Kodolányi FI 12 November 2015 Christina Rozsnyai1 Internationalization in Quality Assurance Private Higher Education in the Changing EHEA Landscape Christina

Kodolányi FI12 November 2015 Christina Rozsnyai 1

Internationalization in Quality Assurance

Internationalization in Quality Assurance

Private Higher Education in the Changing EHEA Landscape

Christina Rozsnyai

Hungarian Accreditation Committee

CEENQAKodolányi János University

12 November 2015


International QA – the QA of international education

International QA – the QA of international education

• Many projects for over a decade, e.g. – TNE Survey 2003 – ECA est. 2003 (mutual recognition of agencies’ decisions)– its TEAM II completed 2010; JOQAR 2013 …– Its Qrossroads website incl. list of joint programs

• And numerous EU and Council of Europe and OECD and UNESCO surveys, projects and reports, esp.– UNESCO/OECD Guidelines for Quality Provision in

Cross-border HE, 2005


The QA „Bible”The QA „Bible”• ESG (2005), new inter-institutional and

international dimension in 2015 with– esp. 1.4 for HEIs to have regulations for „…

recognition… particularly when students are mobile”

• And: Ministers in Yerevan in May approved the „European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes” - to be applied by all Bologna signatories


European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

• To promote mobility and facilitate „a genuine European learning experience” via joint degrees

• Standards and procedures based on ESG Parts 1 & 2– No additional QA but cooperation and recognition of joint

QA by agency listed in EQAR

– „single evaluation or accreditation of joint programme”

– „The result is to be accepted in all EHEA countries”

– Cooperation with non-EHEA countries: inquire with national authorities on whether they accept the joint process


QACHE Toolkit for QA agenciesQACHE Toolkit for QA agencies

• Most recent project outcome (dissemination conference last week in Paris): „cooperation in Cross-border HE”

• Coordianted by ENQA, incl. 4 European agencies + APQN, ANQAHE, TEQSA

• Purpose: a reference tool for agencies on how to cooperate in evaluating cross-border HE (broader than joint programs)


The Hungarian example for QA of joint programs /CBHE in practiceThe Hungarian example for QA of joint programs /CBHE in practice

• HU has several dozen registered international joint programs

• The procedure has changed over the years:

• HAC has focused only on Hungarian part of program, current procedure focuses on total program and all academic staff involved in all countries participating in the program


But! (Hungarian example cont.)But! (Hungarian example cont.)• HAC evaluates programs on request of HEI as

submitted to the Educational Authority:– Despite „European Approach…” we will have to

evaluate the application according to our guidelines – Even though only a single evaluation should be

conducted by one EQAR listed agency chosen by the program coordinators

– Plus: HAC is member of ENQA but not EQAR (both require complicance with ESG)


CEENQACEENQA

• The QACHE Toolkit emphasizes the collaboration of QA agencies in networks in order to facilitate QA of cross-border education

• HAC is founding member of CEENQA


• CEEN founded in October of 2001 in Krakow (oldest QA-agencies network in Europe)

• registered as CEENQA e.V. in Düsseldorf since 2011, Germany

• non-governmental and non-profit organization

• Main goal: “the cooperation between the member organizations in the field of quality assurance in higher education and contributing towards the development of the European Higher Education Area”

• Membership to CEENQA: open to organizations recognized by the educational authorities of their countries as national or regional QAAs in higher education


27 members organizations in 19 countries

• Albania (APAAL)• Austria (AQ)• Bosnia and Herzegovina

(HEA, HEAA)• Bulgaria (NEAA)• Croatia (ASHE)• Czech Republic (ACCR)• Estonia (EKKA)• Germany (ACQUIN, ASIIN,

FIBAA, AHPGS, EVALAG)• Hungary (HAC)• Kosovo (KAA)

• Kazakhstan (IQAA)• Lithuania (SKVC)• North Cyprus (YÖDAK)• Poland (UKA, PKA)• Romania (ARACIS)• Russia (NAA, NCPA, AKKORK)• Slovakia (AC)• Slovenia (SQAA)

• Turkey (TEPDAD)


Background literatureBackground literature• European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint

Programmes, October 2014, approved by EHQA ministers in May 2015

• ESG http://www.enqa.eu/index.php/home/esg/

• Cooperation in Cross-border HE. A Toolkit for QA Assurance Agencies, ENQA 2015

• UNESCO, Guidelines for Quality Provision in Cross-border HE, 2005

• ECA and Qrossroads http://ecahe.eu/home/qrossroads/


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Kodolányi FI 12 November 2015 Christina Rozsnyai1 Internationalization in Quality Assurance Private Higher Education in the Changing EHEA Landscape Christina