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In the past two years, the AAQ has been actively involved in the EU-funded project “Developing a European Approach for Comprehensive QA of (European) University Networks” (EUniQ) coordinated by NVAO on behalf of the Flemish Community.

In its meeting of 24 September 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Uinversité de Neuchâtel as university.

In its meeting of 24 September 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Pädagogische Hochschule Thurgau as university of teacher education.

In its meeting of 24 September 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Pädagogische Hochschule Zug as university of teacher education.

As quality assurance agency operating in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), AAQ undergoes an external independent review against the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG) every 5 years.

Since commencement of the HEdA, the AAQ has carried out a number of institutional accreditation procedures and has collected feedback in different forms. Some higher education institutions expressed concerns about possible consequences of the recommendations in future accreditation procedures. The AAQ has taken this as an opportunity to conduct a thematic analysis with the intention to give an overview and provide clarity in the context of the recommendations.

AAQ welcomes the initiative to simplify the current procedure. However, the two proposed variants do not achieve a genuine and sustainable simplification, but create new challenges and uncertainty for the

In its meeting of 25 june 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Uinversité de Lausanne as university.

In its meeting of 26 March 2021, the Swiss Accreditation Council granted the accreditation to the chiropractic study programme at the University of Zurich.

In its meeting of 26 March 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich as university of teacher education.

In its meeting of 26 March 2021 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI) as university of applied sciences.

AAQ has decided to continue conducting its procedures and meetings in a digital format/via video conference until the end of the summer break, i.e. 13 August 2021.