Capacity Building for Effective Implementation of Quality Management Systems in Higher Education Institutions with a Focus on Accreditation, Audits, and Internationalization.

About the training

The intensive training offered an excellent opportunity for capacity building nationally in the fields of Higher Education Quality Assurance Systems in Mauritian Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) with a focus on National Programme Accreditation, Quality Audits, and Internationalisation of academic programmes and practices.

The programme responds to the implementation of reforms in the Mauritian Higher Education landscape, with the enactment of the Higher Education Act 2017. This has introduced substantial changes in programme accreditation and audit requirements for both public and private HEIs. The reforms are aligned with Vision 2030, wherein improving the quality of international higher education is paramount as Mauritius positions itself as a developing knowledge hub in Africa.

The training aimed to equip academic and quality assurance personnel with the foundations of effective quality management systems in higher education, thus enabling them to implement these aspects of quality assurance in their respective roles within the Higher Education Institutions where they operate.

Expected learning outcomes

At the end of the training, the successful participant was expected to be able to:

1. Consider the current developments of national and international educational trends in relation to quality assurance.

2. Determine key roles and responsibilities of a quality/academic manager concerning improving existing quality and programme management systems.

3. Critically review the concepts of Programme Accreditation and Quality Audit in their own institutional context.

4. Appraise the readiness of existing Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) systems in their HEI towards meeting quality requirements with a special focus on programme accreditation and audit requirements.

5. Develop an awareness of the dimensions of internationalization of higher education as applied to their HEI.

6. Apply the basic principles of project management and structure a project in the form of a Project Action Plan (PAP) for a change management project in their choice of a topic within their institution.

Target group

The training was designed for current staff of Higher Education Institutions with responsibilities in different aspects of Quality Assurance within their HEIs. It would include staff in leadership, management, Deanship, Headship roles or quality manager/officer/ representative roles within the HEIs. They should hold at least a bachelor’s degree as recognized by an accredited HEI.

Training dates

Workshop 1: 27th to 29th February 2024

Workshop 2: 26th to 28th June 2024

Training committee

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