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EASPA Webinar: Recent Initiatives and Activities of EASPA

On 14 July 2025, EASPA and ASIIN hosted an international webinar on disciplinary quality assurance in higher education, attracting a large and engaged audience from various European disciplinary networks. The event provided an excellent platform for members, prospective members, and international guests to exchange ideas on the future direction of field-specific quality assurance.

The programme included insightful presentations on recent initiatives and projects within the EASPA network:

  • Recent Developments in European Quality Assurance (Dr. Iring Wasser, EASPA) (presentation)
  • SKILLAGRI: fostering collaboration between farmers’ associations, academic institutions, and consulting firms (Prof. Dr Rui Costa, EASPA)
  • European Digital Learning Factory (EDLF): creating a digital learning hub for agriculture, energy, logistics, and ICT (Dr. Siegfried Hermes, ASIIN) (presentation)
  • The relaunch of the EASPA-ASIIN Academy for Good Teaching and Learning (Julia Tohidi Sardasht, ASIIN) (presentation)
  • The Eurolecturer Academy: a European platform for teaching innovation and recognition in higher education (Dr. Nataša Brouwer, ECTN) (presentation)

Updates from member organisations and applications from prospective networks such as the Silva Network rounded off the agenda. The lively discussions highlighted the importance of disciplinary networks and their role in promoting excellence in higher education worldwide.

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International Day of Higher Education Disciplinary Quality Assurance

The year 2024 has been earmarked to rejuvenate and strategically reorient EASPA. As a first, but highly important measure, we invite all members and potential members as well as international guests from Asia, Africa and the United States to the EASPA/ASIIN International Day of Higher Education Disciplinary Quality Assurance in the city of Düsseldorf on April 8th 2024. The whole event with high calibre speakers and multiple contributions of EASPA members will be rounded off by an exciting social program.

The corresponding agenda can be found here. It provides for each EASPA organisation to be represented by one or more members with a short presentation. Subsequently, speeches on the following topics will lead to a fruitful discussion: Importance and Advantages of a Disciplinary Approach to Quality Assurance in Higher Education; How to best make use of an International field-specific assurance seal in “top-up” procedures: The European Chemistry Thematic Network Association and EASPA as promoters of excellent field-specific didactics in Higher Education: the Eurolecturer Academy as a new model; Revolutionary new ways of jointly offering & marketing continuous education of EASPA members; New models for “Testing Achieved Learning Outcomes: the case of medical education”  (suggestions for & by EASPA members) as well as News in Disciplinary Professional Quality Assurance around the Globe (Asia, Africa and United States).