The European Union and African Union Commissions are pleased to announce the publication of the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ASG-QA), under the ‘Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA)‘ Initiative, implemented by a consortium consisting of the University of Barcelona (Coordinator), the Association of African Universities (AAU), the European Network for Quality Assurance (ENQA), …
This final phase of the HAQAA Training Course focused on the state of development of different QA systems in Africa and on how to advance the Pan African QA and Accreditation Framework –PAQAF– so as to respect the diversity in QA and accreditation approaches across the continent and enable capacity building. Background The first phase of the HAQAA Training Course …
Dear Recipient, The HAQAA (Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation) Initiative, funded by the European Union in partnership with the African Union, has been established to support the development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional, national, regional and Pan-African continental level. The Initiative is being implemented between December 2015 until November 2018 by …
Tuning Africa Second Symposium on Research and Good Practice in competences-based student-centred approach in higher education I—Introduction This is a call for proposals for the Second Symposium on Research and Good Practice competences-based student-centred approach in higher education which will form part of the Tuning Africa II 4th General Meeting planned to take place from 3 to 6 April 2017 …
The Association of African Universities (AAU) was one of the organizers of the just ended 8th International Conference for Quality Assurance for Higher Education in African (ICQAHEA) held in Windhoek, Namibia, from the 19th to the 24th of September 2016. Some of the conference objectives included the promotion of awareness among the African Higher Education community on recent developments in …
The Harmonization of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA) Initiative consortium held a successful 5 day training workshop in Brussels, Belgium & Bonn, Germany as part of the implementation of its lined up programmes and events that are meant to immensely benefit African Higher Education. This training workshop in French will be followed by another one for the …
The 8th International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa (ICQAHEA) confirmed again that EU-supported efforts to raise the quality of higher education in Africa by promoting a pan-African approach and pan-African cooperation are increasingly bearing fruit and gaining critical support. The quality of higher education on the continent is under pressure because of factors that also affect …
Advisory Board Members of the HAQAA Initiative meet in Brussels As a follow up to the Harmonization of the African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation (HAQAA) Initiative activities, the scheduled Advisory Board meeting took place in Brussels from the 26th to the 27th of April 2016. All the Advisory Board members, as well as members of the consortium attended …
The Harmonisation of African Higher Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Initiative – ‘HAQAA Initiative’ – is proud to herewith announce a training course on Quality Assurance in Higher Education, targeting representatives from ministries, higher education commissions or accreditation agencies of all African countries. More information on the HAQAA Initiative and the policy background can be found at: https://www.aau.org/haqaa/ Course Target …
