“AQU Catalunya”: A tool for continual improvement of Catalan University System

Authors

  • Martí Cassadesús Fa Doctor ingeniero industrial y catedrático de Universidad de Organización de Empresas de la Universidad de Girona. Actualmente es director de la Agencia para la Calidad del Sistema Universitario de Catalunya (AQU Catalunya).
  • Núria Comet Señal Licenciada en Ciencias Químicas y Licenciada en Documentación Responsable de Calidad Interna y Gestora de Proyectos de AQU Catalunya.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1344/re&d.v0i13.15506

Keywords:

Agencies of quality, higher education quality, quality assurance, AQU Catalunya, universities.

Abstract

This article summarizes the structure, functions and activities of AQU Catalunya, like agency of university quality the main purpose of which is promoting and guaranteeing the quality of higher education, in accordance with international and European academic and social standards of quality and in accordance with the valid regulations, and to provide to the agents of higher education criteria and referents to attain the highest standards of quality in the fulfilment of its functions, satisfying the interest that the society has for an education of quality.

 

The article summarizes the main activity of 4 of the 6 more relevant strategic priorities: Institutional quality, Quality of the university teaching staff, Generation of the knowledge, and Internationalization.

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Published

2016-03-31

How to Cite

Cassadesús Fa, M., & Comet Señal, N. (2016). “AQU Catalunya”: A tool for continual improvement of Catalan University System. Education and Law Review, (13). https://doi.org/10.1344/re&d.v0i13.15506

Issue

No. 13 (2016): Las agencias de garantía de calidad en la enseñanza superior: ENQA y modelos de agencias en España (1)

Section

Monographic Section

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