The Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance and Career Development

Erika Soboleva, Director General of AKKORK, has been voted as an international vocal into the Evaluation, Certification and Accreditation Commission (CECA) of Aragon Agency for Quality Assurance and Strategic Foresight in Higher Education (ACPUA).

Created in 2005 the ACPUA is an autonomous body (public law entity) attached to the Department of Science, Higher Education and Knowledge Society of the Government of Aragon. It is a member of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education) and it is listed on EQAR (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education). It also belongs to INQAAHE (International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education) and ECA (European Consortium for Accreditation).More..

The key topic of the spring issue of the magazine is the upcoming INQAAHEForum 2020 and its agenda, which is devoted to the competencies formation of the Generation Z and its subsequent employabilitythrough classical and innovative approaches. As a tribute to the foreign participants of the Forumsome of the materials have been published in English and Russian.

The “Spotlight Interview” section features François Pernot, Vice President of ENQA (European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education), in which he reveals the Association’s most significant ongoing projects and talks about changes introduced in response to new trends. Also this section contains an interview with Erika Soboleva, Director General of AKKORK, who told readers about the results of the Agency's external assessment by ENQA and the further process of deficiencies elimination. More..

In keeping with the theme of Academic Rankings, AKKORK publishes a brief analytical note with a comparison of the two assessment systems.

Rankings

There are various methods of ranking Higher Education Institutions in academic rankings. They differ significantly from each other. More..

Dear Participants and Speakers,

As you all with no doubt are aware,the outbreak of novel COVID-19 has now reached a number of new countries raising global concerns. The INQAAHE Board as well as the Forum 2020 host, AKKORK, have been actively monitoring the situation, not willing to prematurely postpone, due to the importance of the Forum and the significant benefits of gathering together.

However, the health and safety of our members is paramount and due to the current health and quarantine risks of COVID-19, and taking into account various travel restrictions placed on our participants the INQAAHE Board has taken a decision to postpone Forum 2020 till the last week of September 2020, from 28 until 30 September. The entire programme and all agreed arrangements will carry over into the new dates. More..

On February 14, 2020, Erika Soboleva, Director General of AKKORK, participated as an expert in the round table "Trust and control in the education system in the conditions of the "regulatory guillotine", organized by the National Research University "Higher School of Economics".

The event was held in the framework of the Seventeenth Annual Conference Trends in Education Development: "How to plan and implement effective educational reforms", which was held at the Moscow Higher School of Social and Economic Sciences on February 13-15, 2020. More..

At the end of December 2019, a new issue of the “Education Quality” magazine was released.

In the winter issue of the magazinein the "State policy"sectionwe bring to your attention materials devoted to plans for changes in the education control and supervision system in the light of the "regulatory guillotine".More..

The International Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (INQAAHE) aims to offer an enhancement platform for the broader higher education community in its regions. In this regard, INQAAHE 2020 Forum is being hosted in the Eastern Europe Region for the first time since 2000 and for the first time ever in a post-soviet country. This significant event is proudly hosted by the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development (AKKORK) under the patronage of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. More..

For Forum 2020, INQAAHE welcomes proposals to facilitate one of the four sessions at our 12th Biennial Forum. Next year's Forum will be hosted by the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development (AKKORK) from March 23-25, 2020 in Moscow (Russia).More..

On the 21-22 May 2019 as part of the procedure of external quality assurance and preparation to the international accreditation of higher education programs a site visit has been held in RUDN University. More..