12 September 2025-26 September 2025 All Day
About the event
The 2025 ENQA Training of Agency Reviewers will be held online across three half-day sessions on 12, 19, and 26 September 2025.
Drawing on lessons learned, feedback, and materials from completed reviews, the training sessions provide reviewers with the necessary knowledge and guidance on the use of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015), on the ENQA Agency Review process, and on compliance assessment. In addition, the future panel members are briefed on the expectations of the ENQA Agency Review Committee and the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) on the reviews and the related reports. The programme also includes reflections from the perspectives of an agency and experienced expert. The training is a combination of presentations, discussions and practical exercises in working groups.
To ensure that agency reviews are rigorous, fair, transparent, and consistent, this training is mandatory for all potential ENQA reviewers, regardless of whether they are nominated by ENQA, ESU, EUA, EURASHE, or BusinessEurope. Only individuals who have completed ENQA reviewer training are eligible to be included in the pool of trained experts and considered for appointment to ENQA Agency Review panels.
It is expected that after attending the training participants will have sufficient knowledge of the ESG 2015 and the review process so as to integrate as a fully operational panel member. This includes:
• A common understanding of the interpretation and operationalisation needed for conducting a high-quality review, as demonstrated by a clear and well formulated review report.
• A good understanding of the different stages of the review process and the panel members’ specific roles in each one of them.
• Awareness of some of the complex issues that can arise during reviews.
The training is open only to nominated experts and the nominees selected to participate in this training event are contacted individually.
Programme
The programme is available here.