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INQAAHE 2013 Conference - Managing Diversity: Sustainable quality assurance processes


Date :  du 08-04-2013 au 11-04-2013

Lieu :  Taipei

Organisation :  International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE)


Programme : 
The conference theme is Managing Diversity: Sustainable quality assurance processes.

Keynote Speaker for the Conference : Guy Haug, International Higher Education Expert

      There will be four related subthemes:

      1. The QA of trans-border education: from quality providers to quality assured provision
      The QA of Cross-Border Education has turned into an essential topic in the agenda of the major HE systems all over the world. Agencies –and regional networks– have led the debate following the initiative of UNESCO-OECD on the Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-border Higher Education, issued in 2005. Cross border provision takes many faces, and each of them poses different challenges for quality assurance agencies.

      Keynote speaker : Jason E. Lane, Director of Education Studies & Senior Fellow, Rockefeller Institute of Government, State University of New York, Albany, USA

      2. Innovative approaches to external QA in tertiary education: not a single approach towards excellence
      Innovation is within the genome of tertiary education. QA processes must also be geared towards favouring innovation, and avoiding the bureaucratic burden of the procedures. But innovation is an overused word, needing a clear context to be entirely understood. In QA nowadays innovation means a plea for ways to rethink the current approaches, in order to develop QA processes that are sustainable in terms of financial and human resources; that effectively provide sound information on the quality of HE offerings; that allow higher education institutions enough flexibility to reach excellence; that take into account institutional and programme diversity.

      Keynote speaker : Anthony McClaran, Chief Executive, QAA-UK

      3. Impact of QA and the effects of external and internal QA: regional perspectives to a shared issue
      For many years, external assessment of QA focused on the activities of the agencies. Nowadays, it has become essential to learn about the effect of the introduction of QA practices on the actual operation of higher education institutions. On the other hand, budgetary constraints and economic difficulties in some regions push decision makers to require QA agencies a reflection on the impact of their processes.

      Round Table :
      Sonia Marta Mora, Vice-Chair, SINAES, Costa Rica
      Josep Grifoll, ENQA Board Member, Europe
      Angela Yung-Chi Hou, Research Associateof HEEACT of Taiwan and Vice President of APQN

      4. National qualifications frameworks and their links to QA (including involvement of stakeholders)
      National Qualifications Frameworks (NQF) are being set up in different national contexts all over the world as a regulatory and information tool. They have been promoted as a mechanism for favouring recognition of learning, contributing to national and international mobility of students, comparability of degrees and most of all, for providing transparent information on the level and complexity of HE qualifications within and outside the HE systems. The establishment of sound links between NQF and QA processes has lagged behind, sometimes even operating along parallel lines. This subtheme is meant to promote this dialogue, taking into account the views of different stakeholders; to look into different approaches to the design of NQF in the different regions and to analyse the ways in which these two mechanisms can work together to the benefit of students, graduates and society at large.

      Round Table :
      Malik Althuwaini, National Qualifications Authority, UAE
      John Arnesen, Project Director NQF Advocacy, South African QFA
      Yiu-Kwan Fan, Executive Director, HKCAAVQ, Hong Kong

      URL :  http://inqaahe.heeact.edu.tw/index.php

      Ressources mises à disposition à l'issue de la manifestation : 

      • articles, diaporamas :  http://inqaahe.heeact.edu.tw/.../download&category=2

        Diaporamas et articles des communications sont téléchargeables à l'unité (menu program > presentations).


      mot(s) clé(s) :  enseignement supérieur, qualité de l'éducation