On 5-6 December the IX International Conference «SYSTEMS OF QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN EDUCATION» was held in Kazan.

The XII Russian Forum of the Guild of Experts in Higher Education «International Standards and Modern Approaches to Assessment of Education Quality» was held on 18 November 2017 in Moscow.

The General Assembly of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) organized in cooperation with the Centre International d'Études Pédagogiques (CIEP) was held on 25-27 October, 2017 in Sevres, France.

Peter Korotkov, Head of the Accreditation Office in the National Centre for Public Accreditation, gave a talk to the student leaders of the SCO countries in the Altai Region