ENQA Evaluation
ACCUA reviewed positively by ENQA (2024)
ACCUA has received the final review report from the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA), the European entity responsible for auditing quality assurance agencies to verify their compliance with international standards. The report, dated September 26, 2024, concludes that ACCUA broadly complies with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), achieving full compliance in 13 out of the 14 evaluated criteria and partial compliance in the remaining one.
ENQA highlighted ACCUA's successful transition since its official establishment in March 2023, following the partial split from the Directorate for Evaluation and Accreditation of the Andalusian Agency for Knowledge (DEVA-AAC). The auditors specifically praised the commitment and professionalism of the agency’s staff, the efforts dedicated to collecting information and ensuring accountability to stakeholders, as well as the measures taken to simplify procedures.
Additionally, ENQA commended the content and structure of the guidelines provided to external experts conducting evaluations, the participation of students in the agency's various evaluation bodies, and the work carried out to ensure consistency in the application of assessment criteria.
This positive evaluation paves the way for ACCUA to renew its membership in ENQA and to apply for the renewal of its registration in the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).
- pdfExternal review report issued by ENQA (September 2024)
- pdfTripartite terms of reference between ACCUA, ENQA and EQAR for the external review of the Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA) by ENQA
- pdfSelf-assessment report 2023 by the Agency for Scientific and University Quality of Andalusia (ACCUA)
DEVA (now ACCUA) reviewed positively by ENQA. 2019
The Board of ENQA, at its meeting of September 19, 2019, agreed to reconfirm the Andalusian Knowledge Agency-Directorate for Evaluation and Accreditation (AAC-DEVA) full-membership of ENQA, taking into account the external review conducted by the independent experts panel appointed by ENQA for this purpose. In this evaluation, the panel underlined DEVA´s staff professionality and commitment as well as the agency´s fundamental role concerning the Andalusian University System continuous improvement.
The external review process to reconfirm the AAC-DEVA membership in ENQA started in December 2018 with the provision of the self-assessment report, which includes detailed information on the agency compliance with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015), a SWOT analysis and a proposal for areas for improvement. In April, from 2 to 5, 2019, the experts panel site visit to DEVA took place. During this visit the panel conducted interviews with the presidency of the Andalusian Knowledge Agency, members of the Governing Board, the Technical Committe for Evaluation and Accreditation, DEVA´s Director, AAC-DEVA´s technical and administration staff, national and international evaluators, students, Andalusian Universities Rectors and Quality Assurance representatives, academic and professional students´ counselling services officers and entrepreneurs. This review process culminates with the external review report and the decision issued by the Board of ENQA concerning the AAC-DEVA's application.
This reconfirmation of membership of AAC-DEVA in ENQA will allow to apply for the renewal of AAC-DEVA inclusion within the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR).
DEVA (now ACCUA) reviewed positively by ENQA. 2014
The Evaluation and Accreditation Directorate (DEVA) of the Andalusian Agency of Knowledge (AAC) renews its presence as full member in ENQA.
For the second time DEVA has passed successfully the external review conducted by ENQA. The review, conducted by a panel of five experts designated by ENQA, acknowledges that DEVA abides by the principles of transparency, independence and efficiency.
On September 26, 2014, the ENQA Board officially communicated to DEVA its renewal of full membership. The review panel met in Cordoba in March, 19th and 20th, 2013. For two days twenty meetings were held with representatives from the Regional Council of Innovation, Science and Business, Andalusian Universities and AAC staff.
AGAE (now ACCUA) reviewed positively by ENQA. 2009
On April 6, 2009, the Governing Board of ENQA made public to the Directorate of the Andalusian University Evaluation and Accreditation Agency the positive outcome of the evaluation carried out by the external Experts Committee appointed by the European Agency for that purpose. The positive evaluation carried out by ENQA ensures the continuity of the Agency as member of this institution for the next five years. The recognition received strengthens the guarantee of quality of the services rendered by the AGAE to the agents of the Andalusian University System.
- pdfAGAE self-evaluation report (July 2008)
- pdfReport of the panel of ENQA coordinated review of the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Research of Andalucia (December 2008)
- pdfComments by AGAE regarding the Report of the panel reviewing the Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Research of Andalucia (January 2009)
- pdfProgress Report, 2011
ENQA AGENCY REVIEWS
Further information on this process and the review reports are available on ENQA website at: https://enqa.eu/index.php/reviews/enqa-agency-reviews/