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Year 1: Evaluation

Year 1: Evaluation. Fiona Crozier f.crozier@qaa.ac.uk. Introduction. How does LANQUA connect with the wider European quality agenda? Evaluation of what we’ve done so far Looking forward to Year 2…. The wider quality agenda. The E4 Group: what is it and what do they do?

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Year 1: Evaluation

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  1. Year 1: Evaluation Fiona Crozier f.crozier@qaa.ac.uk

  2. Introduction • How does LANQUA connect with the wider European quality agenda? • Evaluation of what we’ve done so far • Looking forward to Year 2…

  3. The wider quality agenda • The E4 Group: what is it and what do they do? • The European Association of Quality Assurance Agencies (ENQA): member agencies/remit and work of ENQA/ESG • Current work: “Bologna Beyond 2010” • The European Commission (EC) - Tuning

  4. CLIL and the ESG: a match made in heaven! • “Even if general guidelines will be clearly formulated, due to national and/or institutional specificity of contexts…political, financial, institutional and even academic issues may stand in the way of appropriate (CLIL) development.” (CLIL Yr 1 report) • “The EHEA with its 40 states is characterised by its diversity of political systems, HE systems, socio-cultural and educational traditions, languages, aspirations and expectations. This makes a single, monolithic approach to quality, standards and quality assurance in HE inappropriate.” (ESG) • “It is hoped that this approach will enable other European institutions to identify where they stand now…and to identify how they may work towards achieving the next step.” (CLIL Year 1 report) • HE institutions and quality assurance agencies across the EHEA will be able to use common reference points for quality assurance.” (ESG)

  5. Evaluation of what we’ve done so far Highlights! • The current relevance of the project in the European context • Inclusiveness of the project • The level of support and enthusiasm from the Southampton team and the Steering Group • The opening conference • The work of the sub-projects to date, despite the “herding cats” syndrome! (But see below) Challenges • Cohesion of the subgroups • Case studies: some confusion as to what their purpose was and what form they should take? • Keeping the momentum going between meetings of subgroups • Agreeing on definitions (and a wider point about working language?) • Timetable/setting short-term deadlines • Overarching understanding of quality assurance in national and European contexts

  6. Looking forward to year 2… • The structure of what we’re aiming for – are we starting to get a clear picture of the overall product? Can we make more use of the SP observers? • How do we capture what’s essential in a generic enough way to be applicable to all, but not so bland that it’s useless? • Dissemination (Who? Where? How?) • Beyond the case studies: “Formulation is one thing, implementation is another!”

  7. Conclusions • Ignore the numbers: the highlights outweigh the challenges! • Awareness of the wider context: - e.g.Tuning project: “…Tuning serves as a platform for developing reference points at subject…level. These are relevant for making programmes of studies comparable, compatible and transparent. Reference points are expressed in terms of learning outcomes and competences.” “Networks of academics can significantly contribute to the appreciation of the value of quality as well as to the elaboration of concepts that are meaningful in different cultural contexts. This, in relation to quality, is a great asset, as the creation of shared meanings can contribute greatly to the development of a quality-oriented EHEA. Networks can also have an effective role in the dissemination and socialisation of these concepts.” - Los Libros Blancos (ANECA, 2004)

  8. Conclusions (contd.) • Increasing awareness of the broad context within which we’re working will have an impact on dissemination strategies • Starting to think beyond the theoretical and about the practical!

  9. And finally… • Remember the words of Oscar Wilde: “We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”

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