Quality Assurance Key documents and further reading

Official Bologna Texts

Quality Assurance in the Ministerial Communiqués
Excerpts from the Bologna, Prague, Berlin and Bergen Communiqués
http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/

Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area
http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/EN/BASIC/050520_European_Quality_Assurance_Standards.pdf


EU Recommendation

Recommendation of the European Parliament and of the Council on further European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education (2006)
http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/lex/


Policy papers

Glasgow Declaration - Strong Universities for a Strong Europe (2005)
http://www.eua.be

EUA’s QA policy position in the context of the Berlin Communiqué (2004)
http://www.eua.be/eua/jsp/en/upload/EUA_QA_policy_postion.1081955225903.pdf

ESIB Statement on peer review of Quality Assurance and Accreditation agencies (2004)
http://www.esib.org/

ESIB Statement on agreed set of standards, procedures and guidelines at a European level (2004)
http://www.esib.org/

ESIB Policy Paper on Quality Assurance and Accreditation - Improving Quality and Promoting Mobility (2003)
http://www.esib.org/

ENQA Statement to the Conference of European Education Ministers in Berlin (2003)
http://www.enqa.eu/files/ENQA_POSITION_PAPER.pdf

INQAAHE Policy Statement (2004)
http://www.inqaahe.org/docs/Policy%20Statement%20(Draft%203).doc


Study Excerpts

Chapter: Quality Enhancement and Quality Assurance (pp. 28-33)
In: EUA publication Trends IV: European Universities Implementing Bologna (2005)
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

Chapter: Quality assurance – qualitative diversity? (pp. 23-30)
In: ESIB publication Bologna with Student Eyes (2005)
http://www.esib.org/documents/ESIBbolognaanalysis.pdf

Chapter: Quality Enhancement at Programme Level: the Tuning Approach (pp. 271-286)
In: Tuning Report Tuning Educational Structures II (2005)
http://tuning.unideusto.org/tuningeu/

Executive Summary & Chapter: Types of Evaluation in European QA (pp.7-9 &17-22)
In: ENQA publication Quality Procedures in European HE (2003)
http://www.enqa.eu/files/procedures.pdf

Reports and Studies (Bibliography)

Quality Culture in European Universities: A Bottom-Up Approach (2006)
EUA publication on the three rounds of the Quality Culture Project 2002-2006
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

Guidelines for Quality Enhancement in European Joint Master Programmes (2006)
EMNEM - European Masters New Evaluation Methodology
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

Transnational European Evaluation Project II - TEEP II (2006)
TEEP II was a European-wide transnational quality evaluation scheme which aspired to identify means and common elements for quality assurance in the Joint Masters Programmes in three subject areas (water management, cultural and communication studies, law and economics).
http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso

Mapping External Quality Assurance in Central and Eastern Europe (2006)
ENQA Publication. Report by the Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (CEEN).
http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso

Bologna with Student Eyes (2005)
ESIB’s Bologna Analysis
http://www.esib.org/

Trends IV: European Universities Implementing Bologna (2005)
By Sybille Reichert and Christian Tauch (EUA Publication)
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

10 years on: Lessons Learned from the Institutional Evaluation Programme (2005)
By Dr. Stefanie Hofmann
An EUA report with the support of the HRK and ACQUIN
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

Quality Convergence Study (2005)
ENQA publication following-up to the ENQA Survey on Quality Procedures in Higher Education. It examines the possibilities for convergence of national quality assurance systems in Europe through six samples.
http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso

European Student Handbook on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (2003)
http://www.esib.org/projects/qap/QAhandbook/QAhandbook.doc

Quality Procedures in European Higher Education (2003)
A survey on quality assurance procedures in Europe.
http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso

Quality Assurance: A Reference System for Indicators and Evaluation Procedures (2003)
By François Tavenas, 2003 (EUA Publication) - Prepared for the Latin European Universities group
http://www.eua.be/eua/en/publications.jspx

Benchmarking in Higher Education (2003)
A workshop report on the use of benchmarking in the improvement of higher education
http://www.enqa.eu/pubs.lasso

International Quality Review: Values, Opportunities and Issues (2002)
CHEA Publication
http://www.chea.org


Reference Websites for Quality Assurance


 Project’s Partners

ESIB
www.esib.org

EUA
www.eua.be

EURASHE
www.eurashe.be

Tuning
http://tuning.unideusto.org/tuningeu/


 EU Institutions

European Commission
http://ec.europa.eu

European Parliament
http://www.europarl.europa.eu

Council of the European Union
http://www.consilium.europa.eu


 Other European Organisations

Bologna Secretariat
http://www.bologna-bergen2005.no/

ENQA
http://www.enqa.eu


 International Organisations

CHEA
http://www.chea.org

INQAAHE
http://www.inqaahe.org

UNESCO Global Forum on International Quality Assurance, Accreditation and Recognition of Qualifications in Higher Education
http://www.unesco.org/education/studyingabroad/highlights/global_forum_main.shtml