Guide to good practices for training of QA experts

Nature: Online publication with examples on good practices

The Guide to good practices of experts in QA panels is an online publication which gathers the best practices of the QAA’s involved in the project and their network.

Guidelines for training of experts

Nature: Online guidelines

Online guidelines containing advice on the ways forward in training of experts. These guidelines outlines the content of the training sessions.

QA Knowledge Base & Course Materials Proposal

Nature: Training packages

An electronic publication which outlines the course materials for the training of experts, the materials chosen to be incorporated in the QA Knowledge Base and the way these materials will be presented.

Training of QA staff I

Nature: Training event

This training will be organised for staff members of the QAAs in the Stakeholders Group. This first trial training will test the prepared training materials. It provides the Stakeholders Group with a hands-on experience of the training materials and with an opportunity to underpin their feedback regarding the identified good practices. 

Training of QA staff II

Nature: Training event

This training will be organised for staff members of QAAs (ENQA members) that are not involved in the Stakeholders Group. The second trial training will test the actual results of the training materials and be carried out based on the evaluations of the first training of QAA staff. It will provide the other QAAs in Europe with a hands-on experience of the proposed training.  Outcome is the Handbook for QA staff.

Handbook for training of QA staff

Nature: Handbook

A publication (200 copies) that will provide all the contents, references and instructions to organise training events for staff members of QAAs and to offer the training to these experts.  This Handbook is intended for those persons in the consortium (also staff of QAAs part of the consortium) that will be responsible for organising the training events and for those persons that will be responsible for the training itself.

Training session of experts I

Nature: Training event

This training (10 participants) will be organised for experts involved in the Focus Group and for additional experts proposed by QAAs involved in the Stakeholders Group. This 1. trial training will test the training materials. It provides the Focus Group with a hands-on experience of the proposals and with an opportunity to further underpin their feedback. The training will be evaluated and the outline will be improved on this basis.

Training session of experts II

Nature: Training event

This training will be organised for experts proposed by QAAs (members of ENQA) which are not involved in the Stakeholders Group. This second trial training will test the actual results of the training materials for the training of experts. It will provide experts with a hands-on experience of the developed training programme.

Handbook for training of experts

Nature: Report

A publication that will provide all the contents, references and instructions to organise training events for panel members and to offer the training to these experts.  This Handbook is intended for the staff of the QAAs that will be responsible for organising the training events and for the staff of the QAAs that will be responsible for the training itself.

European Experts Exchange Portfolio

Nature: Online publication

An electronic publication to be presented to the Stakeholder and Focus Groups  and to be discussed in their meetings. This publication proposes (1) the different elements that will make up the portfolio template and (2) the ways in which these elements have to presented. The publication will also cover privacy issues and how the portfolios can best be managed in a database.

Request for proposals

Nature: Electronic document

This deliverable is an electronic document to solicit competitive proposals for a database driven website. It will directly influence the way the E-TRAIN website will be developed and designed.   It outlines the general requirements regarding proposals, the evaluation criteria and the description of the work to be done, i.e. the technical and operational specifications.

E-TRAIN Database and website

Nature: Database

This deliverable is a database driven website presenting all aspects of the E-TRAIN Project. Its intended end-users are European QAAs and experts. In the case of experts the target audience consists of both experts to be trained and experts already trained. It will give access to the publications which are developed during this project. The E-TRAIN Database and website is expected to be finalised by the end of the E-TRAIN project.

Manual: managing and exporting portfolios E-TRAIN

Nature: Electronic Manual

An electronic publication containing information, including examples, on how to establish automatic communication between a database of a QAA and the portfolio database of the E-TRAIN website. The communication will have to be handled in xsd/xml format.   The manuals are prepared for the IT-administrators of the QAAs and will give them the opportunity to implement a secure export function on their database themselves.

E-TRAIN Project Meeting

Nature: Event

This meeting brings together representatives of the Boards of ENQA, EQAR and CEEN and representatives of the E-TRAIN Project. These representatives are from the Steering Group,  from the Stakeholders Group and from the Focus Group.  The meeting will reflect on the current status of the project and the experiences after the first trial training events. It will discuss the proposed way forward for participation of other QAA’s in Europe in the programme.

Dissemination Conference

Nature: Conference

This Conference will be used to disseminate the methodology and the outcomes of the project. This dissemination exercise mainly targets the European QAAs and the main European higher education policy makers. Partners and experts involved in the project will present their experiences; there will be ample room for feedback from HE stakeholders.  The conference will be organised by ANECA, last two days and is expected to gather around 100 participants.