The course targets current QA managers and leaders in higher education institutions, who have been active in national and regional networks and have a clear commitment to increasing African continental collaboration and practice sharing in this field. One of the HAQAA2 activities is the training component on internal quality assurance (IQA), will be led by
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Join SARUA for this online event next 5 August 2020 at 11:00 CAT. The seminar will provide an overview of the Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Initiative, (the HAQAA Initiative), which intends to “support the development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional level, national, regional and Pan-African
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Call for participation in reviews of QA agencies based upon the ASG-QA
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The call is still open. For any additional information, please contact anna.gover@enqa.eu We are pleased to announce that the call for participation in reviews of quality assurance agencies based upon the ASG-QA, as well as consultancy visits for other governing bodies of quality assurance in Africa are now open! The reviews are coordinated by the
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AAU Webinar on the digitized “new normal” higher education terrain quality assurance during & post-covid-19 pandemic outbreak: changes, risks, challenges & mitigatory measures
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Thursday 2nd JULY, 2020 (11.00am-1.00pm) GMT The Association of African Universities (AAU) invites all Higher Education Stakeholders to the above-mentioned Webinar on quality assurance which will combine a presentation and insights from renowned support speakers. The Webinar will be graced by the AAU Secretary General Prof Etienne E. Ehile and Her Excellency, Prof Sarah Agbor
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News on DAAD’s activities on EQA and IQA projects and trainings
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External Quality Assurance (EQA) in higher education for SADC countries Focusing on External Quality Assurance (EQA) in higher education, IIEP-UNESCO, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), and the Southern African Quality Assurance Network (SAQAN) have formed a partnership to jointly organize two blended-learning courses for selected countries in the SADC region. The objective of the
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Establishment of the “Réseau africain francophone des Agences nationales d’Assurance Qualité (RAFANAQ) “(French-speaking African Network of National Quality Assurance Agencies)
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The Réseau Africain Francophone des Agences Nationales d’Assurance Qualité (RAFANAQ) was created in Dakar on 20 February 2020, during a constitutive general assembly held on the last day of the international meeting organised by UNESCO for the implementation of the 3rd component of the UNESCO/Shenzhen Funds-in-Trust (FIT) Project on the strengthening of quality assurance networks
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HAQAA2 is off and running, despite some of the delays and obstacles posed by the global pandemic. The general objective of this Initiative is “To improve the quality and harmonisation of African higher education and support students’ employability and mobility across the continent”, an objective which is even more pressing in the current downturn. HAQAA2
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By Anna Gover, Senior Project Manager at the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) Anna Gover, as a Senior Project Manager at ENQA, is responsible for ENQA’s contribution to the HAQAA Initiative, which supports the harmonisation of quality assurance in Africa. She also supports the work of the ENQA Board and represents
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Rispa Odongo, Former Chair of the Technical Working Group for the Development of the ASG-QA The Africa Union (AU) and the European Union have come together to support higher education (HE) sector in Africa, focusing on harmonisation, quality and accreditation with special attention to regional collaboration and harmonisation in Quality Assurance. The Harmonisation of African
