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Wed 17 / Thu 18 / Fri 19 May

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"One of the more positive outcomes of global pressure and internationalization in Higher Education has been greater collaboration and cooperation across borders and between national and regional associations in efforts to achieve comparable standards." Carolyn Filteau (CoOU)



The workshop's second day will focus on subtheme 2: regional cooperation and capacity building and subtheme 3: means and ways of enhancing the impact of external quality assurance activities.

Morning   Chair: Dorte Kristoffersen
09:00 – 09:40

Mutual recognition (MR) of agencies and accreditation decisions / evaluation results

Speakers:

  • Sharon Matthews (NAAB, USA)
  • Rolf Heusser (chair of the European Consortium for Accreditation)


09:40 – 10:40

Regional reports

Speakers:

  • Asia Pacific Quality Network, David Woodhouse (AUQA, Australia)
  • Iberoamerican Quality Network, Maria-Jose Lemaitre (CNAP, Chile)
  • Central and Eastern European Network, Tibor Szanto (HAC, Hungary)
  • Eurasian Quality Assurance Network, Vladimir Navodnov (NAA, Russia)
  • Caribbean Area Network for Quality Assurance in Tertiary Education, Ethley London (UCJ, Jamaica)
  • Arab States Quality Assurance Network, Sharon Siverts (CAA, United Arab Emirates)
  • Africa, Olusola Oyewole (AAU, Ghana)
  • European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, TBA
  • Canadian Provincial Accreditors and AAAC (Assoc. of Accrediting Agencies of Canada), Dale Patterson (PEQAB, Canada)
  • US Regional and National Institutional and Specialized/Professional Accreditors, Steve Crow (NCA-HLC, USA)


10:40 – 11:00 Coffee break


11:00 – 12:30 Plenary discussion: INQAAHE and the regions


12:30 - 14:00 Lunch


Afternoon  
Chair: Antony Stella
14:00 – 14:40

Quality assurance of transnational education

Speakers:

  • David Woodhouse (AUQA, Australia), the providers’ perspective
  • Peter Cheung (HKCAA, Hong Kong), the recipients’ perspective


14:40 – 15:20

The impact of quality assurance

Speakers:

  • Steve Crow (NCA-HLC, USA)
  • Carolyn Campbell (QAA, UK)


15:20 – 15:40

Coffee break



15:40 – 16:40

Working groups

Theme:
Quality assurance of transnational education and the impact of external quality assurance on higher education institutions

Group 1:

  • Chair – Lee Harvey (CRE, UK)

Group 2:

  • Chair –Dale Patterson (PEQAB)

Group 3:

  • Chair – Peter Cheung (HKCAA, Hong Kong)

Group 4:

  • Chair –Antony Stella (AUQA)


16:40 – 17:40

Plenary session: Reports from the working groups and discussion

Chair: Lee Harvey



Evening   Host: Karl Dittrich (NVAO)
19:30

Reception at Madurodam

20:30

Dinner at Madurodam

 







This years' hosts
The host of the workshop is the accreditation organisation of The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) . read more >>


International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher EducationNVAO - nederlands-vlaamse accreditatie organisatieOntwikkeld door Resilion