The University of Helsinki is Finland’s oldest, largest and most diverse institution of higher education conducting research and providing education based on research. The University of Helsinki consists of 11 Faculties, representing all academic...
This report is the outcome of the project conducted by the Nordic Quality Assurance Network in Higher Education (NOQA) in 2007 – 2008 on learning outcomes in the Nordic countries.
This report presents a study on offshore education conducted by a consortium of Dutch higher education researchers and commissioned by the Digital University (DU). The study explored the
extent to which Dutch higher education institutions...
Die Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) prüft, ob und wie britische Universitäten, university colleges und further education colleges die akademischen Standards ihrer Bildungsangebote wahren und sichern, und wie sie die Qualität...
The Quality Convergence Study (QCS) project, a follow-up to a 2002 ENQA survey of quality assurance practices in European countries, was carried out between September 2003 and October 2004. The objective of the QCS project was to study the...
Maarja Beerkens-Soo gives an overview about the Quality of Higher Education in the Netherlands in terms of different indicators like "labour market success", "time spent on study related activities" and "motivation".
Bologna Process ministers of higher education welcomed in 2005 the principle of a European Register of Quality Assurance Agencies. They asked ENQA in cooperation with EUA, EURASHE and ESIB (E4 Group) to develop the practical aspects of the...
This memorandum of Leon Cremonini, Wim van Niekerk and Hans Vossensteyn lists the pros and cons of selection. On the basis of these arguments, it considers the conditions under which the risks of selection can be obviated or reduced as far as...
Talk about so called “short cycle” higher education (SCHE) is not new. Already in the 1970s it was discussed as a way to diversify higher education systems in the face of booming participation. Today, the issue is still at the forefront of policy...
In this short paper Leon Cremonini will look into how student selection is administered in four countries. The aim of the document is to give an idea of issues surrounding the selection of students for higher education and how they may relate to...
