V. Navodnov, Director of the National Centre for Public Accreditation, took part in the programme «Den» (Day) on «RBK» TV channel as expert on development of online education in the Russian Federation. The topic of the programme was «Virtual Knowledge: Pros and Cons».

On August 27-30, 2018 the Third Global Summit "Quality Assurance for Higher Education 4.0 – Issues and Challenges" organized by the Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) was held in Denpasar (Indonesia).

The project on making Database of External Quality Assurance Results has been launched in 47 countries – members of the Bologna Process. What advantages will graduates of programmes and higher education institutions included in the Database get?

On May 23-26 the 9th annual conference of the IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence was held in Hasselt (Belgium). Jan Sadlak, President of IREG Observatory on Academic Ranking and Excellence, and Waldemar Siwinski, Vice President, opened the event with analytical reviews.