Agency Review of HAKA

As a prerequisite for application to become a member of ENQA and maintain its membership, a quality assurance agency has to undergo an external review against the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) every 5 years. Undergoing this kind of external evaluation is also a requirement for agencies which are included in the European Quality Assurance Register (EQAR).

As HAKA is a full member of ENQA and registered with EQAR since 2013. HAKA membership was renewed in 2018 and 2023 and is valid until 29 February 2028.

The review is based on the following principles:

  • The review is an evidence-based process carried out by independent experts.
  • The information provided by the agency is assumed to be factually correct unless evidence points to the contrary.
  • The review is a process of verification of information provided in the self-assessment report (SAR) and other documentation and the exploration of any matters which are omitted from that documentation.
  • The process is transparent, and outputs are published.
  • The level of conformity with the ESG required for ENQA membership is that of “substantial compliance”, not rigid adherence.

More information about ENQA reviews can be found on the ENQA website.

Targeted review of HAKA 2022

Site-visit: 19–21 September 2022

Members of the review panel:

  • Tadej Tuma, Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia – Chair, academic (EUA nominee)
  • Núria Comet Señal, Responsible for the Internal Quality Assurance System and Project Coordinator, AQU Catalunya, Spain – Secretary, quality assurance professional (ENQA nominee)
  • Jakub Bakonyi, Master’s student in public administration, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland – Student (ESU nominee; European Students’ Union Quality Assurance Student Experts Pool)

Review coordinator: Milja Homan, ENQA Project and Reviews Officer

Assessment documents:

Agency review of HAKA 2017

Site-visit: 8–11 October 2017

Members of the review panel:

  • Jean Pierre Finance, Professor Emeritus, University of Lorraine, France – Chair, academic (EUA nominee)
  • Marion Coy, Higher Education Consultant and President emerita at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Ireland – Secretary, quality assurance professional (ENQA nominee)
  • Ronny Heintze, Commissioner for international affairs, Agency for Quality Assurance through Accreditation of Study Programmes (AQAS), Germany – Quality assurance professional (ENQA nominee)
  • Olena Rusnak, Student / Head of National QA Student Experts’ Pool, Ukrainian Association of Student Self-Government (UASS), Ukrainian National Union of Students – Student (ESU nominee)

Review coordinator: Lindsey Kerber, ENQA Secretariat

Assessment documents:

Agency review of HAKA 2012

Site-visit: 5–7 December 2012

Members of the review panel:

  • Séamus Puirséil, President, Dublin Business School, Ireland – Chair
  • Aurelija Valeikienė, Deputy Director, Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC), Leedu – Secretary
  • Riitta Pyykkö, Professor of Russian Language and Culture, University of Turku, Chair of the Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC), Finland
  • Jean-Pierre Finance, Honorary President of the University Henri Poincaré, Nancy, advisor for EU at the French university rectors conference (CPU), France (EUA nominee)
  • Allan Päll, University of Tartu, Estonia – Student (ESU nominee)

Assessment documents: