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Last Friday, July 12th, the Catholic University of Valencia (UCV) celebrated the first graduation of the Joint Master Programme in Marine Biotechnology, an event attended by Javier Oliver, Director General of the Valencian Agency for Assessment and Forecasting (AVAP). The ceremony, held from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM at the Santa Úrsula campus, featured 24…

On July 11, 2024, Javier Oliver, Director General of the Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP), attended the investiture ceremony of two honorary doctors in the Paraninfo of the University of Alicante. This event was a recognition of the distinguished academic careers of professors Pedro Castro Borges and Francisco Michavila Pitarch. The ceremony was presided…

On June 19th, at the University of Alicante (UA), a workshop was held on the internal quality assurance system for continuing education studies. The event featured the participation of quality managers from universities in the Valencian Community. The opening conference was led by Francisco José Torres, Vice-Rector for Studies, Quality, and Languages at UA; Teresa…

The ED-AFFICHE consortium has requested the European Commission to take a more proactive role in establishing the European degree, involving collaboration from 51 institutions and six university alliances, including EU-CONEXUS. After consultations with educational entities and the private sector, clear steps have been defined to overcome legislative and administrative obstacles, facilitating transnational joint degrees. This…

On May 13 and 14, Brussels hosted one of the most significant events in the field of quality assurance in higher education: a working group organized by the “Quality Assurance Fit for the Future (QA-FIT)” project. This meeting, part of a series of activities aimed at exploring and expanding the horizons of quality assurance, featured…

The General Director of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP), Javier Oliver, attended the ENQA 2024 Members Forum, held in Hannover, Germany, from April 17 to 19. This event has been an essential platform for discussing advances and challenges in quality assurance in the European higher education space. During the forum, topics related…

In an important step forward for the assurance of educational quality in the Valencian Community, the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP) begins to implement the procedure for the verification and modification of higher education degrees as of this April. This achievement marks a milestone in the history of AVAP, which has managed to…

In an outstanding conference organised by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI) and with the collaboration of the “la Caixa” Foundation, renowned experts in the scientific field met to discuss the transformative potential of artificial intelligence in scientific evaluation systems. The event, which took place at the AEI headquarters in Madrid, was the epicentre of…

In a significant event for the Spanish scientific and university environment, the Valencian Agency for Assessment and Forecasting (AVAP) took part in the presentation of the National Chapter Spain, a pioneering initiative aimed at reforming research evaluation processes in Spain. This important meeting, organised by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities in collaboration with…

AVAP’s General Director, Javier Oliver, participated in the launch of the UPV’s “Emplea 2024” programme, which helps students and graduates to position themselves in organisations. This innovative project will select 40 participants who will be mentored by leaders in different industries. The programme has demonstrated a positive impact on employability, with a high percentage of…

AVAP’s Consell has approved the update of the organic and functional regulations of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP) at its session on 9 January. This revision marks a milestone in the adaptation of the agency to the changing demands of the educational environment and the growing responsibility to guarantee quality in higher…

The Director General of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP), Javier Oliver, has attended two relevant events for the future of Valencian higher education. Firstly, Javier Oliver participated in the meeting of the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU), where representatives of various Spanish agencies discussed crucial issues related to the continuous…

The Director General of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP), Javier Oliver, met on 5 December with the Director of the Higher Institute of Artistic Education of the Valencian Community (ISEAC CV), Fany Blanch. The meeting, which took place at AVAP’s premises, was an opportunity to exchange ideas and discuss joint strategies to…

The Valencian Agency for Assessment and Foresight (AVAP) has participated as an “Observer” in the evaluation process of several official university degrees of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), carried out by the prestigious American agency ABET. Reyes Giner, Head of the Higher Education Quality and Innovation Service, represented AVAP last week as an “Observer”…

The Director General of AVAP, Javier Oliver, participated in the General Assembly of the European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA) held in Dublin, Ireland, on October 26 and 27. The event, organized in collaboration with Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI), took place in the Croke Park Conference Centre, located in Jones’ Rd,…

The General Assembly of the Network of Spanish University Quality Assurance Agencies (REACU) met on October 8 and 9 at AQU Catalunya to address crucial issues related to the evaluation of university teaching staff, own degrees and micro-credentials. This meeting is of particular importance due to the recent entry into force of regulations that directly…

The Director General of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Prospective (AVAP), Javier Oliver, has announced the commencement of a series of meetings with Valencian universities in an effort to strengthen collaboration and address key issues in the work plan for the coming months. From 16th to 30th of October, Javier Oliver, in his role…

The Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Foresight (AVAP) has taken an important step towards improving higher education in the region by participating in an important working session together with the nine universities of the Valencian Community. The main objective of this meeting was to establish a quality assurance system for the region’s own degrees, unifying…

The general director of the Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Prospective (AVAP), Javier Oliver, was present at the presentation event of the Microcred Plan at the University of Malaga (UMA). The Minister of Universities, Joan Subirats, led the ceremony held at the Rectorate of the UMA, where this ambitious project aimed at boosting university microcredentials…

The Agencia Valenciana de Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP) has published the results of the 2022 evaluation for the hiring of professors at Valencian universities. In total, 1007 applications were received for the positions of doctoral assistant, doctoral contract and private university professor. The results, both overall and broken down by program, reveal an overall percentage…

The Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Prospective (AVAP) has held a meeting with CEU Cardenal Herrera University, with the aim of addressing key issues such as institutional accreditation and the renewal of accreditation of degrees. The main topic of the meeting was the institutional accreditation process, a rigorous evaluation that seeks to guarantee educational quality…

