From 8 April to 12 April 2013 INQAAHE Biennial Conference Managing Diversity: Sustainable Quality Assurance Processes was held in Taipei, Taiwan.

All presentations are available below.

Pre-Conference Workshops

1. Qualification Frameworks: from good practices to tools for cooperation, Rob Fearnside
2. Quality Assurance of Joint Degree Programs, Rolf Heusser
3. Training the experts: common trends vs. respecting diversity, Maria José Lemaitre
4. Learning Outcomes and Assessment Index as Elaboration of the ESG Principles on the Quality Assurance of Assessment, Eric Martijnse

Sub-Theme #1 THE QA OF CROSS-BORDER EDUCATION: FROM QUALITY PROVIDERS TO QUALITY ASSURED PROVISION

1. Quality Assurance in Continuing Education and Training: The Experience of The Management Center in Globalizing Recognition Across Border, Amr Hamdy, The Management Center, The American University in Cairo
2. Academic Affiliations Between Foreign And Omani Higher Education Institutions: Learning from OAAA Quality Audits, Susan Trevor-Roper & Salim Razvi & Tess Goodliffe, Oman Academic Accreditation Authority
3. Assuring the Quality of Collaborative Provision of Transnational Higher Education, M. S. Shyamasundar, University of Southern Queensland, Learning & Teaching
4. From Quality Providers to Quality Assured Provision: The Case for Botswana Cross Border Tertiary Education, Gagoangwe Bogopa & Patricia Ncube, University of Botswana, Centre for Academic Development
5. Quality Assurance of Transnational Programs in East Asia: Monitoring of the “CAMPUS Asia” Programs, Takayuki Hayashi, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation
6. Quality Assurance of Cross-Border Education: New Zealand Initiatives, Eve McMahon & Tim Fowler, New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
7. Role And Function of Quality Assurance Agencies in Cross-Border Education Quality Assurance—A Case Study of the Quality Assurance for Sino-Foreign Cooperative Education, Lin Mengquan, China Academic Degrees and Graduate Education Development Center CDGDC)
8. The Implication of Mutual Recognition in Asia: Case Study of MQA and HEEACT, Yu Hsin Lin (Higher Education Evaluation &Accreditation Council of Taiwan), Angela Yung Chi Hou (Fu Jen Catholic University), Zita Mohd Fahmi (Malaysian Qualifications Agency)
9. Using Distributed Learning as A Measure to Capture Additional Data on the Quality of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL), Michael Sankey & Fernando F. Padró, University of Southern Queensland, Learning & Teaching

Sub-Theme #2 INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EXTERNAL QA IN TERTIARY EDUCATION: NOT A SINGLE APPROACH TOWARDS EXCELLENCE

1. Quality Assurance of Mātauranga Māori Qualifications and Education Providers in New Zealand, Eve McMahon & Tim Fowler, New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA)
2. Towards a European Certificate for Excellence in Internationalisation, Mark Frederiks (NVAO & ECA) & Rolf Heusser (ECA)
3. Innovation in Quality Assurance:Developing A Comprehensive Quality Assurance System Where None Other Exists, Tim Klassen & Joy Warkentin, OCQAS
4. Rethink of Peer Review Process in Quality Assurance of Higher Education from Analysis of Objection Report in Taiwan, Karen Hui-Jung Chen & Angela Yung-Chi Hou & Chia-Chun Ho & Yung-Yung Chang & Li-Yun Wang & Hui-Ling Pan, Higher Education Evaluation and Accreditation Council of Taiwan
5. Integrating Innovation and Diversity Into External Quality Assurance Procedures: The Russian Experience, Galina Motova & Vladimir Navodnov, National Center of Public Accreditation
6. Accelerating Quality Improvement and Innovations in Higher Education – The New Framework of NAAC, Sujata P. Shanbhag & Rama Kondapalli, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore
7. Coordination of External Quality Assurance, National Policy and Aid Priorities: An Example From PNG, Jeanette Baird & Wilma Paka, Office of Higher Education, Papua New Guinea
8. Quality Information Systems as Response to Rankings- An Innovative Strategy Of Asia Pacific Quality Network., Jagannath Patil, Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN)
9. Quality Futures – Innovation for Sustainability Through Quality Systems, Anthony McClan & Jayne Mitchell & Alex Ryan & Daniella Tilbury, University of Gloucestershire, UK
10. External Quality Assurance under a Self Accreditation System: Promoting and Assessing Internal Quality Assurance, W.S. Wong, Joint Quality Review Committee, Hong Kong
11. Web Based Monitoring and Evaluation System for External Quality Assessments in Universities, Colin N. Peiris & Samanthi Wickramasinghe, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Council of the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka
12. Student Engagement and Student Satisfaction: Two Measures Auguring for Independent Review Criteria or Standards for Student Support Services in National Quality Assurance Schemes, Fernando Padro & Y.C.M.A. Kek, University of Southern Queensland, Learning & Teaching
13. From Study Programme Accreditation to Study Programme Group Assessment, Liia Tüür & Heli Mattisen, Estonian Higher Education Quality Agency

