Background
       In 2003 the Ministers of the Bologna Process 
       signatory states invited the European 
       Network for Quality Assurance in Higher 
       Education (ENQA) to develop an agreed set 
       of standards, procedures and guidelines on 
       quality assurance.
         This Standards and Guidelines for Quality 
 Assurance in the European Higher Education Area
                               
                               
                were presented in 2005.
      What is Quality Assurance?
      What is Quality Assurance?
                               
                               
          Quality assurance ….
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        ….  is a generic term in higher education 
    which has          many interpretations 
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        ….. is ‘consumer protection’
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        …..  provides advice and guidance in 
    improvements in the standards and quality of 
          programmes of study
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        …   is about continuously trying to do a 
    better job
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        ….  is not a static but a dynamic process
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        …   should be continuous 
                               
                               
         What are our experiences 
                            with 
     ‘Quality assurance’ provision? 
                               
                               
     Basic principles of ESG IEQAHE 
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   providers of higher education have the primary         
 responsibility for the quality of their provision and its 
 assurance;
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   the interests of society in the quality and standards of 
 higher education need to be safeguarded;
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   the quality of academic programmes need to be 
 developed  and improved for students and other;
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   beneficiaries of higher education across the EHEA; 
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   there should be encouragement of a culture of quality 
 within higher education institutions;
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   institutions should be able to demonstrate their quality 
 at home and internationally;