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FINHEEC - Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council
Contact detailsP.O. Box 133 / Meritullinkatu 1
00171 Helsinki
Finland
Phone: + 358 9 1607 6913
Fax: + 358 9 1607 6911
http://www.finheec.fi
Founding Date: 1996
ENQA Full Membership: 2000
Ownership: Funded by the Ministry of Education, but independent of the Ministry and the HEIs.
Scope of Authority: A co-ordinating and implementing expert organisation independent of both educational administration and institutions of higher education. Does not make administrative decisions.
Agency's Role: The Council organises evaluations of quality work and institutional, programme and thematic evaluations. It provides advisory and consultancy services in the implementation of the evaluations, develops evaluation methodology and disseminates good Finnish and international practices to HEIs and the Ministry of Education.
Keywords: Main focus on development of HEIs and education. Evaluation of university and polytechnic programmes of a certain discipline are carried out within one project.
Methods Used: Audits of quality assurance systems of HEIs and evaluations for the accreditation of new polytechnics; Programme and thematic evaluations; Evaluations of quality units in education and adult education in the university sector, and quality units in education and centres of excellence in regional impact in the polytechnic sector; Accreditation of professional courses offered by HEIs.
Review Outcome: -
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