Sub-Theme #3 IMPACT OF QA AND THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL QA: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES TO A SHARED ISSUE

1. The Impact of the First Audit Round in Finland, Marja-Liisa Saarilammi & Helka Kekäläinen, Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council (FINHEEC)
2. Perceived Impacts of the First External Quality Audits Carried out in Ethiopian Public and Private Higher Education Institutions, Wondwosen Tamrat, St. Mary’s University College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
3. The Impact of the National Authority for Qualifications and Quality Assurance of Education and Training in Bahrain Higher Education, Jawaher Al-Mudhahki & Tariq Al-Sindi, National Authority of Qualifications and Quality Assurance for Education and Training (NAQQAET)
4. Impact of Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) on External Quality Assurance (EQA): An Indian Experience, Ponmundiraj, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
5. A Two-tiered Quality Assurance Approach: The Case of Colleges of Technology in Oman, Rolando M. Lontok Jr., Ministry of Manpower – Nizwa College of Technology
6. Changes in Academic Management and How They Relate to the Process of Institutional Assessment in Argentine Private Universities, Ariana De Vincenzi, Universidad Abierta Interamericana & Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina
7. Using Quality Assurance Mechanisms to Enhance Change and Organizational Learning, Eqbal Darandari (King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) & Tahira Hoke (Saudi Arabia & Prince Sultan University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
8. Benefits from Both American and Taiwanese External QA Processes: The Case of Ming Chuan University, Nellie S. Cheng, Ming Chuan University
9. Challenges and Lessons Learnt from an Intervention Designed to Activate and Strengthen Internal Quality Assurance Mechanisms of Higher Education Institutions, R. Mofolo & M. V. Polaki, Council on Higher Education (CHE)
10. Developing a Regional Quality Assurance System for Higher Education in East Africa: Progress and Experiences, Cosam Chawanga Joseph & Mayunga H.H. Nkunya, Inter-University Council for East Africa
11. Making a Difference: What Is The Impact on UK Higher Education of the Quality Assurance Agency?, Elizabeth Halford & Bill Harvey, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
12. Impact of QA and the Effects of External and Internal QA: Regional Perspectives to A Shared Issue, Julien Lecocq & Solange Pisarz, AERES
13. The Impact of the Qaulity Assurance Process on Ontario’s Colleges, Tim Klassen, OCQAS

Sub-Theme #4 NATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORKS AND THEIR LINKS TO QUALITY ASSURANCE

1. Aligning the Papua New Guinea National Qualifications Framework, Quality Assurance, Policy Directions and Regional Frameworks, Wilma Sharon Paka & Jeanette Baird, Office of Higher Education, Papua New Guinea
2. Assessing the Degree Qualifications Profile for Quality Assurance in American Higher Education Accreditation, Tim Gallimore, Higher Learning Commission Chicago, Illinois USA
3. NQF and QA: The Case of Hong Kong, Yiu-Kwan Fan & Peter Cheung & Anthony Chan, The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
4. National Qualifications Frameworks and Their Links to Quality Assurance, Jayne Mitchell & Melinda Drowley & Sarah Butler, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
5. Quality Assurance and National Qualifications Frameworks Feed Off Each Other to Achieve Quality – A Pacific Perspective, Lemalu Lafi Sanerivi, SPBEA
6. Triangularization of Qualifications Framework, Planning and Quality Assurance, Teay Shawyun, King Saud University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
7. The Relationship Between Quality Assurance and What Students Really Know and Can Do After a Period of Study. Assessing Achieved Learning Outcomes in an External Quality Assurance System, Karin Järplid Linde&Maria Sundkvisst, Swedish National Agency for Higher Education
8. Journeys Within the Credentials Framework: One Organization’s Tales of Quality Assurance Within A Jurisdictional Qualifications Framework, Andre Diez De Aux & Tim Klassen, Ontario College Quality Assurance Service’s (OCQAS)