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EDUQAS International Project

"Implementation of the Education Quality Assurance System through University-Business-Government Cooperation at Higher Education Institutions (EDUQAS)" is a structural project of the EU Erasmus+ programme for education, training, youth…

"Implementation of the Education Quality Assurance System through University-Business-Government Cooperation at Higher Education Institutions (EDUQAS)" is a structural project of the EU Erasmus+ programme for education, training, youth and sport (Key Action 2 — Capacity Building in Higher Education). Project number: 586109-EPP-1-2017-1-RO-EPPKA2 CBHE-SP.

The project's main goal is to improve the quality of education. This requires creating a unified internal quality assurance model in line with EU best practices.

2017–2020Project implementation years
KA2Capacity building in higher education
17Project Partners
12Associate partners
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Project activities and results

The project's work covers engaging all stakeholders, developing programs, and building quality infrastructure, with its results embedded in internal standards and national strategies.

01Project activities
Motivation and leadershipStudent motivation, trust and responsibility, institutional leadership and the engagement of individual staff members.
Program proposalsDevelopment of proposals for Bachelor's and Master's programs with the involvement of all stakeholders.
Programs and learning outcomesBachelor's and Master's programs aligned with objectives and incorporating learning outcomes; the qualification outcomes of each program must be clearly defined.
University–Business Partner NetworkStrengthening the university's partnership network with business through cooperation with EU universities.
Information qualityImproving information quality.
Quality infrastructureDevelopment of a corporate quality assurance infrastructure based on online and mobile technologies.
02Expected outcomes
Internal quality standardsDevelopment of effective internal quality standards.
Self-assessment and university strategiesEnhancing self-assessment and quality assurance in developing national quality assurance strategies and university development strategies.

PROJECT PARTNERS

  • University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania — project coordinator
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
  • University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
  • University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
  • Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Ablai Khan Kazakh University of International Relations and World Languages, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Kazakh University of Economics, Finance and International Trade, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
  • Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine
  • Donetsk State University of Management, Mariupol, Ukraine
  • National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
  • Institute of Higher Education, National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
  • Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • High Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education, Paris, France

Associated partners

  • Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
  • Bilim – Central Asia Educational Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Association of Kazakhstani Teachers of French, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Kazakhstan Communication Association, Almaty, Kazakhstan
  • Kharkiv City National Public Association of Kazakhstanis "Birlik", Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Latvian Employers' Confederation, Riga, Latvia
  • Institute of Modern Psychological Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine
  • Time of Opportunities, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Gender Resource Center, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Department for Enhancing Regional Competitiveness, Kharkiv Regional State Administration, Kharkiv, Ukraine
  • Dnipropetrovsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
  • Agency of French-Speaking Universities in Central and Eastern Europe, Bucharest, Romania