Higher Education Assessment Council
Higher Education Assessment Council consists of experts in the fields of higher education and quality assessment of higher education.
The Council has 13 members. The members are elected and approved by the Supervisory Board of HAKA for 3 years. The maximum term of office of a member of the Council is 6 years.
Members of the Council
- Peeter Burk, Chair, University of Tartu, Professor
- Krista Tuulik, Vice-Chair, Tallink Grupp AS, Training and Development Manager
- Ivar Annus, Taltech, Associate Professor
- Martin Argus, Tallinn Health Care College Research Adviser
- Katrin Jõgar, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Associate Professor
- Maaja-Katrin Kerem, Estonian Qualifications Authority, Financial Manager
- Mihhail Kirejev, TTTK University of Applied Sciences, lecturer
- Laivi Laidroo, Taltech, Associate Professor
- Anneli Porri, Estonian Adademy of Arts, lecturer
- Priit Reiska, Tallinn University, Professor
- Enlil Sonn, Tartu University, student
- Hanna Britt Soots, University of Tartu, PhD student
- Eneken Titov, Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences, Professor
The Secretary of the Council is Hillar Bauman.
Functions of the Council
The Quality Assessment Council for Higher Education:
- approves the rules governing the principles of and procedure for higher education quality assessment;
- approves the principles of formation of expert panels and qualification requirements of panel members;
- makes decisions on the institutional accreditation of higher education institutions and quality assessment of their study programme groups;
- coordinates thematic review reports;
- makes an expert assessment of the quality of instruction when the right to provide education is applied for in a new study programme group.
Statutes of the Education and Youth Board, § 24 section 5
Documents
The documents regulating the work of the Council can be found under regulations.