INQAAHE Capacity Building Grants

Project title: Excellence Through Quality Assurance : Strengthening Internal Quality Assurance (IQA)
Systems in Universities and Accredited Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) of Nepal

The project aims to strengthen Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) systems in Nepal’s Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the national accrediting agency (EQAAC) by addressing capacity gaps through targeted training, workshops, and resource development. This will enable HEIs to better align with international quality standards, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and ultimately positioning Nepal’s higher education sector for global recognition.

Project title: Capacity Development for a Review of Learning and Teaching Provision

The purpose of the project is to capacitate historically disadvantaged rural universities in South Africa to engage with the CHE’s Learning and Teaching Provision Standard to enable them to do  adequate self-reflection and improvement in anticipation of the CHE’s themed review on Learning and Teaching Practice.

The goals of the project are to:

• Deliver 3 capacity development workshops in rural areas on the CHE’s Learning and Teaching Provision Standard;
• Assist the attendees to start the self-reflection process in anticipation of the CHE review on Learning and Teaching Provision and the submission of their SelfEvaluation Report (SER);
• Assist the attendees to start the process of collecting the required evidence for the Portfolio of Evidence (PoE) for the CHE Review.

Project title: Constructive Alignment and Technology-Enhanced Outcome-Based Education: Quality Assurance for Continuing Quality Improvement (CATE)

The project goal was to contribute to Continuing Quality Improvement (CQI) by bridging the gap between ‘paper’ and ‘practice’ in the technology-enhanced Outcome-Based Education pedagogy. The project used multi-dimensional collaborations and an iterative peer multiplier training model in five universities from Vietnam and Laos to increase the longer-term/sustainable impact of implementing OBE.

The specific objectives of this project were:

• to train academics to ensure CA of curriculum for effective delivery; and
• support the national agenda for the implementation of OBE in Laos and Vietnam to meet the requirements of the ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework.

The CATE project successfully trained Vietnamese and Laotian educators in outcome-based education (OBE). Participants gained practical skills through online training and peer mentoring. The project equipped educators with the tools to implement OBE effectively, leading to improved teaching practices and a cohort of CATE-OBE champions. The outcomes of the project are available here.