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Change Happens through People: Evidencing the Value of Professional Development for Educators Involved in Internationalised Programmes
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Lauridsen, Karen M.; Gregersen-Hermans, Jeanine – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2023
Providing targeted professional competence development for educators involved in planning, managing, and teaching internationalized higher education programmes is still a relatively rare phenomenon. This article provides an example of such a continuing professional development (CPD) programme and of how the effect and value of it may be evidenced.…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, College Faculty, International Education, Global Approach
Training Competences in Smart Cities: An Online Program for Higher Education Students
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Adiego, Joaquín; Martín-Cruz, Natalia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to explain the development of an online training curriculum to enable students to acquire the transversal competences needed to work on smart cities projects. In this curriculum, a modern approach to the teaching-learning process was applied, suitable for the interdisciplinary and multinational learning challenges that…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Urban Areas, Sustainable Development, Higher Education
Implementation of Quality Assurance Standards in European Higher Education: Does Context Matter?
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Alzafari, Khaled; Ursin, Jani – Quality in Higher Education, 2019
The vast majority of studies concerning the implementation of quality assurance in higher education institutions have been conducted from a national perspective, with few cross-national studies. This study aimed to explore the implementation of quality assurance standards in Europe from a comparative perspective. A questionnaire based on…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Standards
The Impact of the Bologna Reform on Teacher Education in Germany: An Empirical Case Study on Policy Borrowing in Education
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Kuhlee, Dina – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2017
This article investigates aspects of policy transfer and educational borrowing in German higher education in the wake of the Bologna reforms of higher education in Europe. It examines the origins and results of the Bologna reform process in Germany. Focussing on teacher education, it highlights inconsistencies between political legitimation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Comparative Education, Educational Policy, International Cooperation
Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG)
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European Students' Union, 2015
The "Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area" (ESG) were adopted by the Ministers responsible for higher education in 2005 following a proposal prepared by the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) in cooperation with the European Students' Union (ESU), the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standards, Guidelines, Quality Assurance
The" Common European Framework of Reference for Languages," the European Language Portfolio, and Language Learning in Higher Education
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Little, David – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2012
This article explains the relevance of the "Common European Framework of Reference for Languages" (CEFR) and the European Language Portfolio (ELP) to language learning in higher education, especially as regards the definition of aims and learning outcomes and the promotion of students' capacity to manage their own learning. After…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Portfolios (Background Materials)