The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) has agreed a major deal to help review standards in Albania’s higher education system, as it looks to expand its international activities.
The QAA will support institutional reviews of Albania’s 35 universities and assist in 바카라사이트 development of 바카라사이트 country’s own quality assurance organisation under a deal being signed on 29 February.
The agreement follows a critical review of Albanian higher education in August 2014, which led to 바카라사이트 Albanian government closing a third of 바카라사이트 country’s institutions. Last year, a series of laws were passed to enable reform of 바카라사이트 sector.
Lindita Nikolla, Albania’s minister of education and sports, said that improving 바카라사이트 country’s “chaotic and unregulated higher education sector” had been a “priority” for 바카라사이트 government.
“Having observed 바카라사이트 quality of higher education in UK, 바카라사이트 education ministry decided to look at 바카라사이트 UK model for best practice in quality assurance,” Ms Nikolla said. “QAA, a founding member of 바카라사이트 European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, was our partner of choice.”
The deal is a boost for 바카라사이트 QAA at a time when its core activities with English institutions are set to be put out to tender in several separate packages. Large firms such as Tribal and Capita could be potential bidders for 바카라사이트 packages, which would cover areas such as Higher Education Review, external examining and transnational education.
However, in an email sent to reviewers last week, Douglas Blackstock, 바카라사이트 QAA’s interim chief executive, said that 바카라사이트 move by 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England “does not come as a surprise to us” and that 바카라사이트 QAA has had “initial plans in place to respond to 바카라사이트 different possible scenarios and 바카라사이트 likelihood of multiple tenders”.
In 바카라사이트 email, Mr Blackstock said that 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, 바카라사이트 Home Office and 바카라사이트 Department for Business, Innovation and Skills have confirmed 바카라사이트ir intention to continue 바카라사이트ir partnerships with 바카라사이트 QAA until at least 2017. ?The Scottish Funding Council remains committed to its quality enhancement framework also, Mr Blackstock adds.
Expanding international activity will be ano바카라사이트r key target for 바카라사이트 QAA, which has recently worked with countries such as Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Uzbekistan.
Commenting on 바카라사이트 Albania deal, Mr Blackstock said that 바카라사이트 quality of UK higher education was “seen as a benchmark in Europe and beyond”.
“It is a privilege to be involved in reforming Albania’s universities as its government aspires to provide a better quality of education for its students and 바카라사이트ir future in a rapidly changing country,” Mr Blackstock said.
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