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Making Quality Visible – ESF Project 1.227 Malta July 25 th 2014 National Quality Assurance Framework for FE and HE Feedback from a critical friend FACO International Sciencepark Forskerparken 10 DK 5230 Odense M faco@spo.dk Kim Faurschou

Kim Faurschou, FACO On-going/recent activities Roles: • Quality assurance & Critical friend Certification (Cedefop.) Researcher Process consultant • Quality measurement in work Evaluator (formative/summative) based learning (Yh Sweden) Board member/Chairman • NQF (Yh Sweden) Work for: • Quality assurance systems The European Commission (Ballymun Job Centre, Ireland) ENQAVET, Ireland CEDEFOP (Thessaloniki, Greece) • Quality in Adult Learning European Training Foundation (European Commission) (Torino, Italy) Nordic Council of Ministers • Qalll – quality expert (Austria) A number of ministries and organizations in Denmark, • Development of a quality Sweden, Austria, Lithuania, assessment system for VET Romania, Slovakia, UK, Mexico, (Utdanningsdirektoratet, Cyprus, Ireland, Norway, Malta Norway) 2

Evaluation criteria • Objectives & motivation • Stakeholder involvement • Broad principles or detailed regulations • Content • Process – Tests and projects? • Added value and the life after 3

Evaluation criteria • Relevance • Effectiveness – Goals and strategies – Contribution – Consistent with & – Synergies complementary to other – Achieved goals activities – Deadlines – Internal consistence – Support and resources – Strong enough tool • Efficiency • Sustainability – Governance and – Impact on the quality monitoring – structures 4

The Quality Cycle Motivation: why? Goals and objectives? Kvalitetsdimensioner Motivation Success criteria? Education (quality staff) Principles? Standards and principles Standards? Risk profile? Quality of what? What is good quality? Quality culture? Responsible Timing? Conclusions Validity? Conflicts Reliability? Actions & change/continue Internal & external Meta reflections on the Framework? Documentation Control and development

The Maltese Quality Cycle for FE and HE Kvalitetsdimensioner Study-centered Quality policy Teaching staff competence Input, process, output Learning resources Design and approval of programmes Student admission Quality of institutions and programmes Ongoing Internal Periodic External Cyclical external QA Public information

National Quality Assurance Framework Malta - Contents Make it simple!!!!!!! 1. The Quality Cycle 2. Metodology and principles: questions, not answers all stakeholders 3. Standards and guidelines (indicators) input, process, output ESG + EQAVET + MALTA 7

National Quality Assurance Framework Malta - Process 1. Build on existing strengths 2. Ad: structure language leadership 3. Let’s go Create networks among providers Develop and implement together Series of projects and tests 4. Reflect and review the Framework 5. Keep focus 8