Author: peliarq2022
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Quality Assurance in Syria
The MoHE is responsible for quality assurance at tertiary level within the national educational remit. In 2005 a number of resolutions were issued in order to establish quality assurance centres sitting within each public university. Such resolutions allowed staff to be trained in quality assurance methodologies and to develop programmes for implementation. The Technical committee…
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Quality Assurance in Lebanon
Lebanon does not have a national quality assurance process; thus, it is up to universities to establish their own internal QA processes[1] as per law 285/2014. This internal QA will allow universities to have themselves ready to be quality assured by external evaluators, or eventually by the national quality assurance agency, when this will eventually…
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Quality Assurance in Jordan
Quality assurance is carried out by the aforementioned AQACHEI.[1] The vision of the commission is to “elevate Higher Education Institutions to global competitiveness.”[2] Monitoring of programmes occurs twice per year and is done internally by the specific university’s quality department, which also conducts student satisfaction surveys. The QA unit looks into the course content and…
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Qualification Frameworks in Syria
Syria currently does not have an official national qualification framework, and in the absence of such framework, the below credential comparison table is being presented as a guide of how Syrian qualifications would be referenced to the EQF, and to their European comparable programmes of studies, based on current practices by recognition centres. Credential …
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Qualification Frameworks in Jordan
Jordan currently does not have a formalised national qualifications’ framework; however, it is a member of the AQF and of the Arab Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education – ANQAHE. Their national framework is still under development and referencing processes have not yet been launched.[1] It should be noted that the learning outcomes in…
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The main actors
Which are the main actors for cooperation between Europe and the Levant? List of Higher Education Institutions in Jordan: http://rce.mohe.gov.jo/studyinjordan/en/ List of Higher Education Institutions in Lebanon: http://erasmusplus-lebanon.org/content/24 List of recognized Higher Education Institutions in Syria: http://mohe.gov.sy/mohe/ (in Arabic) Additional relevant stakeholders for the cooperation between Europe and the Levant: Arab Network for Quality Assurance…
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Main areas of interest for Levantine HEIs
According to the responses to the PELIARQ project’s surveys and interviews, Levantine universities have an interest in developing cooperation primarily in relation to: Digitalization and online learning Qualification frameworks and accreditation procedures Health education, pharmacy Information and communication technologies Business and finance Art and humanities Natural sciences Employability and TVET programs Engineering Environmental studies, renewable…
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The opportunities opened by the digital dimension
The silver lining of the recent COVID-19 pandemic was that many HEIs were forced to move faster towards digitalisation and the use of ICT tools in education, to compensate for the restrictions of movement and in-presence life. The digital dimension of education had an impact also on internationalisation activities, which had a great stop (it…
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How can internationalisation activities get funded?
International organisations and funding opportunities: Erasmus+ programme of the European Commission Horizon Europe programme of the European Commission Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund programme of the European Commission Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) Agence universitaire de la Francophonie Moyen-Orient HOPES-LEB Call for Proposals to support Training and Capacity building projects…
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Mobility flows in and out of Syria
Mobility flows are very limited, due to the war and war-like situation of the country for many years. While incoming mobility is almost none, outbound flows are ongoing. Funders of mobility: international funds, HEIs and the national Ministry of HE. Geographical scope of mobility: due to the recent difficulties in the exchanges with Europe (in…