The
‘Standards & Guidelines for the ENIC-NARIC networks’ is a quality assurance
instrument designed for the networks. Individual ENIC-NARIC centres can use it on
a fully voluntary basis to review and improve their practices towards
compliance with the LRC, in areas they themselves find most fitting.
The
instrument consists of 6 Standards & Guidelines, and a protocol for
conducting a self-evaluation (including SWOT) and an external peer review by two
other ENIC-NARIC centres. The self-evaluation and a peer review have a
formative approach focused on continuous improvement in areas chosen by the
centre under review. An external peer review is recommended every 5 years or in
case of major changes to the centre.
The “Standards
& Guidelines” for the networks were developed over the last 8 years by a
large group of ENIC-NARICs and quality assurance experts, with co-funding from
the European Commission (EARN, SQUARE and IMPACT projects). The Standards &
Guidelines were adopted by the centres of the ENIC-NARIC networks during their
annual meeting 2019 in Cologne.
For undertaking
the self-evaluation and peer review, please use the following documents:
· Standards & Guidelines Protocol
· Report template self-evaluation
(used by the centre under review)
· Report template (used by peer
reviewing team)
For more
information, contact Jenneke Lokhoff (jlokhoff@nuffic.nl)