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In its meeting of 22 March 2019the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to two higher education institutions. The Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale HES-SO was accredited as university of applied sciences, whereas the Haute école pédagogique du canton de Vaud (HEP Vaud) was accredited as university of teacher education.

The AAQ has prepared a thematic analysis of the evaluations conducted by the OAQ from 2011 to 2014. The analysis focuses on the methodology adopted in the procedures, but also on the content of the assessments, with particular reference to one of the quality standards used.

The 13th issue of AAQ Informs, the newsletter of the Swiss Agency of Accreditation and Quality Assurance, is available online.

In collaboration with AACSB, AAQ has carried out a comparative analysis of their mutual standards and procedures, and has issued a report on this process. The AAQ and AACSB have concluded that Combined Accreditation Visits are the only option currently possible if a HEI wishes to obtain both accreditations at the same time.

Following the 2016 review of AAQ’s compliance with the ESG, ENQA reconfirmed AAQ’s full membership for five years. The actual status of implementation for each recommendation made by the review panel is described in a table published recently.

AAQ Institutional Accreditation Day, Bern, 29.11.2018. Wie gelingt es, Studierende, Dozierende und Mitarbeitende in die interne Qualitätssicherung einzubeziehen? Welche Rahmenbedingungen müssen gegeben sein, damit sie über ein angemessenes Mitwirkungsrecht verfügen?

In its meeting of 08.06.2018 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the HTW Chur as university of applied sciences.

Les inscriptions pour le 3ème colloque international du réseau francophone des agences qualité pour l’enseignement supérieur (FrAQ-Sup) sont ouvertes. Le colloque a lieu à Paris le 25 juin 2018 et a pour thème: “Ouverture internationale et francophonie: quelle plus-value pour la qualité de l’enseignement supérieur?”

Die AAQ hat im März 2018 zwei Quality Audits in Österreich abgeschlossen. Zertifiziert nach HS-QSG wurden die Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz sowie die Johannes Kepler Universität in Linz.

In its meeting of 15 December 2017 the Swiss Accreditation Council granted accreditation to the PH Luzern as university of teacher education.

Christoph Grolimund, AAQ director, has been nominated ENQA president during the annual General Assembly that took place in Sèvres, France, on Friday 27 October 2017. He takes over the presidency from his Irish predecessor Padraig Walsh from Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI).

In preparation of the UNESCO Global Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education (Paris, 2019), UNESCO is currently organizing regional events in different parts of the world in partnership with quality assurance agencies and relevant organizations. On 15-16 February 2018 Switzerland will be hosting the event for Western Europe.