The
first week of December at VGU was marked by the visit of the
accreditation team ACQUIN and the representatives of VGU Consortium (Dr.
Dietmar Ertmann and Ms. Nicole Binder) from Germany. On the 1st and 2nd
of December, the peer group including Prof. Dr. Rudolf Stauber
(Frederik-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg), Ms. Tina Agsten
(student of "Technology Management, University of Stuttgart) and Mr.
Clemens Bockmann (ACQUIN) had discussions with the President Board, the
academic and administrative staff for the accreditation work of VGU.
On
the 3rd and 4th of December 2015 at VGU campus, Mr. Clemens Bockmann
gave us an introduction to accreditation in Germany with the approach of
ACQUIN.
"Higher education accreditation is a type of quality assurance process under which services and operations of educational institutions or programs are evaluated by an external body to determine if applicable standards are met. If standards are met, accredited status is granted by the agency" (Wiki).
The
objectives of accreditation in Germany are to implement formal
regulations (developed by the German states and the Accreditation
Council), scientific standards and state-of-the-art-content in the study
programmes (defined by the scientific community), adjusting the study
programme to the necessities of the labour market and supporting students.
For detailed information on accreditation procedures and criteria, the guidelines can be downloaded at:
- Guidelines for Programme Accreditation Procedure:
http://www.acquin.org/doku_serv/Guide_Programmes_EN_ACQUIN.pdf - Guidelines for System Accreditation Procedure:
http://www.acquin.org/doku_serv/Guide_System_EN_ACQUIN.pdf
Ms. Silke giving the gift to Mr. Clemens Bockmann at the end of the workshop
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