The past 20 years have seen significant investments in Quality Assurance infrastructure across Europe, thanks largely to the focus on quality assurance provided by the Bologna Process. Starting with the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG) and European Quality Assurance in Vocational Education and Training (EQAVET,) a multitude of standards provide guidance as to what constitutes quality. Quality approaches in institutions vary widely, and despite efforts to the contrary, often quality assurance is reduced to a “commitment to quality culture” supported by a bureaucratic and time consuming set of checks, often in the form of evaluation questionnaire of various kinds.

In fact, according to analysis from the European Commission contained in the Modernisation Agenda for Education, educational institutions are not:

Equipping enough people with the right skills for modern society Doing enough to tackle social divisions, in particular with regards to people from low socioeconomic and migrant backgrounds Contributing enough to innovation in the places they are located, and Organized and funded in a way that allows them to work well.

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