ECA - European Consortium for Accreditation

Towards Guidelines for Good Practice for Awarding Joint Degrees

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0100

Representatives of 29 recognition information centres (ENIC-NARICs) met on 9 February 2012 in The Hague. This workshop was organised by NVAO in the framework of the JOQAR project....

Initiatives on internationalisation

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100

ECA is stepping up its initiatives on supporting internationalisation. ...

Happy New Year!

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Best wishes for 2012...

Survey report: Joint and Double Degree Programmes in the Global Context

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Institute of International Education has released a survey report concerning joint and double degrees programmes. The survey has been conducted upon 245 higher education institutions from 28 different countries....

New report: A coordination point for joint programmes

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The European Consortium for Accreditation is seeking solutions for the challenges that joint programmes are confronted with. The challenges were identified in previous ECA projects and mainly focus around the quality assurance (QA) of joint programmes and the recognition of the degrees awarded by them....

E-TRAIN training events

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The first pilot training events within the E-TRAIN project took place on 6 October in The Hague and 3 November in Vienna....

Work Plan 2011-2012 and Conclusions Barcelona

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The ECA Management Group has approved the Work Plan for 2011-2012. The Conclusions of the ECA Workshop in Barcelona in June have also been approved....

New publication: Guidelines for the Training of Experts

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

This publication is one of the outcomes of ECA's ongoing E-TRAIN project. It presents guidelines and advice on the way forward in the development of ECA's training of experts that take part in external quality assurance procedures....

New publication: Good Practices for the Training of Experts

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

This publication is one of the outcomes of ECA's ongoing E-TRAIN project. It presents current practices and good practices regarding the training of experts that take part in external quality assurance procedures....

INQAAHE-ENQA Conference in Brussels

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0200

What are the most recent trends in internationalisation and QA? How is the quality of teacher education and other professional disciplines assured in different countries and regions of the world? Which kinds of mutual recognition initiatives are used in different regions? What is the role, methodology and impact of Quality labels in Europe?INQAAHE and ENQA are...

ECA Workshop in Barcelona

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

The 14th ECA Workshop was held in Barcelona on 20-21 June. The Workshop was organised by AQU Catalunya....

Two bilateral agreements renewed

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Two bilateral mutual recognition agreements were renewed in Barcelona on 20 June 2011....

Limited offer: ECA evaluates degrees (to be) awarded by joint programmes

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0200

Joint programmes perhaps wonder how recognition bodies (ENIC-NARICs) or credential evaluators would evaluate their degree and/or diploma supplement. ECA now offers these joint programmes a chance to submit their degree and/or diploma supplement in order to get feedback from credential experts....

MULTRA signed by ANECA (Spain) and CTI (France)

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results regarding Joint Programmes (MULTRA) is now signed by 6 agencies. ...

31 percent increase of fake universities in Europe

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +0100

Recent research reveals a 31% increase in the number of known diploma and accreditation mills between January 2010 and January 2011. The total number in this period has risen from 454 to 593. Most of these fake universities and bogus accreditation agencies have the internet as their primary home. And almost no action is taken to stop this fraud....

INQAAHE Conference Madrid

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

organised by ANECA from 4 to 7 April 2011....

Survey for joint programmes

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) is currently carrying out a project on the quality assurance of joint programmes and the recognition of degrees awarded by these programmes (JOQAR project). The project is funded by the Erasmus Mundus Action 3 programme of the European Commission. ...

New member: The Accreditation Institution, Denmark

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

ECA cordially welcomes The Accreditation Institution from Denmark as its 17th member agency....

Happy New Year!

Mon, 03 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0100

The European Consortium for Accreditation wishes everyone, and in particular its members, observers, experts, partner organisations and networks, a wonderful, healthy and happy 2011!...

Discussion paper on private higher education published

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Discussion Paper: Private Higher Education Institutions and Quality Assurance (2010) ...

The development of a ECA certificate for internationalisation

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100

At the ECA seminar "Assessing Internationalisation" participants from ECA member agencies decided to develop a ECA certificate regarding internationalisation....

ECA Work plan 2010-2011 approved

Sat, 30 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The ECA Management Group has approved the Work plan for 2010-2011. The work plan can be downloaded here. ...

Conclusions Graz Workshop

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0200

The Management Group has approved the Conclusions of the ECA Workshop held in Graz on 9th June 2010. The Workshop was organised by ÖAR and FHR. ...

New report: Joint programmes: Too many cooks in the kitchen?

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 +0200

In June 2010 the TEAM II Dissemination conference Joint programmes: too many cooks in the kitchen? was organised in Graz, Austria. During this conference important topics related to accreditation of joint programmes and recognition of qualifications by these programmes were discussed....

Are you interested in joint programmes?

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200

What is important to think of when developing a system for quality assurance of joint programmes? How do you facilitate recognition of degrees awarded by joint programmes?...

Presentations available from the ECA Conference on Joint Programmes

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200

On 10 and 11 June 2010 The European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) organised the conference "Joint Programmes: Too many cooks in the kitchen?" in Graz (Austria). ...

Report: the recognition of qualifications awarded by joint programmes

Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200

Does an ENIC-NARIC recognise a degree awarded by a joint programme that is offered by a consortium of three institutions, if the joint programme is not recognised as such in one of the countries concerned? ENIC-NARICs of the countries where the joint programme is recognised would say yes. Most ENIC-NARICs however would regard this joint programme arrangement as a means for...

ENIC-NARICs: help us facilitate recognition of (joint) degrees

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

ECA invited ENIC-NARICs to a workshop in Warsaw to discuss the recognition of qualifications (degrees) awarded by joint programmes. The workshop was organised by the Polish accreditation agency (PKA) and the Polish ENIC-NARIC in the framework of the TEAM2 project....

New ECA website launched

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100

ECA has launched its new website. The website is more interactive and will provide members and participants with networking tools, topical fora and automatical updates on developments in other agencies....

Qrossroads Administrators Workshop

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Each of the agencies part of the Qrossroads network has one or more Qrossroads Administrators. These administrators met for a two day workshop to share experiences and learn about new developments....

New ECA member: AQU Catalunya

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

ECA welcomes AQU Catalunya as the 17th ECA member agency. ...

Successful ECA Seminar

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

ECA organises seminars to update the members on recent developments in higher education and quality assurance. These seminars are normally for ECA members only....