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Direct linkSin, Cristina; Tavares, Orlanda; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
The paper analyses the impact of programme accreditation in Portugal further to the operations of the Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education, which were initiated in 2009. Tracking the evolution of study programmes, the paper found that, out of the initial 5262 programmes on offer in 2009/2010, 40% have been either…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Teacher Qualifications, Compliance (Legal)
Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina; Videira, Pedro; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2017
Internal quality assurance systems are expected to improve the institutions' core mission of teaching and learning. Using data gathered through an online survey, distributed in 2014/2015, to the teaching staff of all Portuguese private and public higher education institutions, this paper examines the impact of internal quality assurance systems on…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, College Faculty, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina; Amaral, Alberto – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2016
In Portugal, the agency for assessment and accreditation of higher education has recently included in its remit, beyond programme accreditation, the certification of internal quality assurance systems. This implies lighter touch accreditation and aims to direct institutions towards improvement, in addition to accountability. Twelve institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Certification
Cardoso, Sónia; Tavares, Orlanda; Sin, Cristina – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2015
In recent years, initiatives for the improvement of teaching quality have been pursued both at European and national levels. Such is the case of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance (ESG) and of legislation passed by several European countries, including Portugal, in response to European policy developments driven by the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Teacher Effectiveness, College Faculty
Sin, Cristina; Manatos, Maria – Higher Education Policy, 2014
This paper investigates institutional policies and academic practices of student assessment in four Portuguese higher education institutions (HEIs) in the wake of European policy developments driven by the Bologna Process. Specifically, it examines the correspondence between European policy recommendations related to student assessment (promotion…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation, College Students, Higher Education
Saunders, Murray; Sin, Cristina – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
This paper analyses how middle managers perform and experience their role in enacting policy in Scottish higher education institutions. The policy focus is the quality enhancement framework (QEF) for learning and teaching in higher education, which was launched in 2003. The data-set was collected between 2008 and 2010, during the evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Management, Educational Policy, Program Implementation
Sin, Cristina – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
This article compares the national-level requirements for master degree provision in England, Denmark and Portugal following the implementation of the Bologna Process, and ponders upon the reconcilability of these requirements in cross-national initiatives (e.g. joint degrees). In all three countries, master degrees have to comply with the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Degrees, Masters Programs, Qualifications
