ENQA Members’ Forum 2022

The 2022 ENQA Members’ Forum took place on 22-24 June 2022 in Cardiff, Wales. It was hosted by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). The Forum was held  at the University of South Wales (ATRiuM Building) located in 86-88 Adam Street, Cardiff CF24 2FN. A pre-event took place on 22 June.

Materials

The  programme is available here.

The 2022 ENQA Members’ Forum Booklet including the speakers’ biographies is available here.

The list of participants can be consulted here.

Presentations

The Fundamental values of the European Higher Education Area and their impact on the quality of education

• “Fundamental Values and Quality Assurance. ENQA Members’ Dialogue” by Sjur Bergan, former Head of the Council of Europe’s Education Department
• “The ENQA Members’ Survey on Academic Integrity” by Karena Maguire, ENQA Board Liaison (QQI)

Transnational cooperation and Quality Assurance

• “European Strategy for Universities” by Julie Andersson, Policy Officer, DG EAC, European Commission

Breakout sessions 1 & 2 – Hot topics of today:

Quality Assurance of Micro-credentials

• “Micro-Credentials evolution: Insights from Ireland” by Dr Lynn Ramsey, Director of MicroCreds, Irish Universities Association
• “Quality Assurance of Micro-Credentials Expectations within the context of the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG)” by Prof Anca Greere, Senior Advisor (External), British Accreditation Council

European University Alliances and Quality Assurance

• “Key points of the European Framework and Roadmap for QA of European Universities (EUniQ project)” by Dr Mark Frederiks, Coordinator International Policy, NVAO

Digitalisation of QA processes: data management and data sharing

• “Digitalisation of QA processes. Data management and data sharing. Or: ‘Hot topics of today’ – fuelled by evidence?” By Ulf Hedbjörk, Analyst, Department of Quality Assurance, The Swedish Higher Education Authority (UKÄ)

Breakout session 3 – Exchange of experiences:

Staff development: what can we learn from each other? by Øystein Lund, Vice President of ENQA and Kristin Vinje, Chief Executive, NOKUT

Evaluation of research in the framework of the ESG. The case of doctoral studies by Mădălin Bunoiu, President of ARACIS

Posters

• “Ranking for quality” by AHERS
• “Fostering Quality Assurance on global sustainability. The interplay between ESG and sustainability” by ANECA
• “QA of micro-credentials – the Estonian touch” by EKKA
• “How to assure quality of digital learning?” by FIBAA
• “The Hungarian Accreditation Committee’s (MAB) WFME 2020-based accreditation standards with a focus on quality assurance and assessment” by MAB
• “Ukrainian Higher Education QA in Wartime” by NAQA
• “Knowledge based quality assurance and enhancement” by NOKUT
• “Introducing the International Education Mark – a new quality assurance tool to protect the interests of international learners” by QQI
• “Time for change – How RCVS is changing the landscape of veterinary degree programme accreditation” by RCVS
• “From the ‘Governmental’ Program Accreditation to the Accreditation of Institutional QA Systems in Slovakia” by SAAHE
• “Guidelines for Distance Evaluations. Time to Rethink How We Conduct Site Visits?” by SQAA
• “From Institutional External Evaluation to Institutional Accreditation: A Holistic Approach to Quality Assurance” by THEQC

Poster videos

• “Ukrainian Higher Education QA in Wartime” by NAQA
• “Knowledge based quality assurance and enhancement” by NOKUT
• “Introducing the International Education Mark – a new quality assurance tool to protect the interests of international learners” by QQI
• “From the ‘Governmental’ Program Accreditation to the Accreditation of Institutional QA Systems in Slovakia” by SAAHE

Pre-event

Participants arriving early to Cardiff were welcome to attend a facultative pre-event programme, including lunch at the Senedd, a walking tour of the city and a visit of Cardiff Museum. The participants enjoyed a guided tour of the Cardiff Castle followed by the ENQA Forum’s Welcome reception at this ancient place. The pre-event took place on Wednesday, 22 June from 11:45-21:00.