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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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EASPA General Assembly 2024: Strengthening International Cooperation in Disciplinary Quality Assurance

On 19 September 2024, EASPA held its General Assembly, bringing together representatives from its member organisations and international guests to discuss recent developments and future initiatives in disciplinary quality assurance. The agenda can be accessed here.

Key highlights included updates from the Secretary General on global trends in accreditation, such as emerging field-specific agencies in Indonesia and the Philippines, and opportunities for collaboration with partners in Thailand. The successful EASPA/ASIIN International Day of Higher Education Disciplinary Quality Assurance in April 2024 was also reviewed, with particular attention given to innovative initiatives like the Eurolecturer Academy, European excellence seals for “top-up” procedures, and the launch of the ASIIN Academy for professional development programmes.

The Assembly welcomed presentations from member networks, including SILVA, ECTE, and ECTN, who shared insights into their work in forestry, theological education, and chemistry, respectively. Additionally, financial matters were addressed, and the budgets for 2024/25 as well as the membership fees for 2025 were approved (subject to confirmation by online voting).

Leadership changes were confirmed with Taco Brandsen (EAPAA) elected as Vice-President and Cristina Femoni (ECTN) joining the Executive Board. The discussion concluded with a forward-looking agenda for 2025, focusing on expanding EASPA’s global reach and fostering joint initiatives across disciplines.

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NEW DATE: First EASPA Webinar on New Developments in European Quality Assurance

after the technical problems in the first attempt forced us to postpone, EASPA hereby cordially invites all current and potential new EASPA members to participate in its first webinar on May 4th, from 10 -12.30 o´clock (CEST).

You can join the meeting via computer, tablet or smartphone by simply clicking on the following link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/753849037 shortly before 10 c´clock on the meeting day.

Programme:

  1. Colin Tück, the Secretary General of the European Register EQAR and I myself will join hands in our joint presentation on “New Developments in European Quality Assurance: Innovative Ways to synergize International Recognition Procedures”, where we would like to discuss with you some new ideas of how to best combine various recognition procedures such as our own Network Authorization Procedure and other forms of European Agency Reviews like the review to become a member of the European Quality Assurance Register. The common element in all these reviews is obviously a compliance test against the European Standards and Guidelines.

  2. Jutta Breyer, the coordinator will give an overview of the new “European Software Skills Alliance” as an example on how to design and implement a comprehensive educational European framework,  combining the perspectives of universities, employers, ERIC/NARICs etc.  in a unique way and developing new educational programs on the way as model for other disciplines to follow suite.

  3. Prof. Rui Costa as Secretary General of the global International Food Association (IFA),will present its QA system for food science and engineering and provide an overview concerning its ongoing activities (Accreditation, European projects, conferences, online course databases, ejournals) as does

  4. Prof. John Butler,  C.E.O. of EQA Arts,  about new European QA developments in the European Higher Arts Education Arts Landscape.

As EASPA plans to establish a series of webinars, which will take place in a regular rhythm, current and potential new members are invited to send proposals for future webinar themes and presentations to gf@asiin.de.