ShareAQU Catalunya complies with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area
This is the conclusion reached by the External Review Committee, which analysed the Agency's compliance with the standards. The report issued by the Committee stated that AQU Catalunya need not introduce any recommendations for improvement and praised the work done by the Agency in the field of short learning programmes, the implementation of the European Approach in Catalonia or the initiative involving the University Studies of Catalonia (EUC) portal.
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On 10 June 2022, the Agency Review Committee of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) validated the AQU Catalunya External Review Report on compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), based on the Targeted Review methodology.
The External Review Report concluded that AQU Catalunya complies with the ESG in the development of its functions and, therefore, does not need to introduce any recommendations for improvement. The Report also praised AQU Catalunya for:
- Successfully adapting the methodology of the assessment processes to operate online in very difficult circumstances at the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
- Its active and innovative commitment to having the opinion of multiple stakeholders when developing the methodology to accredit short learning programmes/micro-credentials, which they consider an example of good practice in this growing area of economically relevant activity.
- Successfully complementing the methodology of the European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes with the requirements of Spanish legislation.
- Playing an active role in facilitating the internationalisation of the university system in the framework of the implementation of the European Approach, through its collaboration with other quality assurance agencies and higher education institutions outside Catalonia.
- The implementation of the EUC portal, which provides easily accessible information on all degree programmes in Catalonia, as well as in-depth reports and additional links.
With the results of this process, AQU Catalunya has requested the renewal of its registration on the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR), which is expected to be completed before the end of the year. AQU Catalunya has been on the Register without interruption since 4 March 2008, the date on which it was first entered.
Read more about the AQU Catalunya assessment process in the Targeted Review 2022 format.
Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency Targeted Review Report 2022 (June 2022)