{"id":6370,"date":"2017-03-23T11:02:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T10:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azvo.borealis.biz\/newsa\/international-review-ashe-reconfirmed-its-full-membership-in-enqa\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T07:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:49:41","slug":"international-review-ashe-reconfirmed-its-full-membership-in-enqa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azvo.hr\/en\/2017\/03\/23\/international-review-ashe-reconfirmed-its-full-membership-in-enqa\/","title":{"rendered":"International review: ASHE reconfirmed its full membership in ENQA"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n \nThe Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) successfully underwent an international external review coordinated by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education<\/a>(ENQA) thus proving its compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG<\/a>) necessary for reconfirmation of ENQA membership.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n \nAccording to the external review report, ASHE is: \u201cA well-established and recognized national Agency in Croatia whose role in support to improve quality assurance in the country\u2019s higher education institutions is to be emphasized. Its activity is legally established and the procedures and criteria are defined by the Agency.\u201d\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n \nASHE has been commended for the quality of the staff, its involvement in the activity of the Agency and the level of knowledge of the national and international practices in quality assurance. In the report, the panel strongly praises ASHE for its collaboration with different stakeholders involved in its activities and for the high participation of international experts in the panels of the different procedures. The panel furthermore commends ASHE for the role of the coordinator as a person who ensures consistency of the process and helps experts with interpretation the relevant criteria as consistently as possible and considers this to be one the examples of good practice. \n\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n \nInternational review panel chaired by Professor J\u00fcrgen Kohler, PhD, professor of law at Greifswald University, Germany, and a former president of the GermanAccreditationCouncil addressed the following ASHE activities during the external review: initial accreditation of higher education institutions and programme, re-accreditation of higher education institutions and study programmes, re-accreditation of doctoral study programmes and audit of higher education institutions. During a site-visit in October 2016 the panel held meetings with ASHE management and employees, representatives of higher education institutions, foreign and Croatian experts, students, as well as the representatives from the industry, Ministry of Science and Education and others.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n

\n \nWhy is external review so important for ASHE?\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n