Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance - ASG-QA Consultation Workshop Summary
The HAQAA Initiative aims to enhance African higher education by harmonizing quality assurance systems. Key activities include developing the ASG-QA, promoting intra-African collaboration, and supporting the Pan-African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework (PAQAF). Various capacity-building initiatives, agency reviews, and stakeholder engagements are part of the initiative to strengthen quality culture in institutions. Learn more about the 2017 developments and ongoing efforts to create a common language for quality assurance in African higher education.
Download Presentation
Please find below an Image/Link to download the presentation.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author. If you encounter any issues during the download, it is possible that the publisher has removed the file from their server.
You are allowed to download the files provided on this website for personal or commercial use, subject to the condition that they are used lawfully. All files are the property of their respective owners.
The content on the website is provided AS IS for your information and personal use only. It may not be sold, licensed, or shared on other websites without obtaining consent from the author.
E N D
Presentation Transcript
HAQAA Initiative: Objectives, activities and structure of the ASG- QA Consultation workshop Addis Ababa, 16-17 November 2017
HAQAA= Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation EU Service contract 2015-2018 Element of the Africa-EU Strategic Partnership Sister initiative of Tuning Africa Implementing consortium: University of Barcelona (coordinator), AAU, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), European University Association (EUA) and European Association for Quality Assurance (ENQA)
HAQAA Objectives Objective: Contribute to and support the harmonisation of higher education programmes and the creation of a revitalised, distinctive, attractive and globally competitive African higher education space, through enhanced intra-African collaboration Development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional level, national, regional and Pan-African continental level Boost for the implementation of PAQAF (Pan African Quality Assurance and Accreditation Framework), an official AU commitment
HAQAA: Contributing to PAQAF Development of the African Standards and Guidelines for QA (ASG-QA) Major guiding document for the continent Common language for QA and baseline standards and principles - To be politically endorsed Capacity building for QA bodies Building a Common Language for QA in Africa ( HAQAA Training Course ) QA Agency reviews/consultation visits for agency building (2018) Capacity building for institutional quality culture AQRM evaluations in 15 universities Stakeholder buy-in for PAQAF and promotion African QA platform and database: www.aau.org/haqaa HAQAA Training Course Advisory Board of key regional organisations
2017 in review Technical Working Group (TWG) for the development of African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ASG-QA) Online Consultation and Consultation workshop Training Course on a Common Language for QA in Africa (Training course in Brussels, Bonn and Accra, FR and ENG cohorts, Personal Action Plans) Institutional evaluations employing the AQRM (15 universities in 5 regions)
This workshop Present the ASG-QA to key stakeholders (QA bodies, ministries, student associations ) across the continent Discussion Version 2 in depth, in working groups Generate perspectives from student associations on the role of students in QA Generate perspectives from regional and national QA bodies regarding the ASG-QA uptake and implementation Prepare input for the Africa-EU Summit
Break out groups Three rounds of break-outs to discuss each part of the ASG-QA Group 1: Bi-lingual (FR/ENG)- Plenary room Group 2: Anglophone fourth floor Group 3: Francophone fourth floor Chairs and rapporteurs from the TWG will rotate Participants of each break out group are pre- assigned
Break-out groups: Guiding questions Are the inter-linkage between the three parts (A,B,C) of the ASG-QA clear to everyone? Discussion of the ASG-QA standard by standard: Is each standard clearly addressed? Are there overlaps or redundancies? Should anything be merged?
Implementing team Elizabeth Colucci and Nicole Font (UB): ecolucci@obreal.org., nfont@obreal.org Violet Makuku (AAU) and Jonathan Mba: vmakuku@aau.org, jcmba@aau.org Paula Ranne (ENQA): paula.ranne@enqa.eu Gudrun Chazotte (DAAD): Chazotte@daad.de Goran Dakovic (EUA): goran.dakovic@eua.be HAQAA website: www.aau.org/haqaa
