THEQC Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Russia’s NCPA
THEQC Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with Russia’s NCPA
The Higher Education Quality Council of Turkey (THEQC) President Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Elmas and the National Centre for Public Accreditation of Russia (NCPA) Director Prof. Vladimir Navodnov signed a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of establishing cooperation between the two Councils in the field of quality assurance and evaluation in higher education.
A meeting between the two national quality assurance councils was hosted by the THEQC in Ankara on August 26, 2019 to improve cooperation and share experiences in quality assurance of higher education. The meeting was attended by the NCPA Director Prof. Vladimir Navodnov, the NCPA Deputy Director Prof. Galina Motova, the THEQC President Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Elmas, the THEQC Vice President Sibel Aksu Yıldırım and the THEQC members and advisors. During the meeting, the national quality assurance approaches in the higher education systems of Turkey and Russia, the current practices on external evaluation and program accreditation, and possible cooperation areas between the two organizations were discussed. After the discussions, the THEQC and the NCPA presidents signed a memorandum of cooperation in the field of quality assurance in higher education.
It is stated in the memorandum that concrete collaboration is aimed in following activities:
- Exchanging experiences and approaches regarding the quality evaluation of academic and research processes in higher education,
- Undertaking joint external evaluations and/or accreditation processes in Turkey and Russia,
- Promoting mobility and exchange of evaluators and experts.
The presentations made during the meeting are available below.
