On September 23-24, 2020, an online conference of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education was held to introduce Accreditation Standards
The adoption of new accreditation standards represents the biggest change in the system of accreditation of higher education institutions and ensuring the internal quality system of higher education in the Slovak Republic.
The conference was intended primarily for representatives of higher education institutions and reviewers of the Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education and other interested parties.
Conference of SAAVS on the introduction of Accreditation Standards – Framework programme
September 23, 2020, Wednesday
9.00 am
Opening of the conference
9.05 – 10.15 am
• Slovak Accreditation Agency for Higher Education
• Motivation of the change in higher education: focus on quality – Robert Redhammer
• European context for quality assurance in higher education – Achim Hopbach
• Responsibility of higher education institutions
• New accreditation standards | PDF presentation
• Motivation of the change in higher education: focus on quality – Robert Redhammer
• European context for quality assurance in higher education – Achim Hopbach
• Responsibility of higher education institutions
• New accreditation standards | PDF presentation
10.15 – 10.30 am
Break
10.30 – 12.30 am
Block: Internal Quality Assurance System of the Higher Education Institution
• Introduction of Standards for the Internal System – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation, Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• Policies, structures and processes of quality assurance in the context of the mission of higher education institution
– Robert Redhammer | PDF presentation
• Student-oriented teaching, learning, and assessment – Matej Bílik | PDF presentation, Bálint Lovász
• Teachers – Institutional policy – René Matlovič | PDF presentation
• Introduction of Standards for the Internal System – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation, Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• Policies, structures and processes of quality assurance in the context of the mission of higher education institution
– Robert Redhammer | PDF presentation
• Student-oriented teaching, learning, and assessment – Matej Bílik | PDF presentation, Bálint Lovász
• Teachers – Institutional policy – René Matlovič | PDF presentation
12.30 – 13.30 pm
Break
13.30 – 15.30 pm
Block: Study Programmes
• Introduction of Standards for the Study Programmes – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation, Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• EHEA Qualification Framework and implications for Study Programmes – Robert Redhammer | PDF prezsentation
• Introduction of Standards for the Study Programmes – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation, Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• EHEA Qualification Framework and implications for Study Programmes – Robert Redhammer | PDF prezsentation
15.30 – 16.30 pm
September 24, 2020, Thursday
9.00 – 10.00 am
Block: Study Programmes
• Compliance of existing range of study programmes with standards – René
Matlovič | PDF presentation
• Design of a new study programme for accreditation (Sec. 30 of Quality Act) – Martina
Džubáková | PDF presentation
• Compliance of existing range of study programmes with standards – René
Matlovič | PDF presentation
• Design of a new study programme for accreditation (Sec. 30 of Quality Act) – Martina
Džubáková | PDF presentation
10.00 – 11.00 am
Block: Evaluation methodology of compliance with standards and accreditation procedures
• Process of evaluation and accreditation process – Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• The methodology for Standards Evaluation – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation
• Supporting documentation for the application for accreditation – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation
• Process of evaluation and accreditation process – Andrej Piovarči | PDF presentation
• The methodology for Standards Evaluation – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation
• Supporting documentation for the application for accreditation – Martina Džubáková | PDF presentation
11.00 – 12.00 am
12:00 – 13.00 pm
Break
13.00 – 14.00 pm
Block: Habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure
• Standards for Habilitation Procedure and Inaugural Procedure – René Matlovič | PDF presentation
• Standards for Habilitation Procedure and Inaugural Procedure – René Matlovič | PDF presentation
14.00 – 14.50 pm
Evaluation of the level of creative activity – René Matlovič | PDF presentation
15.00 – 16.00 pm
16.00 pm
Conclusion