Strategic Support for Accreditation of Programs and Internationalization at South Asian Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)
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Acronym |
SSAPI
Project title |
Strategic Support for Accreditation of Programs and Internationalization at South Asian Higher Education Institutes (HEIs)
Project Code | 619438-EPP-1-2020-1-PK-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Main objective |
Region of intervention |
Pakistan, Germany, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives
Beneficiary entity |
- Capital University of Science and Technology(líder)
- Khesar Gyalpo University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan (KGUMSB)(parceiro)
- Maldives National University (MNU)(parceiro)
- National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NUCES)(parceiro)
- Ripah International University (RIU)(parceiro)
- Royal University of Bhutan(parceiro)
- Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC)(parceiro)
- Universidade de Évora(parceiro)
- Universität Bremen(parceiro)
- University of Peradeniya(parceiro)
- Villa College (VC)(parceiro)
Approval date | 03-08-2020
Start date | 15-01-2021
Date of the conclusion | 15-01-2024
Date of extension | 14-07-2024
Total eligible cost |
876206 €
European Union financial support |
Comissão Europeia
- 876206 €
National/regional public financial support |
Apoio financeiro atribuído à Universidade de Évora |
157658 €
Summary
The project aims to:
- Create awareness among staff, and also students, about the importance of higher education, which is standardized as well as accredited by the international bodies;
- Develop and implement the standards and processes for internal and external qualiry audit system in HEI of partner institutions;
- Develop a system to engage students and staff for the integration of education, research and innovation to achieve long term goals and objetives
More information: https://ssapi-project.net/uevora/
Goals, activities and expected/achieved results
Objectives
- Capacity building for the development of well-defined and documented policies and procedures in HEIs of partner countries.
- Capacity building for the development and implementation of a mechanism to assess and evaluate various academic activities at the HEIs, in comparison with international best practices and guidelines.
- Providing strategic support in identifying the key areas to focus in each HEI.
- Based on the key focus areas identified for each HEIs, drafting the action plans supporting the processes of quality enhancement in teaching, learning and administration
- Developing a qualifications framework, as per the international standards, by setting out the attributes and abilities that can be expected from the holder of a qualification, i.e. Bachelors, Masters, M. Phil, Doctorate, etc., so that the qualification is recognized and accepted internationally.
- Providing training on reformation of the systems, policies and procedures based
- on the key focus areas identified for each HEIs
- Establishing sound and sustainable processes and mechanisms to ensure effective management and continuous improvement of teaching and learning
- Developing standardization mechanisms and quality assurance processes and methods of evaluation
- Strengthening the integration of education, research and innovation to achieve long term socio-economic objectives.
- WP1: Project initiation activities, and assessment and need analysis at each partner HEI
- WP2: Development of Action Plans for each Partner HEI, and Training the Staff
- WP3: Quality Plan for Monitoring and Assessment of Project
- WP4: Dissemination and Exploitation of the Project
- WP5: Management of the SSAPI project