1. HERE Seminar Lviv, Ukraine 19-20 October, 2016
The European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) in practice: Implications for HEIs and higher education systems
HERE Seminar
Lviv, Ukraine October, 2016

2. This seminar Topic of transversal interest
Is a commonly requested topic for technical assistance missions (TAM)
Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine (2), Palestine, Georgia, Lebanon/Serbia/Armenia (performance indicators),
In the context of the Bologna Process, the ESG have been recently revised
Need for awarness raising
Need to promote implemetation in Bologna countries
Need to assess impact in non-Bologna neighborhood countries

3. Participants Strong institutional representation
Vice-rectors/rector: 10
Professors/Deans:18
Students: 6
Ministry: 6
NEO: 14
IRO: 2
QA office: 2

4. Desired Learning Outcomes
Generate awareness for the ESG 2015, what they consist of, how they have been built and endorsed and how they are being implemented in different European countries
Discuss and debate in particular the institutional responsibility for QA and the need to build capacity for this
Learn about the conditions for building dynamic QA systems that take into account national and regional needs and interests, as well as the changing HE landscape

5. Pre-Survey Results Scan the knowledge and experience of participants
27 answers
Profile
8 NEO
17 Universities/HEI
2 student bodies
18 countries

6. Are you aware of the revised ESG and what is new about them?

7. Core features of the ESG?
Diversity of systems - 2
Students, stakeholders, society - 2
Student-centred learning - 5
Transparency and mutual understanding – 3
Internal - external QA: University and ministry/agency - 7
Changing the culture of education in universities/quality culture
Autonomy
Fit for purpose
Other terms mentioned:
Difference between QA and ranking
Compliance

8. If your external QA system complies with the ESG, what are the difficulties?
Involving students in QA systematically - 15
Building capacity of institutions to implement their own QA processes - 14
Developing or creating an independent QA agency - 11
Linking QA to the development of LO based approaches - 10

9. Are students involved in external quality assurance panels in your country?

10. Are students involved in institutional quality assurance?

11. How…. Student satisfaction surveys
Participation in working bodies and committees (governance structures) – 3
Participation in evaluation panels – 1

12. Which of the below issues are important for you to explore?
-build institutional quality culture (18),
-the involvement of students in QA (15),
-the relationship of QA, ranking and other ‘transparent tools’ (14)
-international/regional collaboration in QA (13).

13. SPHERE Contacts Elizabeth Colucci: elizabeth.colucci@eua.be
Nicolas Patrici:
General queries:

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