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Progress and results of the 1st stage of the project QM&CQAF

The expansion of the EU-approaches to providing the partner-countries higher education quality
assurance Expanding Quality Assurance


The first stage of the project included the following activities:
 
Activities Partners in charge
Preparation of the national reports in the national language and in English Each project participant from the partner-countries
Preparation of the joint report in English
University North

Preparation of a questionnaire and instructions for research on indicators considered to be important for the Quality of Education in the project partner countries Revalento
Preparation of a country research report template
Revalento

Conducting the research Each project participant from the partner-countries

 National country report Croatia 


University North

National country report Russia

Pastukhov academy
Ivanovo state University
Tomsk State University

National country report Belarus The Republican Institute for Vocational Education
Belarus State Economic University

 National country report Sweeden


Folkuniversitet

 

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 Key findings of the research==================================
 

The respondent demonstrated an inconsistent approach to understanding quality as ability of an institution to achieve its goals:

  1. Only 39 out of 145 criteria of the quality of education (see section 2) that equal to 27% are associated with achieving goals, while the rest of the criteria forms (67 references, 46%) or describes a desirable operational climate (18 references, 12,4%). The remaining 21 references (14, 5%) are indirectly related to the quality of education or not related to it at all.
  2. Instruments for measurement of the quality of education are hardly ever used (see section 4.3);
  3. The EQAVET descriptors insufficiently characterize achieving the goals that have been previously set;
  4. The analysis of the application of different indicators of the quality of education activities (see section 6) reveals that the respondents rated lower the application of the indicators which are related to interests, level, and interaction with students. The indicators reflecting the quality of development and realization of curricula as well as the recognition of academic results are rated a bit higher.  The indicators reflecting structure of the teaching staff and the work performed by the staff are rated quite high. And the application of indicators reflecting different aspects of management of an educational organization got the highest rating.
 
 

The most important indicators for providing high-quality education according to providers`  opinion

The respondent demonstrated an inconsistent approach to understanding quality as ability of an institution to achieve its goals:The respondents highlight the successful (in the relevant professional area, well-paid) employment of alumni, their achievements (since the beginning of the training), and employers’ satisfaction (as a key criterion of the high-quality education). Some respondents highlight the importance of fulfillment of regulatory requirements. This is an analog of a national key indicator which states that a qualification should meet the professional standard. Some respondents indicate the importance of managing the quality of a learning process.

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Similarities / defferences with EQAVET indicators 

In general, the respondents are aware of the EQAVET models and indicators. The majority of the respondents confirmed that EQAVET cycle has been implemented in one form or another. The most common bottleneck is a weak focus on the relevant needs / demands (“Planning” stage) and on evaluation and analysis of indicators (“Analysis and evidence” stage).

Some respondents indicated the lack of time and resources for analysis to be a cause of problems with analysis and evaluation that correlates with the conclusion made about the implementation of the descriptors within CQAF VET model.

We also may state a relatively weak focus on the relevant needs/demands, supposedly because of indicators of the labor markets needs which are not transparent enough.

Another bottleneck which has been mentioned is the deficiency of time and resources for providing the high-quality education.

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Similarities / defferences with CQAF VET indicators

The interview analysis reveals that the respondents rated lower the application of the indicators which are related to interests, level, and interaction with students. The indicators reflecting the quality of development and realization of curricula as well as the recognition of academic results are rated a bit higher.  The indicators reflecting structure of the teaching staff and the work performed by the staff are rated quite high. And the application of indicators reflecting different aspects of management of an educational organization got the highest rating.

The main challenges associated with the involvement of teaching staff and the necessary measures of support refer to the conformity of the teaching staff qualification. The other significant group of challenges refers to managing the learning process and education institution as a whole, especially to the quality management.

The respondents put a greater emphasize on the government support to educational organizations as a whole as well as to individuals (teachers and trainers). They highlight the necessity to support cooperation with employers and partners.

The respondents wish to get informational — methodological as well as regulatory — methodological support via a professional development system. They are interested in being more involved in the management processes in their educational organizations.

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Suggestions / amendaments / to the model

All suggestions and amendments to the model result from the features of its application.

The respondents suggest evaluating the quality of teaching with no regard to the quality of management of an educational organization, thinking that even poor managed organizations may provide the high- quality teaching.

None of the respondents indicated that improvement of the quality of education quality is possible to achieve if the following conditions are met:

  • understanding the customers’ requirements,
  • setting the goals based on these requirements,
  • managing the goal achievement at all levels including the executant level with a result-based payment.

Thus, along with Croatian specificity discovered within the project, it is worthwhile to put a greater emphasize on the understanding of the customers’ requirements, setting the goals, and managing the education organization relying on the quality principles.

 

Education Quality Criteria

According to survey respondents, the project QM CQAF, Croatia, spring 2016

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Progress and results of the 2nd stage of the project QM&CQAF

The expansion of the EU-approaches to providing the partner-countries higher education quality assurance Expanding Quality Assurance


The second stage of the project included the following activities:

Activities Partners in charge
Joint report of all partners (Pastukhov academy, Ivanovo state University, 
Tomsk State University, The Republican Institute for Vocational Education, 
Belarus State Economic University, University North)
University North
Preparation for focus groups All partners
Focus groups

All partners

Report template for focus groups Revalento
Report from focus groups All partners

 

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Progress and results of the 3rd stage of the project QM&CQAF

The expansion of the EU-approaches to providing the partner-countries higher education quality assurance Expanding Quality Assurance


The third stage of the project included the following activities:

Activities Partners in charge
Site creation University North
Filling the site with content, media and scientific publications All partners
Preparation of teaching materials for training trainers, teacher and specialist

All partners

Preparation of advertising and promotional materials All partners

  

Progress and results of the 4rd stage of the project QM&CQAF

The expansion of the EU-approaches to providing the partner-countries higher education quality assurance Expanding Quality Assurance


The fourth stage of the project included the following activities:

Activities Partners in charge
Model CQAF training for tutors at universities of recipient countries Revalento and Folkuniversitet
Model training for the recipient countries (trainers, teachers, specialists) University North
Pastukhov academy
Ivanovo state University
Tomsk State University
The Republican Institute for Vocational Education
Belarus State Economic University
Model training for the recipient countries (students)

University North 
Pastukhov academy 
Ivanovo state University 
Tomsk State University 
The Republican Institute for Vocational Education 
Belarus State Economic University

The final event of Stage 4: discussion of the educational process results, experience exchange, identification of success factors and the exchange of best practices Revalento and Folkuniversitet
 

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