The role of QA in the Coming Decade Tia Loukkola Senior Programme Manager 3 June, 2009

…2… EUA Prague Declaration (March 2009) Enhancing quality and improving transparency one of the 10 success factors for universities in the next decade: by fully embracing the responsibilities derived from the commitment of universities to quality and by providing accurate information about institutional mission, activities, performance and results obtained to learners, employers and other stakeholders.

…3… Other Demonstrations of the Importance Trends 2010 Reports preliminary results show that quality assurance is high on the list of priorities for the Higher Education Institutions One of the most important processes during the last 5 years One of the most important processes during the next 5 years (along with internationalisation) Louvain Communiqué QA continues to be a priority Evaluation of EQAR

…4… Some Key Features for Future Development Context sensitive Improvement oriented Inclusive approach to QA Partnership between HEIs and QA agencies Sharing experiences in QA Transparency tools cannot not replace quality assurance