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National Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee National Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee &&
Quality Assurance and Accreditation ProjectQuality Assurance and Accreditation Project
Engineering National Academic Reference Standards
April ,2007
Mostafa Mohsen Radwan
Vice Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Fayoum UniversityDirector, Fayoum University Quality Assurance and Strategic
Planning Center
Member of the Quality Assurance and Accreditation Committee
Education System
secondary education
“bachelor”
“master”
professional orientation
“master”,
research oriented
professional doctorates
Ph.D.
Life-long learning Labour market
Initial H.E.
Local and
Regional
Inter-national
Education System
H.E. Providers
Q.A. Agency(or None !)
Government
Customers:Students
Customers:Employers, Professions
The Globalisation Challenge:The WTO Agenda
GATS: General Agreement on Trades and Services
Is education a service? Yes, but…◦Education has a public good character at least up to
secondary education◦Private benefits outweigh public benefits for
postgraduate ‘job training‘Is higher education the borderline?
◦Europe: higher education is a public good thinking of undergraduate higher education
(‘initial’ higher education)
◦USA: post-initial higher education is a service
The Globalisation Challenge:
Who are the Actors?WTO is inter-governmentalFor a governmental task: regulate
marketsActors on the higher education
market are◦higher education institutions◦virtual/online universities◦corporate universities◦and their hybrids
Actors decide autonomously to be ‘global players’ or not
Three common terms“internationalization of education”
as the most comprehensive“cross border education” as a
subset of “internationalization of education”, and
“trade in education services” as an instance of cross border education.
Knight (2004)
“Brains Business”Economist Magazine special issue on higher
education◦ “Mass higher education is forcing universities to
become more diverse, more global and much more competitive.
◦ A more market-oriented system of higher education can do much better than state-dominated model.”
Challenge◦ How to balance increased access with quality and
equity◦ How to take the advantages of market mechanisms
while avoiding the pitfalls
The Bologna Process – Europe facing the
challengeBologna 1999 – Prague 2001 – Berlin 2003
– Bergen 2005 – London 2007 Important themes: the transparency,
compatibility, comparability, and flexibility of European higher education
Increasing focus on quality assuranceCentral stakeholders: universities, students,
teachers, employers, and society.
International QA system??? Strengthening of existing national quality
assurance agencies (a) to stimulate international cooperation and (b) to accommodate challenges generated by transnational education and trade in education services;
Cooperation and networking in cross-border projects on quality assessments and mutual recognition agreements;
Implementation of a framework and standard of meta-accreditation of quality assurance agencies on an international and global level; and
Development of international QA schemes
WHY SHOULD STUDENTS PARTCIPATE IN QUALITY?
Are students customers in higher education?◦If yes, what rights do they have in the
institution?Are students stakeholders in
higher education?◦Do they participate in decision-making◦Do they get support in order to participate
effectively
Common Part
*Practical
*General&transferable
*Intellectual
*Knowledge &understanding
SOME STATEMENTS
QA is not a science, but common sense
Instruments are important, but the right
attitude is much more important
There is still a lot to be done
QA is the responsibility of everybody
QA should be part of the overall policy
and management
THANK YOUTHANK YOU
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