The Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education is now undergoing the self-assessment process and preparing for the international peer visit foreseen in February, 2017.
The self-assessment report will be a background for the second review of SKVC activities with the purpose to ascertain how well the activities of SKVC align with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG-2015).
The first review of SKVC as the quality assurance in higher education agency was organized in 2012 and the positive results of it gave the possibility to become the full member of the European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) and be listed in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR)
The aim of SKVC activities is to promote the quality of Lithuanian higher education as well as quality culture, create favourable conditions for studies and professional activities, the free movement of persons, and seek compatibility of the Lithuanian higher education system with the provisions of the European Higher Education Area.
For the purpose of effective self-assessment process and planning of future activities, SKVC undertakes consultations with different higher education stakeholders.
On the 3rd of May, 2016 SKVC organized the meeting with students’ representatives. During the meeting, the SKVC activities, as well as their results, impact and benefits for students were discussed. In addition, SKCV representatives talked with students about the appropriateness of the methods for assessing quality in higher education, the role of students in assuring the quality in higher education, the strengths and weaknesses of SKVC activities.
The following meetings to discuss SKVC activities are also planned in 2016:
- 10th of May – meeting with the representatives of universities,
- 24th of May – meeting with the representatives of colleges of higher education,
- 7th of June – meeting with the representatives of employers.
