Meeting of the General Assembly of the REACU at ACSUG headquarters

The consortium Agency for Quality Assurance in the Galician University System (ACSUG in Spanish), as head of the technical secretariat of the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU) convened a meeting of the REACU General Assembly on Wednesday, 24 October, at  ACSUG headquarters.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the quality agencies of Catalonia, Castile-Leon, Andalusia, Basque Country, Madrid, Valencia, Aragón, Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, de ANECA and ACSUG. The General Secretary of Universities Mr José Manuel Pingarrón also took part as a guest.

The following main points were covered:

  • REACU’s posture with regard to the processes of ensuring quality in the Spanish University System and reforming the official university education planning announced by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities.
  • Development of the institutional accreditation procedure for university centres.
  • Development of the institutional follow-up procedure for university centres.
  • Proposals for the evaluation processes for renewing degree accreditation after renewing initial accreditation (second and third rounds).
  • Development of the accreditation renewal procedure for PhD programmes.
  • Discussion and approval, if applicable, of the Proposals document for possible topics for drafting joint reports that comply with criterion 3.4 of the European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education “Thematic Analysis”.
  • Assessment of the all-encompassing integration of occupational risk prevention in syllabuses in the area of accreditation and verification of university degrees.
  • DEVA-AAC report on the appeals lodged by the Andalusian Universities against the unfavourable verification reports.