ECA - European Consortium for Accreditation

Successful CeQuInt Panel Members Day

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:00:00 +0200

On Friday 3 May 2013, the CeQuInt Panel Members Day took place. Both experts and coordinators met in the offices of AQ Austria in Vienna....

Guidelines for Good Practice for Awarding Joint Degrees

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

How to award a joint degree in such a way that it is recognisable and indeed recognised? When is a joint degree regarded as an official degree in countries outside, but sometimes even inside, the joint programme consortium? How can the design of the joint degree and the Diploma Supplement facilitate access to the labour-market?...

EAIE Awards

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0200

The European Association for International Education (EAIE) is rewarding individuals and European institutions who have made a substantial contribution to the internationalisation of higher education....

Call for contributions for revisions of the ESG

Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

At the Bucharest Ministerial Conference in April 2012, European ministers of higher education decided to revise the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG). ...

CeQuInt Newsletter no.2

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The second CeQuInt Newsletter was sent out to ECA's stakeholders. The CeQuInt project intends to inform its target audiences proactively about its activities. The quarterly CeQuInt Newsletter is just one way of informing its direct stakeholders....

ECA events in June 2013

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Please reserve the following dates:...

DAAD-GAC conference

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the German Accreditation Council (GAC) are organising an international conference on "Quality Assurance and Quality Development in Europe" on 21 and 22 March 2013 in Berlin. ...

New Chair and Vice-Chair of NVAO appointed

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

On 1st May 2013 Anne Flierman will start his work as Chair of NVAO. Ann Demeulemeester has been appointed as Vice-Chair....

ECA Seminar on Mutual Recognition � Building the Bridge

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The ECA Winter Seminar �Mutual recognition and the Bucharest Communiqu� took place in the NVAO premises in The Hague on January 17, 2013....

News from EAIE

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +0100

Spring EAIE Academy in Birmingham, 15-19 April 2013...

ZEvA, FIBAA (Germany) and CNA (Columbia) to join MULTRA

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:00:00 +0100

The Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results regarding Joint Programmes (MULTRA) will soon cover 11 quality assurance agencies. ...

CeQuInt Newsletter no.1

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The first CeQuInt Newsletter was sent out to ECA's stakeholders. The CeQuInt project intends to inform its target audiences proactively about its activities. The quarterly CeQuInt Newsletter is just one way of informing its direct stakeholders....

First CeQuInt Steering Group meeting.

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0100

The European Consortium for Accreditation in higher education (ECA) decided to develop a European certificate for the assessment of internationalisation. The first meeting of the CeQuInt project Steering Group took place in NVAO premises in the Hague on 13 November 2012....

In construction: A Framework for Fair Recognition of Joint Degrees

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0100

ENIC-NARICs agree to deal with joint degrees with the greatest flexibility possible. They call upon higher education institutions to follow their guidelines for good practice when awarding joint degrees and upon quality assurance and accreditation agencies to strengthen their cooperation, also nationally....

Handbook for training panel members for quality assurance procedures

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The European Consortium for Accreditation has published a handbook for the training of panel members for external quality assurance procedures. The handbook is the result of ECA's E-TRAIN project and has been written by Dr Gillian King. ...

MULTRA signed by EVA (Denmark) and AQU Catalunya (Spain)

Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The Multilateral Agreement on the Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Results regarding Joint Programmes (MULTRA) is now signed by 8 agencies. ...

Composition ECA Management Group

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On 13 June 2012 ECA members have appointed a new Management Group. ECA is grateful to outgoing Vice-Chair Karl Dittrich, and the Members Elisabeth Fiorioli and Rainer K�nzel who were all part of ECA since the beginning....

New CTI Presidency

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

CTI's General Assembly has elected a new Presidency on 10th July 2012. ...

New Director of ANECA

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The 23rd meeting of the Board of Trustees of ANECA took place on 27th June in the premises of the Agency....

Changes in Presidency of NVAO

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On 1 December 2012 NVAO Chairman Dr Karl Dittrich will become the new Chairman of the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU). ...

ECA project selected by EU: Certificate for the Quality of Internationalisation

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The executive agency of the European Commission has selected the project Certificate for the Quality of Internationalisation (CeQuInt) for co-funding. The project is implemented by a consortium of 14 partners from 11 countries, consisting of quality assurance agencies from Austria, Belgium (Flanders), Croatia, Germany (2), Finland, France (2), the Netherlands, Poland,...

ASHE and A3ES accepted as new ECA members

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200

Ag�ncia de Avalia��o e Acredita��o do Ensino Superior (A3ES, Portugal) and Agencija za znanost i visoko obrazovanje (ASHE, Croatia) were accepted as new ECA members....

E-TRAIN Dissemination Conference

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On 14 and 15 June 2012 ECA and ANECA organised the conference �Designing a European QA Expert: Pr�t-�-porter vs Haute couture� in Madrid, Spain. ...

15th ECA Workshop

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0200

On 13th of June 2012 the 15th ECA Workshop took place in Madrid....

Agencies in Austria merged

Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 +0200

In Austria the Agency for Quality Assurance and Accreditation Austria (AQ Austria) has been established as the single body for external quality assurance. ...

ECA Agreement renewed

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The ECA Agreement of Cooperation for the period 2012-2015 has been signed by 14 agencies from 10 countries. ...

CEENQA Annual Meeting

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +0200

The annual meeting of CEENQA will take place in Sarajevo on 11 and 12 May 2012 and is hosted by the Agency for Development of Higher Education and Quality Assurance of Bosnia and Herzegovina....

ECA seminar on QA impact

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

ECA held its winter seminar on 11 January at the NVAO offices in THe Hague. The topic of the seminar was the impact of QA and accreditation. There were some 40 participants from a dozen European countries....

INQAAHE Forum 2012

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +0100

INQAAHE members and members of other regional networks are cordially invited to attend the biennial Members� Forum in Melbourne, Australia on 17 and 18 April 2012. ...

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....

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. ...