Implementing and using Quality Assurance

EUA CASE STUDIES 2008

IMPLEMENTING AND USING
QUALITY ASSURANCE: STRATEGY
AND PRACTICE
A SELECTION OF PAPERS FROM THE 2ND EUROPEAN QUALITY
ASSURANCE FORUM

european students’ union

Copyright © 2008 by the European University Association
All rights reserved. This information may be freely used and copied for non-commercial purposes, provided that the source is acknowledged
(© European University Association).
Additional copies of this publication are available for 10 € per copy for postage and handling. For ordering information, please contact [e-mail] or write to:
European University Association asbl
Rue d’Egmont 13
1000 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: [phone] - Fax: [phone]
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
ISBN: 9789078997054

IMPLEMENTING AND USING QUALIT Y
A S S U R A N C E : S T R AT E G Y A N D P R A C T I C E

A S E L E C T I O N O F PA P E R S F R O M T H E
2 ND E U R O P E A N Q UA L I T Y A SS U R A N C E
FORUM

15 - 17 N O V E M B E R 2 0 0 7, H O S T E D B Y S A P I E N Z A
U N I V E R S I TÀ D I R O M A , I TA LY

Edited by:
Anela Beso, Lucien Bollaert, Bruno Curvale, Henrik Toft Jensen, Lee Harvey, Emmi
Helle, Brian Maguire, Anne Mikkola and Andrée Sursock

TABLE OF CONTENTS
FOREWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY HENRIK TOFT JENSEN ..................................................................................................... 4
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Looking back – looking forward: Quality assurance and the Bologna process

References: AEC ‘Mundus Musicalis’ Working Group, 2007, Quality assurance and Accreditation in Higher Music Education – an International Comparison (Utrecht, AEC Publications). AEC Quality Assurance and Accreditation Working Group, 2007, How to prepare yourself for an AEC institutional or programme review – a practical handbook (Utrecht, AEC Publications). AEC Quality Assurance and Accreditation Working Group, 2007, Quality assurance and accreditation in higher music education: characteristics, criteria and procedures (Utrecht, AEC Publications). Akkreditierungsrat (AR), 2007a, Kriterien für die Systemakkreditierung, suspendierter Beschluss vom 29.10.2007, Drs Akkreditierungsrat (AR), 2007b, Weiterentwicklung des Akkreditierungssystems: Hintergrund Preface to Drs. Augusti, G., 2005, ‘Trans-national recognition and accreditation of engineering educational programmes in Europe: recent developments’, European Journal of Engineering Education, 30(4), pp Augusti, G., 2006, ‘Trans-national recognition and accreditation of engineering educational programmes in Europe: perspectives in a global framework’, European Journal of Engineering Education, 31(3), Augusti, G., 2007, ‘Accreditation of engineering programmes: European perspectives and challenges in a global context’, European Journal of Engineering Education, 32(3), pp Augusti, G., Freeston, I., Heitmann, G., Martin, R.P., 2007, ‘Accreditation of Engineering Programmes as a tool to assure Academic Quality and relevance for the job market’, presented at the 2nd European Quality Assurance Forum, Rome, 15-17 November 2007. Accessed on 10 February 2008 at http://www.enaee.eu/ Becher, T and Trowler, P (2001) Academic Tribes and Territories: Intellectual Enquiry and The Culture of Boele, E. B., 2007, Handbook on Internal Quality Assurance for Conservatoires (Utrecht, AEC Publications). Boffo, S. & Moscati, R., 1998, ‘Evaluation in the Italian Higher Education System: many tribes, many territories … many godfathers’, European Journal of Education, 33 (3), pp Bologna Process, 2005, A Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area. Accessed on 10 February 2008 at http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/Docs/00-Main_doc/050218_QF_EHEA.pdf Bologna Process, 2005, ‘Bergen Communiqué’, Communiqué of the Conference of European Ministers Responsible for Higher Education, Bergen, 19-20 May 2005 Campbell, D. & Stanley, J., 1982, Diseños experimentales y cuasiexperimentales en la investigación social (Buenos Aires, Amorrortu). Capano,G., 2007, ‘Looking for serendipity: the problematical reform of government within Italy’s Universities’, Higher Education, forthcoming. Cavanagh, R. R., 1996, ‘Formative and Summative Evaluation in the Faculty Peer Review of Teaching’, Innovative Higher Education, 20, 4, pp Coba, E., 2003, ‘Las acciones de mejora en las Universidades. Revisión de Acciones’, Simposio sobre las consecuencias de la evaluación institucional (Zaragoza). Conrad, C. F., Johnson, J. & Gupta, D. M., 2007, ‘Teaching-for-Learning (TFL): A Model for Faculty to Advance Student Learning’ 86 Darling-Hammond, L., 1986, ‘Teacher Evaluation in the Organizational Context: A Review of the Literature’, Darling-Hammond, L., 2006, ‘Assessing Teacher Education: The Usefulness of Multiple Measures for Assessing Program Outcomes’, Journal of Teacher Education, 57, 2, pp De Miguel, M. Dir., 2006, Modalidades de enseñanza centradas en el desarrollo de competencias, Universidad de Oviedo, (Oviedo, Servicio de Publicaciones). Dente, B., 2006, ‘I nuclei di valutazione dell’Università. Una ricerca promossa dal CNVSU’, paper presented at the Comitato Nazionale di Valutazione del Sistema Universitario (CNVSU) meeting, Rome, Italy, 29 March 2006. Accessed on 10 February 2008 at http://www.cnvsu.it/_library/downloadfile.asp?id=11321 DfES, 2006, Higher Education Regulation Review Group – Higher Education Concordat on quality assurance DiMaggio P. J. & Powell W. W., 1991, ‘The Iron Cave Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields’ doc/050221_ENQA_report.pdf EU, 2005, Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Recognition of Professional EUA, 2007, ‘Embedding quality culture in higher education’. A selection of papers from the 1st European Forum for Quality Assurance (Brussels, EUA) user_upload/files/Publications/EUA_QA_Forum_publication.pdf European Commission, 1994, Communication on Recognition of Qualifications for academic and professional purposes, presented to the Council and the European Parliament, (COM (94) 596 final, 13.12.1994). European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE), 2006, EUR-ACE Framework Standards for the Accreditation of Engineering Programmes, European Network for Accreditation of Engineering