out by the Agency. - Extensions to the deadline for rulings on calls for applications involving academic staff21.09.2015
AQU's Research Assessment Commission has endorsed an extension to the deadline for a ruling on applications for the accreditation of research and the accreditation of advanced research, corresponding to the first call for applications in 2015, until 7 January 2016. The CLiC Commission, which deals with tenure-track and collaborating teaching staff, has endorsed an extension to the deadline for a ruling on applications for the issue of reports for tenure-track teaching staff corresponding to the extraordinary call for applications made in 2015, until 20 January 2016. - Josep Grifoll at the EQAR Register Committee18.09.2015
The EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education) General Assembly has approved the appointment of Josep Grifoll, technical director of AQU Catalunya's Quality Assessment Department as a member of the Register Committee - AQU Catalunya participates in the working sessions on study programme accreditation as a tool for internationalisation17.09.2015
A series of working sessions on Programme accreditation as a tool for internationalisation ("La acreditación de los títulos como herramienta para la internacionalización")organised by the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in conjunction with ANECA and AQU Catalunya were held at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo in Santander on 9 and 10 September. - Results of the first call of 2015 for the issue of the reports of tenure-track lecturer09.09.2015
It opened from 2 to 20 February 2015. - Participation of AQU Catalunya in the SHARE project in the ASEAN region04.09.2015
AQU Catalunya participates in the SHARE study on the credit transfer system and mobility programmes at universities in the ASEAN region (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on behalf of ENQA. - Collaboration agreement between AQU Catalunya and two professional bodies31.08.2015
A collaboration agreement was signed on 27 July between AQU Catalunya and the professional associations for architects and industrial engineers in Catalonia enabling qualified professionals to participate as external experts in the review, certification and accreditation of study programmes undertaken by the Agency and thereby contribute their expertise in the professional field. - Employers' perceptions of the employability and skills of recent graduates in Catalonia03.08.2015
This report provides information on the perceptions and needs of employers regarding the skills and education level of recent graduates. - Publication in the Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) of the new legislation dealing with AQU Catalunya (the AQU Catalunya Act)23.07.2015
The AQU Catalunya Act, passed by the Catalan Parliament on 8 July in the form of Act 15/2015, 21 July, on the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency/AQU Catalunya, has been officially published in the Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC), dated 23 July 2015. - Results and findings of the review and assessment of research by contract teaching and research staff at public universities in Catalonia22.07.2015
AQU Catalunya has processed all of the applications in the first call for the review and assessment of research by contract teaching and research staff at public universities in Catalonia for the purposes of salary bonuses for merits in research, corresponding to the call made in February 2015. Assessment covered periods for the external assessment of research completed prior to 31 December 2014. - Symposium on Programme accreditation as a tool for internationalisation22.07.2015
The aim of the meeting is to focus on the opportunities and implications of the accreditation of university study programmes from the point of view of internationalisation. - Publication of the new version of the ESG in Catalan21.07.2015
Subsequent to the adoption of the revised version of the "Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area", commonly known as ESG, at the EHEA Ministerial Conference held in Yerevan (Armenia) the 14th and 15th of May, the text of the ESG has been translated into Catalan and is available here. - Meetings of the Employers project discussion groups17.07.2015
The discussion groups were held with employers and professionals from different sectors of economic activity in the months of June and July. A total of ten (10) discussion groups took place all together, in which more sixty (60) employers from different sectors took part. - Cooperation agreement between AQU Catalunya and ACPT 15.07.2015
A cooperation agreement between AQU Catalunya and the ACPT/Catalan Association of Tourism Professionals was signed on 13 July, whereby ACPT professionals will be able to participate as external experts and provide their professional expertise in the Agency’s quality assurance, certification and accreditation procedures involving study programmes in Tourism. - A visit by experts from Russian universities to AQU Catalunya14.07.2015
Within the framework of the TEMPUS PACAgro project to set up a Russian QA agency that will deal with higher education programmes in Agricultural Engineering, AQU Catalunya received a group of experts representing various different universities in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Kazan. - Meeting of the PACAgro project10.07.2015
The University of Lleida and AQU Catalunya, as members of the TEMPUS PACAgro consortium, took part in the meeting as international advisory organisations. - AQU Catalunya's position (as stated by its 3+2 Committee) regarding Royal Decree 43/2015 09.07.2015
AQU Catalunya's 3+2 Committee has set out the Agency's position regarding Royal Decree 43/2015, which amended Royal Decree 1393/2007 and established the possibility of the reorganisation of Bachelor-level study programmes with a duration of between 180 and 240 ECTS. - The Catalan Parliament passes legislation dealing with AQU Catalunya (the AQU Catalunya Act)08.07.2015
The Catalan Parliament passed legislation dealing with AQU Catalunya (the AQU Catalunya Act) on 8 July. The bill, which contains twenty-six (26) articles, repealed the seventeen (17) articles in the 2003 Universities in Catalonia Act (LUC) that refer to the Agency. - AQU Catalunya publishes its Annual Report for 201401.07.2015
The ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2014 is divided into six sections, which coincide with the Agency's main areas of strategic thrust: quality assurance of institutions and programmes, quality assurance of teaching, knowledge generation and transfer, internationalisation, strategic management and communication, and internal organisation.
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