In the context of the diversification of higher education systems and their sustainability, and the development of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), quality assurance, quality enhancement, and the evaluation of university teaching and learning have been on the higher education policy agendas in Europe for the past twenty or so years. European transnational organizations, including the European Association of Institutions in Higher Education (EURASHE), the European University Association (EUA), the European Association for International Education (EAIE) and others have put quality high in their agendas and produced several handbooks, guidelines and policy papers, such as OECDs Enhancing Higher Education System Performance Benchmarking higher education system performance: Conceptual framework and data, or the publications of EUA in cooperation with ENQA European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, ESU (the European Students’ Union) and EURASHE.
With the aim to promote institutional quality cultures, the policy actors encourage higher education institutions to participate in international, European, and national-level policy discussions on internal and external quality assurance systems, and support universities to develop internal quality assurance and enhancement mechanisms. The quality of university education is also considered to be one of the most important indicators of the development of any given national higher education system.
The proposed Summer University course intends to help universities of the OSUN network and beyond develop their own internal quality assurance and enhancement processes–including institutional self-studies, preparations for accreditations, program reviews, faculty and course evaluations, evaluation of teaching and learning, quality of management and student services and coordinate their efforts to ensure that the outcomes and processes of university teaching (including face-to-face, online and blended teaching) meet local and international standards simultaneously.
The course will discuss the challenges of and best practices in fulfilling the many purposes of quality assurance at the university level, such as accountability, efficiency, control, evaluation, accreditation, measurement, and quality improvement.
Online course format
Total of 24 academic hours (15 hours synchronous interaction, 9 hours asynchronous teaching and learning).
The course will take place over five weekdays and will be structured daily in two parts. Afternoon sessions, held between 2 pm and 5 pm each day (CET, Budapest time) will consist of direct engagement with instructors and participants, through presentations and group discussions spread over three hours (with two small breaks). During morning hours participants will work in small groups on course assignments and/or have individual consultations with course instructors.
Completed CEU Summer University Application Form
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Notes:
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Notification
The SUN Office will notify applicants about the selection results in April. Please check the 'Dates and deadlines' section on the relevant course websites for notification deadlines planned earlier or later. The final decision is not open to appeal.