| Document |
Identified trends/driving forces |
Corresponding management tasks |
Related strategic objectives |
| Europe 2020: A strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth (2010) |
Quality assurance in higher education:more emphasis on quality and performance of universities |
Improving educational outcomes through increasing research performance and use of ICTs |
Developing life-long study programmes based on ICTs and aimed at the on-line dissemination of knowledge |
| The European Higher Education Area in 2012: Bologna Process Implementation Report (2012) |
1. Internationalization of higher education:emphasis on enhanced mobility and international academic/research collaboration 2. Diversification of higher education: more emphasis on broaderaccess into higher education 3. Massification of higher education: more emphasis on social inclusion and creating equal opportunities for young people to participate in education 4. Promotion of European cooperation in quality assurance in higher education: more emphasis on Bologna structures, procedures,processes and tools |
1. Increasing student mobility 2. Enlarging the size and diversity of the student population3. Providing flexible study options for non-traditional learners;improving student experience and employability4. Implementing the tools for enhancing transparency across national jurisdictions |
1. Creating joint programme with integrated mobility periods2. Developing study programmes addressing the needs of non-traditional learners3. Creating alternative access routes to higher education in the agenda of life-long learning4. Developing consistent qualification frameworks for achieving transparency and comparability |
| Report to the European Commission on Improving the Quality of Teaching and Learning in Europe’s Higher Education Institutions (2013) |
University commitment to quality teaching and learning in the agenda of quality assurance in higher education |
- Providing full institutional support for teaching and learning in the context of quality assurance;- regarding teaching and learning as a shared process - imposing responsibilities on both students and staff for supporting sustainable educational process;- regularly collecting feedback from students |
Developing a consistent teaching and learning quality assurance policy that ensures excellent planning and delivery of the curriculum |
| - Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Access, Retention and Employability (2014)- Modernisation of Higher Education in Europe: Academic Staff (2017) |
Diversification and massification of higher education: - emphasis on access as key feature of the social dimension of modern higher education;- emphasis on improving student retention and supporting students through graduation, student retention being a key performance indicator |
- Providing broader access to quality education for all social groups- improving student retention rates;- increasing employability of university graduates |
- Creating non-traditional study modes including part-time provision;- developing programmes focused on the formation of skill and competences relevant to the modern labour market |
| - Improving Quality, Enhancing Creativity: Change Processes in European Higher Education Institutions (2009)- Bucharest Communiqué (2012)- Standards and Guidelines for QA in the European Higher Education Area (2005; 2009; 2015) |
Quality assurance in higher education in the context of international accreditation: accent on internationally recognized standards |
Providing higher education institutions and accreditation agencies with common standards for both internal and external quality assurance |
Developing a policy and relevant QA procedures for the quality assuranceof university’s educational programmes that include a) regular monitoring of study programmes;b) periodic review of study programmes programmes;c) revising and improving study programmes according to experts’ recommendations |
