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In autumn 2017, EKKA underwent an assessment by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). On the basis of a thorough Self-Evaluation Report  as well as interviews conducted in Tallinn, the review panel compiled an Assessment report  and the ENQA Board adopted in March 2018 the decision to renew EKKA’s ENQA membership until…

Estonian higher education QA will undergo a major change starting from 2019, when the former system of parallel institutional accreditation and study programme group assessment will be replaced with a new – integrated model. The EKKA Assessment Council for Higher Education has adopted the following principles for future assessments: 1. to combine institutional accreditation with…

2018 will see last study programme group assessments taking place in higher education, with main focus on assessments of doctoral programmes. Euroacademy and Lääne-Viru College will undergo Institutional Accreditation for the second time. A record number of initial assessments (5) will also be taking place. In VET, 2018 is the closing year of one cycle…

On top of the colleagues from Malaysia and Japan staying for a longer work shadowing visit, EKKA staff members had on 1 November the opportunity to meet four colleagues from the Croatian Agency for Science and Higher Education (ASHE) . Colleagues from Croatia are visiting external assessment agencies of interest from other EU member states…

For the first time in the history of the Estonian Quality Agency for Higher and Vocational Education (EKKA), the Agency is assessing a continuous education study programme. Moreover, this is done in Tajikistan and not in Estonia. The study programme under assessment is a one year blended learning program at the OSCE Border Management Staff College’i…