On January 13-14, 2016, the IQAA held a regional training seminar in Shymkent on "The procedures of an external review of higher education institutions and an expertise of self-evaluation reports"

On January 13-14, 2016, the IQAA team, headed by the President of IQAA, Dr.Sc., professor Sholpan Kalanova, held training seminars for students and teaching staff on the topic "The procedures of an external review of higher education institutions and an expertise of self-evaluation reports" on the basis of South Kazakhstan State University named after M.Auezov in Shymkent. There have been trained and certified 156 experts from teaching staff and personnel of the following higher education institutions: South Kazakhstan State University named after M.Auezov, M.Dulati Taraz State University, Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University, Kyzylorda State University named after Korkyt Ata, Taraz State Pedagogical Institute, South Kazakhstan State Pedagogical Institute, International Humanitarian and Technical University, the Syrdariya University, etc. (altogether 15 higher education institutions of the region).

In the course of the seminars the experts received complete information on the revised Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), mastered the revised IQAA standards for institutional and programme accreditation, familiarized with the external review procedure, and exchanged opinions on certain issues of accreditation. The experts received the handout material: booklets with revised ESG and ECTS, as well as CDs with the content of the seminar. Presentations of the speakers are available on the IQAA website.

The IQAA database of national experts has replenished with 249 certified experts, trained on the new accreditation standards and procedures.

Also 65 student experts have been trained and certified on accreditation procedures.

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Program of the seminar