Abstract of the Joint Audit Report on Quality review in higher education in the Netherlands and in Belgium
Report ID: 277
The important implications of the Bologna Process, which aims to create a European Higher Education Area, have been highlighted by the Court of Auditors and the European Court of Auditors.
Court of Auditors to undertake a joint review of the operation of the system of quality assurance in higher education. The quality of higher education is important for the development of the knowledge economy and thus for the international economic position of the Netherlands and Flanders.
The aim of this research was to contribute to the good functioning of quality assurance in higher education in the Netherlands and Flanders
The audit questions addressed were:
- Is there a system of internal quality assurance that is aimed at measuring, improving and thus maintaining the quality of the higher level education as found in the accreditation process?
- How does external quality assurance work and does it lead to well-founded quality assurance accreditations?
- Do the institutions involved in the accreditation have an insight into the costs of quality assurance?
- Does the Minister supervise internal and external quality assurance?
35 study programmes were selected for this study: 18 in the Netherlands and 17 in Flanders, each divided between three universities and three colleges.
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