1. ENQA GA. Bucharest, October 2011
Quality Procedures - Visions for the Future (QP Project 2011) Interim report Josep Grifoll
ENQA GA. Bucharest, October 2011

2. Introduction
The project Group:
Achim Hopbach (GAC – ENQA)
Helka Kekäläinen (FINHEEC -ENQA)
Christina Rozsnyai (HAC - CEENQA)
Todor Shopov (NEAA – CEENQA
Nathalie Lugano (ENQA Secretariat) Secretary
Josep Grifoll (AQU Catalunya – ENQA) Chair

3. Introduction
Background: ENQA surveys on Quality Procedures (2002 & 2008)
Survey aimed to collect features of good practices within the priorities formulated by ENQA (following the Ministerial meetings)
The data collected is the result of a self-assessment of agencies., but it does not give a comprehensive picture of current and future practices.
The respondents were strongly encouraged to complete the survey in consultation with members of the agency and stakeholders

4. Participation in the survey
Armenia, Croatia, Greece,
Portugal, Russia,
Spain
Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland,
Germany, Hungary, Ireland, The Netherlands,
Flanders, Russia, Spain, Switzerland,
United Kingdom.
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5. ENQA Priorities QA and enhancement mechanisms QA and learning outcomes
QA and public information on HE
Excellence in Higher Education (2)
QA and employability
QF and QA
QA of transnational programmes
LLL and QA (2)
QA and online education
Inspired on the ENQA Position Paper – Leuven Ministerial Meeting 2009
Agencies were questioned on their interpretation of excellence in HE and LLL
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6. Questions on ENQA Priorities:
Which areas do you consider as a priority in your agency?
Which areas does your agency cover?
Considering the list of priorities, in which area are you currently most effective and successful?
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7. Identification of priorities in Group 1
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8. Priorities and activities performed in Group 1
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9. Priorities and remarkable QA developments (Group 1)
QA and enhancement:
Promoting effectiveness of HEI’s internal QA systems (subsidiarity)
Identification of benchmarks (establishing enhancement tracks)
Dissemination of good practices (publicity of the enhancement)
Consolidating cyclical procedures with an annual monitoring. (measuring)
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10. Priorities and remarkable QA developments (Group 1)
QA and learning outcomes :
Definition of LO and validation of intended LO (integrated work)
QA providing food for Qualifications Frameworks developments
QA ensuring that learners as a group may achieve the learning outcomes
Measuring individual achievement of learning outcomes
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11. Priorities and QA developments (Group 1)
QA and public information on HE:
Development of data bases and catalogues of reviews available on QA agencies’ websites
Accessible summaries
introduction of scales to rank the results of external QA
Publication of follow up reports
Information about the national HE system and the links with QA systems
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12. Identification of priorities in Group 2
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13. Group 2: Emerging strategies
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14. Priorities and QA developments (Group 2)
Excellence in HE:
Different means
Ensuring the threshold level of quality in institutions and programmes.
Different ways of highlighting excellence: “worthy of recognition”, “best practice”…
Classification of the programmes (systemic approach).
Distinction of special features
Excellence and funding consequences (different possibilities)
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15. Priorities and QA developments (Group 2)
QA and employability
Cooperation with HEI in developing employability frameworks in HE
Local employability expectations as a criterion for ex-ante evaluations and follow-ups
Representatives from employers and trade unions gain presence in the QA Boards
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16. Priorities and QA developments (Group 2)
QF and QA
Use and consolidation of national QF as tools and criteria for external QA procedures .
The work of HEI’S in the definition of new programmes in combination with the external QA represent an opportunity to consolidate national QF.
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17. Group 3: External QA in other type of HE
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18. Identification of priorities in Group 3
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19. Prospective procedures
Distribution of current relevant practices
Identification of good practices
Introduction of major changes
Proposed areas for improvement and development
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20. Current relevant practices for agencies
Q culture development
System-wide analysis
Evaluation of teachers…
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21. QA agencies were asked to report 1 good practice: 11 agencies answer that question
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22. Tendencies: does your agency plan to introduce major changes in the future? 14 agencies say yes.
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23. Areas with major need for improvement?
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24. Conclusions before the ENQA GA
Diversity in developing solutions and strategies
Importance of enhancement (time to measure its impact)
Trend of increased focus on institutional QA
Agencies are open to involve stakeholders for different purposes
Agencies’ scope of activity has broadened (border between traditional QA agencies and other actors is not sharp anymore)
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25. Some challenges:
Since enhancement and consultancy are very important… where do you draw the line between consultancy and accountability processes?
The development of an international recognition of QA.
The development of international benchmarks for QA (LO) at programme level.
The use of a common language on QA for international stakeholders?
Hard data and soft data, and the construction of indicators and judgements about the quality of HE?
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26. ENQA GA. Bucharest, October 2011
Thank you very much for your attention!
Quality Procedures - Visions for the Future (QP Project 2011) Interim report Josep Grifoll
ENQA GA. Bucharest, October 2011