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ENQA training of agency reviewers
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria
Guy Aelterman
Paris, 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
ENQA criteria
Developed by ENQA (see development ESG)
Included in regulations
Transformation of ENQA into an association, regulations
formulated end 2004
Criteria regulations revised twice (last time 2008 )
Membership criteria (exclusive, substantial
compliance)
For full membership (new members)
For renewal full membership (review report) Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
ESG
Historical context
Ministers’ mandate from the Berlin conference
(2003) to “develop an agreed set of standards,
procedures and guidelines on quality assurance”
ENQA-working group 2003 – 2005, consultation
with E4 in late 2004/early 2005
Adoption by ministers in Bergen May 2005
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
ESG
3 levels, linked one to the other
Part 1 , programme or institution IQA
Part 2 , assessment programme or institution EQA
Part 3 , QA of Agency
ESG are as such not exclusive . See the submission of
the ESG to BFUG (Feb 2005): “to form a background for
quality assurance agencies in their work.”(reference points )
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
EQAR (European QA Register)
March 2008: Foundation of the European Register
Register of QA agencies
Compliance with ESG as admission criteria
Exclusive (substantial compliance)
ENQA full membership as prima facie evidence for
meeting the admission requirements of EQAR
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
Standards and guidelines
Standards are criteria
Guidelines = guiding, explaining , no criteria, no
obligations ???
ENQA criteria correspond to ESG, but only to
standards and not to guidelines (e.g. student
participation is not part of the membership
criteria)
Cultural context : the same term may have a
different connotation or a different meaningFocus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities
Link ENQA criteria and ESG
In the development of the criteria and the ESG
ENQA criteria = level 3 of ESG
External review has often double objective
Criteria comparable to codes of other international
QA organisations as INQAAHE
Principle based or rules based? Agencies shall
follow the ESG and have to comply with the
membership criteriaFocus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Differences and Similarities Comparison of QA standards between networks
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
INQAAHE ENQA ECA APQN APSA OECD
1 Mission Statement 1 3.5;3.3 1;13 1;2 1
2 Relation QAA/HEI 2 2.2;2.6 16 1 1;2 20.4
3 Decision Making 3 3.6;3.7 3;4;14 7 4;6
4 External Committee 42.4;3.6;3.
8 15 4 7 20.7
5 Public face 5 3.7 8;9 7 9 20.4
6 Documentation 6 17 6 7 20.7;20.1
7 Resources 7 3.4 5 6 6
8 Appeal 8 3.7 10 6
9 QA 9 2.8;3.8 6;7 8 2;5 20.6
10Collaboration with other
QAA 10 x 11 2 20.2;20.3
Differences and Similarities Comparison of QA standards between networks
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
INQAAHE ENQA ECA APQN APSA OECD
11Recognition by authorities/
Status 3.2 2 1
12 Elements of external review x
13Issues specifically relating
to accreditation 12;13;1
4
14 Independance 3;4 3.6 3 5 1
15 Professional staff 3
16 Cross border …. x
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Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 1: Activities ESG 3.1, 3.3
Attention: take into account the presence and effectiveness of the external quality assurance processes described in Part 2 of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG)
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
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Membership criteria ENQA Criterion 2: Official status ESG 3.2
Attention: formally recognised by competent public authorities in the EHEA
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 3: Resources ESG 3.4
Attention: adequate and proportional resources, both human and financial
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 4: Mission statement ESG 3.5
Attention: have clear and explicit goals and objectives for its work, contained in a publicly available statement
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria ENQA Criterion 5: Independence ESG 3.6
Attention: • its operational independence from higher education institutions and governments
• procedures and methods , appointment of external experts and determination of outcomes of quality assurance processes are undertaken autonomously and independently = independent process
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 6: External quality assurance criteria and processes ESG 3.7
Attention: The processes, criteria and procedures used by the member should be pre-defined and publicly available. Processes will normally be expected to include:-a self-assessment or equivalent - an external assessment by experts, including student - publication of a report- follow-up procedure- appeal procedure
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 7: Accountability procedures ESG 3.8
Attention: needs for- published policy for own IQA (on website)- a no-conflict-of-interest mechanism for external experts- ensure the quality of work of subcontractors- internal and external feedback mechanism - a mandatory cyclical external review every five years including a report on conformity with ENQA membership criteria
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Membership criteria
ENQA Criterion 8i, 8ii, 8iii: Miscellaneous (if applicable)
Attention: - requirements and processes are managed professionally
- judgements and decisions are reached in a consistent manner
- having an appeals procedure
- contributing to the aims of ENQA
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009
Focus on the ESG and the ENQA membership criteria Paris , 22 May 2009