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promote good
practices in the maintenance and improvement of quality in higher
education; |
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facilitate research
into the practice of quality management in higher education and its
effectiveness; |
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be able to provide
advice and expertise to assist the development of new quality
assurance agencies; |
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facilitate links
between accrediting bodies especially insofar as they operate across
national borders; |
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assist members to
determine the standards of institutions operating across national
borders; |
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permit better-informed
international recognition of qualifications;
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be able to assist in
the development and use of credit transfer schemes to enhance the
mobility of students between institutions within and across national
borders; and |
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enable members to be
alert to dubious accrediting practices and organisations.
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Membership
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Members receive the
Networks Newsletter and Journal. The Network offers three categories
of membership:
Full
Membership
For organisations responsible for assuring the academic quality of post-secondary
education programs offered by institutions other than themselves; for
example, accrediting agencies, universities
which accredit other
institutions, government agencies which evaluate, and commercial
organisations which undertake accreditation activities.
Application form...
Associate
Membership
For organisations with a major interest in, but no direct responsibility
for, quality assurance.
Application form...
Affiliates
Membership
In addition, individual persons may affiliate to the Network for the
same fee as a member,
and will receive the
newsletter and Journal.
Application form...
Members are obliged
to
1. abide by the Constitution of the Network; and
3. remit, in due time, the subscriptions or any other contributions determined
in accordance with the Constitution.
Membership is
withdrawn if the member
1. resigns, in writing to the Secretariat; or
2. fails to maintain the conditions that allowed its initial admission,
as set out in this Constitution; or
3. does not fulfil the obligations set out in the Constitution; or
4. acts in the Networks name without authorisation; or
5. on a recommendation of the Board.
INQAAHE Policy Statement
The Oman workshop generated a good deal of useful discussion and, while
it was not a decision-making body, a broad consensus emerged that
INQAAHE should become more outgoing, proactive and influential.
An INQAAHE Policy
Statement agreed by the Board, and which will continue to be work in
progress is available to download in MS Word format;
Policy
Statement
