This policy brief aims to provide insights into the future of the European quality assurance framework, in the context of the quality assurance priorities set out by the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and the European Union (EU). It is prepared by the consortium of the Quality Assurance Fit for the Future project (QA-FIT) and does not represent a policy statement from the authors of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG).
The Quality Assurance Fit for the Future project (QA-FIT), co-funded by the European Union, aimed to gather comprehensive evidence and reflect if and how the current EHEA framework of the ESG is perceived to limit the responsiveness of quality assurance to trends and innovations in higher education, and if and how there should be more room for development of alternative approaches to quality assurance. Further information about the QA-FIT consortium and outcomes is available here.
