FIRST WORKSHOP: "Boosting quality: International Credential Evaluation and Higher Education Quality Assessment in SSH"
Bishkek, 13-14 April 2006
Programme | About Lecturers | Materials | Photos
Programme
BISHKEK, 13-14 April 2006
Venue: Issyk-Kul Hotel
13 April
| 12.00 - 12.30 |
- Welcome - Presentation of PHOENIX project - Ülle Must |
| 12.30 - 13.20 |
- Short presentations (self introductions) from all countries (a 10 minutes) Presentations (in Russian): Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, REGENA, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan |
| 13.20 - 13.50 | - Academic and professional recognition in European Regions (presentation) - Gunnar Vaht |
| 13.50 - 14.10 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 14.10 - 14.40 | - Traditional educational models in Europe. Diversities in higher education systems and recognition problems (presentation) - Gunnar Vaht |
| 14.40 - 15.00 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 15.00 - 15.30 | - Pause |
| 15.30 - 16.00 | - Bologna process towards the European Higher Education Area by 2010. Bologna Declaration (presentation). Bologna Process in Europe: two-cycle degrees. (presentation) - Implementing the Bologna process. The experience of Estonia (presentation). - Gunnar Vaht |
| 16.00 - 16.20 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 16.20 - 16.50 | - Credential evaluation - criteria and procedure (presentation). Information sources (presentation) - Gunnar Vaht |
| 16.50 - 17.10 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 17.10 - 18.00 | - European Mobility schemes helping "third countries" - Marie Curie, Mobility portal etc (presentation) - Kristin Kraav |
| 18.00 - 18.30 | - Questions. Discussions. |
14 April
| 09.00 - 09.45 |
- Higher Education Quality Assessment - definition, specific features, purpose of accreditation - Transnational Recognition of Accreditation Decisions - code of good practice, qualification frameworks and shared quality criteria and descriptors, selection criteria for External Experts (presentation). Quality assurance in Estonia: Evaluation of Academic Programmes (presentation) - Tiit Laasberg |
| 09.45 - 10.00 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 10.00 - 10.45 | - Criteria for assessment of teachers work (feedback from students, scientific merits, teaching material, participation in the development of teaching, work as a member of a collective) (presentation) - Prof. Arto Mustajoki |
| 10.45 - 11.00 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 11.00 - 11.30 | - Pause |
| 11.30 - 13.00 | - Quality assessment matrix as a tool of improving teaching. Teaching methods as a means to obtain generic skills (ability to find, evaluate and use information, ability to work in teams, writing and oral presentation skills, ability to make conclusions) - Prof. Arto Mustajoki |
| 13.00 - 13.15 | - Questions. Discussions. |
| 13.15 - 13.45 | - Conclusions. |
About Lecturers
Gunnar Vaht
Director of ENIC/NARIC Centre in Estonia. The centre belongs to the Council of Europe and UNESCO network ENIC
(European Network of National Information Centres on Academic Recognition and Mobility) and is a member of the
European Union network NARIC (National Academic Recognition Information Centres).
He is the elected President of the European Network of National Information Centres on Academic Recognition and Mobility.
Tiit Laasberg
Head of Estonian Higher Education Accreditation Centre. The Estonian Centre of Higher Education Accreditation (EKAK)
is engaged with the organization of research evaluation and accreditation of higher education and with the organization
of the work of the Higher Education Quality Assessment Council, which operates in the sphere of government of the Ministry
of Education and Research and carries out accreditation of universities and their curricula.
He is member of the Steering Group of Central and Eastern European Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education.
Kristin Kraav
She is the Mobility NCP for Estonia under FP6 and member of the Programme Committee for Human Resources and Management
in the framework programme and coordinator of the Estonian Mobility Network.
Arto Mustajoki
He is a Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of Russian Language and Literature; Vice President of International Association of
Teachers of Russian Language and Literature; Member of the Board of the Academy of Finland; Chair of the Research Council for
Culture and Society (Academy of Finland); Member of Standing Committee for the Humanities ESF; Member of the Core Group of Standing
Committee for the Humanities ESF; Member of the ESFRI (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructure) committee for Humanities
and Social Sciences, Member of the Network Board of HERA (Humanities in the European Research Area) 2005-
Recent Evaluation and Assessment Experiences
- Chair of the International Evaluation Committee for Estonian Departments of Russian Philology 1999
- Chair of the Finnish Expert Group in the Evaluation of Uppsala University 2001
- Chair of the Evaluation Steering Group of Finnish-Russian Cultural Forum 2004
- Member of the Pre-selection Committee for the Millennium Technology Prize 2004-2006
- Member of Steering Committee for Research Assessment of the University of Helsinki 2004-2006
Materials
СИСТЕМА ВЫСШЕГО ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И АККРЕДИТАЦИИ В ЭСТОНИИ
Joint Final Report. Estonian School of Hotel and Tourism Management.