On May 19-21, 2020 an external review of two clusters of educational programmes delivered by Omsk State Agrarian University named after P.A. Stolypin was held. The review was conducted remotely*.

The External Review Panels involved Russian experts, representatives of professional community and students. During three days of work online meetings with the University administration, with the University administration, Heads of subdivisions responsible for programmes delivery, teachers, students, postgraduate students, graduates and employers were held.

Summary reports and recommendations on further development of the programmes based on the results of the external review will be prepared. Decision about public accreditation of the educational programmes will be made at the meeting of the National Accreditation Board.

On March 26, 2020 the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) published a statement on COVID-19 pandemic, where peculiarities of work of the association and accreditation agencies during the pandemic are explained. ENQA encourages its members to show flexibility in their own review processes, adapt their current activities where necessary and seek ways to support higher education institutions, who are facing an unprecedented disruption to their normal operations. Meanwhile, the association is working remotely.