From 27 February to 1 March 2017 INQAAHE Biennial Conference BETWEEN COLLABORATION & COMPETITION: THE PROMISES & CHALLENGES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION was held in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain.

Presentations are available below.

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Workshop 1. Internal & External Quality assurance for QA agencies

Workshop 2. The role of National Qualification Frameworks NQFs in quality assurance and the implications of self-certification for international recognition

Workshop 3. Training reviewers for external quality assurance of HEIs (higher education institutions) and their programmes

Workshop 4.  Assessment of learning outcomes and the concept of value added score

PRESENTATIONS:

Session 1: Quality assurance for competitive advantage in the markets for national and international students

Paper 2 Quality label- a Chinese-French joint initiative to promote quality of cross-border education

Paper 3 Challenges facing universities to satisfy various national and international quality assurance systems

Paper 5 Opportunities and Challenges in a Competitive Student Market - Case Study from Bahrain Polytechnic

Paper 6 Cross-border quality assurance: The experience of (HKCAAVQ)

Paper 7 Assessment of Education Colleges Learning Outcomes in Abu Dhabi

Paper 8 Quality Regulation of International Branch Campuses in Asian Nations Divergence or Convergence

Paper 9 Enhancing Internal Quality Assurance of Internationalization by Adopting Self-Accreditation Policy

Paper 10 Can Overseas Accreditation Agencies be Seen as a Help or a Hindrance for the Local Quality Assurance Mechanism

Session 2: Quality assurance breaking down barriers for students and providers

Paper 1 Towards ultimate enhancement of the involvement of students, alumni and employers

Paper 3 Joint trainings as a bridge of cooperation for agencies and institutions

Paper 5 Analysing The Quality Assurance in Research Planning and Management of Higher Educational Institutions in Oman

Paper 6 Flowering in the Desert Growing Employability, Embedding Quality at Bahrain Polytechnic

Paper 10 Cross-Border Student Mobility a case study of Aga Khan University

Paper 11 Inter-agency cooperation in the quality assurance of transnational Education challenges and opportunities

Paper 12 From National to International The Changing Role of QA Agency from the HEEACTs Experiences

Session 3: Are we closer to a global QA and qualifications framework?

Paper 1 International Quality Collaboration between Sending and Receiving Countries of Higher Education Institutions

Paper 2 The role of QA agencies in outbound TNE, the Austrian approach

Paper 3 Can QA and Culture-Norms Co-Exist

Paper 5 Arab Qualifications Framework (AQF) ANQAHE Model

Paper 6 A Blueprint for a Global Qualifications Framework

Paper 10 Public university reform the future of quality assurance in Bahrain

Session 4: The Quality Assurance agenda for the next 25 years

Paper 2 Building Capacity for QA in a Profession where Culture Matters an Examination

Paper 3 Challenges for the next decades for quality assurance agencies and higher education institutions in the GCC

Paper 4 Aligning the Quality Assurance of Higher Education with the Education for Sustainability Requirements

Paper 5 Questioning the Authenticity of Quality Assurance Frameworks for teaching and learning a case study from East Africa

Paper 7 Improving University Governance through External Evaluation

Paper 8 Towards a Taxonomy of Quality Assurance Systems

Paper 9 Quantity Educational Quality and a Global Framework Three Inevitable Innovations

Paper 10 The Quality Assurance agenda for the next 25 years

Paper 11 Challenges of the Quality Assurance Agenda in India for the next 25 years