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- Title
The "Study on Stakeholder Involvement in External Quality Assurance" Brings in New Challenges for Higher Education.
- Authors
Ghițulică, Daniela-Cristina; Damian, Radu-Mircea
- Abstract
The "Study on stakeholder involvement in external quality assurance" was drafted and published under the framework of the project "Effective Involvement of Stakeholders in External Quality Assurance Activities (ESQA)", project number 607068-EPP-1-2018-1-RO-EPPKA3_BOLOGNA, co-funded through ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Union. The consortium led by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Research as national authority, includes 3 European organizations representing quality assurance agencies -- European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), universities -- European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE) and students -- European Students' Union (ESU) and 5 quality assurance agencies from Romania (ARACIS), France (HCERES), Bulgaria (NEAA), Denmark (DAI) and Republic of Moldova (ANACEC). The study shows that the participation of stakeholders in the external quality assurance has many common elements in all participating countries, such as representation of students, teachers and employers. Also, the study shows that the representation of a large categories of stakeholders, like local authorities and civil society, is quite limited, as it is also the case in Romania. The document is the result of a large consultation activity performed by the project consortium, based on up-dated direct information collected from a relevant number of participants, namely actors in higher education involved in quality assurance. For Romania, in the next period, enhanced engagement of stakeholders representing employers, local authorities and civil society in external quality assurance activity should become a priority, aiming at increasing trust and mutual understanding, transparency and access to information, in order to make the QA system more comprehensive and responsive to societal needs. The "Guide for effective stakeholders' involvement in QA" (4), also drafted and published in the framework of the ESQA project, should become, in the near future, a milestone document for the quality assurance agencies, in order to make this commitment effective.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; QUALITY assurance; HIGHER education; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Quality Assurance Review, 2020, Vol 10, Issue 1/2, p28
- ISSN
2066-9119
- Publication type
Article