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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 Making Quality Visible – ESF Project 1.227 Malta July 25th 2014

Kim Faurschou, FACO

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Roles:

Critical friend Researcher Process consultant Evaluator (formative/summative) Board member/Chairman

Work for:

The European Commission ENQAVET, Ireland CEDEFOP (Thessaloniki, Greece) European Training Foundation (Torino, Italy) Nordic Council of Ministers A number of ministries and

• rganizations in Denmark,

Sweden, Austria, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, UK, Mexico, Cyprus, Ireland, Norway, Malta On-going/recent activities

• Quality assurance &

Certification (Cedefop.)

• Quality measurement in work

based learning (Yh Sweden)

• NQF (Yh Sweden)
• Quality assurance systems

(Ballymun Job Centre, Ireland)

• Quality in Adult Learning

(European Commission)

• Qalll – quality expert (Austria)
• Development of a quality

assessment system for VET (Utdanningsdirektoratet, Norway)

Evaluation criteria

• Objectives & motivation
• Content
• Process

– Tests and projects?

• Added value and the life

after

• Stakeholder involvement
• Broad principles or

detailed regulations

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Evaluation criteria

• Relevance

– Goals and strategies – Consistent with & complementary to other activities – Internal consistence – Strong enough tool

• Sustainability

– Impact on the quality

• Effectiveness

– Contribution – Synergies – Achieved goals – Deadlines – Support and resources

• Efficiency

– Governance and monitoring – structures

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Kvalitetsdimensioner

The Quality Cycle

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

Kvalitetsdimensioner

The Maltese Quality Cycle for FE and HE

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

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

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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

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