SMART-QUAL (2020-2023)
Structured Indicators for HEI Quality Systems Management (SMART-QUAL), a project funded by the Erasmus+ programme [Key Action 2] and coordinated by CONNEX-EU (Belgium).
The project work to design a set of internationally harmonised indicators for internal quality assurance systems (IQAs).
Based on the review and compilation of different existing proposals, the project faces the challenge of developing a "quality indicators scoreboard" that will serve as a frame of reference for the harmonisation of quality assurance procedures at international level. The project also aims to develop a guide for the implementation of these indicators in QA systems and improve both their short and long-term efficiency.
In addition to AQU Catalunya, the following universities and QA agencies from five European countries are taking part in the project:
- The international cooperation entity CONNEX-EU (Belgium) is the project coordinator.
- Quality assurance agencies: SKVC, Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (Lithuania) and A3ES, Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior (Portugal).
- Universities: Universidade do Minho and Universidade de Aveiro (Portugal), Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), Politecnico di Torino (Italy) and the International University of Catalonia (Spain).
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