1. Recognition of eclectic degrees
Bas Wegewijs International Recognition Department Groningen Declaration Annual Meeting Cape Town 2016

2. International Recognition Department
Appointed by Ministry of Education to function as ENIC/NARIC for the Netherlands
Evaluation of foreign qualifications (a total of applications from 184 countries in 2015)
Clients: Dutch HEIs, government, employers, professional bodies, refugee organisations, diploma holders.

3. International Recognition Department
17 evaluators,
3 administrative,
6 policy officers

4. International Recognition Department
Admissions officers have access to EP-Nuffic database to upload and retrieve their applications and evaluations
Quick authenticity check
Applying criteria of Lisbon Recognition Convention
Reporting most comparable Dutch qualification
Evaluation wizard for the higher education institutions
International projects on improving recognition

5. New paradigms in recognition
Erasmus+ project, April 2016 – March 2018
Systems of automatic recognition (Yerevan communiqué)
Methodology for recognition of non-traditional learning
Project team:
NARICs of NL, FR, DK, LT, NO, PO, IR, SI, BE(FL)

6. New paradigms in recognition
Traditional learning: QA/accreditation required for evaluation of foreign qualifications
Otherwise : WE DON’T KNOW (but it might be excellent)
Credential evaluators don’t have the time, expertise and resources to establish the quality of educational programmes
We need transparent and objective information that can be processed within 1 hour

7. New paradigms in recognition
5 elements of a qualification: Level NQF Quality QA Workload ECTS Profile DS Learning Outcomes NQF / DS Good practice: EAR-HEI manual

8. National Qualifications Framework - NLQF

9. New paradigms in recognition
In-company training
Example: relation management at ABN AMRO
Referenced to NQF level 6, providing:
- NQF level
- QA
- generic learning outcomes
EAR-HEI manual  non-accredited but legitimate institutions

10. New paradigms in recognition
MOOCS
Example: MOOCS forming part of a HE programme
Level: via level of degree
QA: via accreditation of programme
Credits: expressed in credit system of HEI
Good practice:
“MOOCs and online HE – A survey”
NVAO (2014)
EAR-HEI manual  a collection of credits is not a degree

11. JRC Science for Policy Report – Validation of Non-formal MOOC-based Learning (2016)

12. New paradigms in recognition
Authenticity and verification
Robustness of assessment
Credentialisation
Groningen Declaration initiatives in making accessible reliable electronic student data might be very helpful