AQU Catalunya Governing Council Standing Committee meets
To approve, amongst other things, the ESG Compliance Self-Assessment Report and the final budget for 2021
The AQU Catalunya Governing Council Standing Committee held its customary end-of-year meeting to approve the final budget for 2021. At the same meeting, by delegation of the Governing Council, the Self-Assessment Report on Compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) was approved, along with nomination of two new members of the Institutional and Programme Review Commission and the Research Assessment Commission respectively.
The Standing Committee was informed that AQU Catalunya has been recognised by the World Federation for Medical Education and that analysis has begun of the impact of Royal Decree 822/2021, of 28 September, establishing the organisation of university education and the procedure for quality assurance on the Agency's activities. This decree unfortunately hinders the design of more flexible quality assurance models oriented towards continuous improvement and distances us from the convergence and construction of the EHEA, since it eliminates 180-ECTS-credit bachelor’s degree programmes.