News

NArFU Accreditation

External Review of Study Programmes in “Forest Resources Reproduction and Processing” and “Architecture and Construction” is being held in the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov (NArFU).

 

More information is available on the website of NArFU

 

The 7 Annual Conference of Experts, Moscow, 2012

The Seventh Annual Conference of Experts in Higher Education "Implementation of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance Systems" was held on 9-10 November 2012, Moscow, Russia.

 

Legislation

The Russian Government has approved the State Program of the Russian Federation "The Development of Education" for 2013-2020.

 

NCPA and ACQUIN cooperation agreement

In October 2012 NCPA and ACQUIN (Accreditation, Certification and Quality assurance Institute) signed a bilateral cooperation agreement.

 

Change in APQN Leadership

Dr. Antony Stella, elected in March 2011 as President of APQN for 2011-2013, resigned her current position and moved outside the Asia-Pacific region for new position as Commissioner in the Commission for Academic Accreditation in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

The Board has unanimously decided that the Vice-President Dr. Jagannath Patil (NAAC, India) will assume the office of President. As provided in the APQN constitution, the consequential vacancy will be taken up by one of the Board members.

Dr. Patil has been a leading figure in APQN for the past seven years. As project leader, Board member and Vice-President Dr. Patil has led several initiatives of APQN. It gives grounds  APQN will scale new heights under his leadership due to his rich experience and international recognition in quality assurance.

Сongratulations to new President of APQN Dr. Patil!