INQAAHE Conference 2005 – Wellington (New Zealand)

From 29 March to 1 April 2005 INQAAHE Biennial Conference Quality, Assurance & Diversity was held in Wellington, New Zealand.

All presentations are available below.

Pre-Conference Workshops

1. The Self-Evaluation Process, Dr. David Tippin, The University of Auckland
2. Assuring Effective Site Visits, Dr. DavidWoodhouse, AUQA
3. Fundamentals of Quality Assurance, Dr. Marjorie Peace Lenn (National Center for Higher Education Washington, D.C.) & Dr. Steven Crow (Higher Learning Commission Chicago)

Sub-Theme #1 Diversity in agencies sharing in quality assurance activities

1. Convergence of national and regional accrediting processes, Adriana Caillón & Adriana Rodriguez & Ana Filippa, National Commission for Evaluation and Accreditation (CONEAU)
2. Building a Pan-Canadian Consensus on Quality Assurance for Degree Programs, Donald N. Baker, Postsecondary Education Quality Assessment Board Ontario, Canada
3. DIVERSITY, QUALITY and EMERGING QUALITY ASSURANCE IN BELIZEAN HIGHER EDUCATION, Dr. Eve Aird, Galen University
4. The Accreditation of Gender, J. Elspeth S. Smith, UAE
5. Indian Higher Education: Contemporary Challenges of Quality Assurance, Dr.(Mrs)K.Rama, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, India
6. Managing diversity and moving towards quality assurance in Slovenian higher education, Armand Faganel & Dr. Nada Trunk Sirca & Dr. Slavko Dolinsek, University of Primorska Koper, SLOVENIA
7. Diversity of QA systems and divergent approaches to QA systems in Finnish Higher Education Institutions, Dr. Seppo Saari, Finnish Higher Education Evaluation Council
8. Diversity through Quality Audit, David Woodhouse & Robert Carmichael, AUQA
9. Beyond ‘Lost in Translation’ to an Approach that Supports Diversity, Yonezawa

Sub-Theme #2 Effectiveness of Quality Assurance

1. Is it Possible? Investigating the Influence of External Quality Audit on University Performance, Sarah Carr & Emma Hamilton & Emeritus Professor Phil Meade, University of Otago
2. The South African MBA Review And The Principles Of Efficient Regulation, Douglas Blackmur,  University Of The Western Cape
3. Do the Postgraduate Students Agree with the Academic Auditors?, G. Elizabeth Bean, Lincoln University
4. ‘Student Satisfaction Cycle’ in Accredited institutions of India, Dr. Jagannath Patil, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, India
5. The effect of external quality assurance on students’ learning experience, Khalid Al Safi Al Haribi, Majan College (University College)
6. Can institutional evaluations help higher education institutions?, Lee Harvey, ENQA
7. The Effectiveness of an External QA Process on Doctoral Programs in a Regional System of Universities, Maurice Yeates, Ryerson University
8. Effectiveness of University Evaluation: Experience and Lessons Learned from the Trial Evaluations, Takahiro Saito&Takayuki Hayashi, National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation

Sub-Theme #3 Quality Assurance of Transnational Education​

1. Cross-Border Higher Education in India: False Understandings and True Overestimates, Dr.Antony Stella & Prof.A.Gnanam, National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)
2. Trust and understanding in transnational quality assurance, Nick Harris & Carolyn Campbell, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education
3. Transnational Quality Assurance: In Pursuit Of Global Cooperation, Carolyn Filteau, Council of Ontario Universities Toronto
4. World Bank Grants for Regional Capacity Building in Quality Assurance: Is Your Region Next?, Dr. Marjorie Peace Lenn, Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
5. Mutual Recognition of Accreditation Decisions: A European Perspective, Dr Mark Frederiks (ECA Coordinator; NVAO) & Dr Rolf Heusser (Chairman of ECA; OAQ)
6. UNESCO/OECD Guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-Border Higher Education, Mala Singh, UNESCO
7. Relationship between quality assurance and cross border recognition of qualifications, Theresa Okafor, Quality Assurance and Research Development Agency
8. Quality Assurance of Transnational Education (TE) in the English-speaking Caribbean, Sandra Gift & Elsa Leo-Rhynie & Jacqueline Moniquette, The University of the West Indies

Keynotes​

1. To What End? The Effectiveness of Quality Assurance in Higher Education, Professor Denise Bradley AO, University of South Australia
2. Quality Assurance In Tertiary Education From A Maori (Indigenous) Perspective, Ranginui Walker, University of Auckland
3. Who’s Afraid of Cross-Border Higher Education? A Developing World Perspective, John Daniel & Asha Kanwar (Commonwealth of Learning) & Stamenka Uvalic-Trumbic (UNESCO)