AVAP has met by videoconference with the Agency’s Advisory Board. During the meeting, the new president, Vicente Botti, was introduced and the body was shown the Activities Report for 2022 and the new developments that will materialize during the 2023-2024 academic year, such as the verification and modification of degrees and institutional accreditation. This body…

During this week, the resolutions of the applications received in relation to the accreditation of doctoral assistant professors, doctoral contract professors and private university professors, within the framework of the call published by Resolution of November 15, 2022 of the Presidency of AVAP (DOGV of 28/11/2022), are being notified. Applicants who do not agree with…

The Valencian Agency for Assessment and Foresight (AVAP) held a follow-up meeting with the quality areas of the universities in the Valencian Community to share information. The meeting took place at the AVAP headquarters and had a hybrid format, as universities that could not attend in person participated virtually. During the meeting, the 2022 Activity…

The Valencian Agency for Assessment and Foresight (AVAP) has released its activity report for the year 2022. The report contains all the information related to the authorization, monitoring and accreditation of degrees, faculty evaluation, R&D&I evaluation, as well as the most relevant information shared by the Agency and the highlights of the year. During 2022, AVAP…

Javier Oliver, General Director of AVAP, participated in the celebration of the 20th anniversary of CREUP. During April 18th and 19th, the Coordinadora de Representantes de Estudiantes de Universidades Públicas (CREUP) celebrated 20 years of work for students’ rights with the premise of building a Public, Free, Quality, and Inclusive University. This event, held at…

AVAP is proud to officially annouce that is now listed in the EQAR Register (European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education). EQAR is the EHEA’s official register of Quality Assurance Agencies, listing those that substantially comply with the European Standards and Guidelines (ESG). AVAP has achieved an important milestone in its history by joining EQAR.…

During the morning of March 8th, the Programme Evaluation Commission of AVAP met to review the provisional accreditation reports and final reports that have received allegations. After this meeting, the reports are issued and notified to the universities. This meeting is special for two reasons. On the one hand, we welcome the two new members…

On January 20th, the Ministry of Universities and CRUE (Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities) inaugurated the National Forum for the Reform of Research Evaluation. This Forum, held at the Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona, brought together the most relevant institutions and figures in the field of research evaluation. In addition to Joan…

The Valencian Agency of Evaluation and Prospective (AVAP) has just been included in the Global Academic Integrity Network (GAIN). This network is made up of agencies specialized in evaluating the quality and excellence in the academic field, and seeks to promote collaboration between them to promote academic ethics and the fight against plagiarism in all…

Last December 28th, the 2022 professor accreditation call was closed. AVAP has received a total of 653 applications for assessment for the hiring of teachers in the universities of the Valencian Community in the figures of contracted doctor professor, assistant doctor professor and private university professor. These 653 applicants generate a total of 1092 files.…

AVAP is preparing an online training for evaluators who collaborate with the organisation during the coming year. The training session will take place on Friday 3 February.  This training, aimed at academics, professionals and students who collaborate with AVAP as evaluators, will focus on the most relevant aspects of the university degree evaluation process. Academic experts…

AVAP has been actively participating over the last few months in a pioneering study in Spain on the employability of students of the Environmental Sciences degree in which all the universities in Catalonia, Aragon and the Valencian Community that offer this degree are taking part. During the first months of 2023, more than 700 undergraduate…

AVAP has signed up to join CoARA, the International Coalition for the Advancement of Research Assessment. More than 300 organizations are members of the coalition, which seeks a qualitative evaluation of research. In other words, the agreement seeks a rethinking of the criteria for evaluating the merits of university professors, especially those of research, towards…

AVAP is now a full member of INQAAHE, the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education. This network is a worldwide association of more than 300 organizations that work to ensure quality higher education. With this incorporation, the Valencian agency has taken a step forward in its internationalization process. Together with ANECA, there…

The Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP) has published the call for evaluation for the hiring of teaching staff in Valencian universities for the year 2022. You can access the resolution here: Faculty call resolution 2022 The deadline for submitting applications will be 1 month from the day following its publication in the Diari Oficial…

Javier Oliver is the general director of AVAP, the Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva. Since he came to his position in September 2019 his work and commitment has been to transform the agency’s organization to achieve the agency’s international accreditation.  “It is a long process, which has not been easy from the beginning,” he explained…

Javier Oliver, Director General of AVAP, participated in the ENQA 2022 General Assembly, which took place in Stockholm, Sweden, October 26-28. These three days had the objective of reflecting and debating about the quality of higher education. Over several days, various approaches were developed and explored to ensure the quality of higher education. In addition,…

Call for the selection of a student member for the Accreditation Commission: We have open the process for the selection of a student member to be part of the Accreditation Commission of degrees. It is required to be a Master or PhD student and previous experience in evaluation processes of official university degrees (preferably in…

On September 20 and 21, the monthly meeting of the ENQA Board of Directors was held in Zaragoza. At the invitation of ACPUA, the international agency held its monthly board meeting in the Aragonese capital, changing its usual scenario. In the framework of this meeting, a REACU assembly was also held, where the Spanish agencies…

The Valencian Agency for Evaluation and Prospective has increased the number of jobs of its team in order to carry out more work, of higher quality and more proactive in relation to its functions. From AVAP, it has opted for a policy of improvement in the structure of the agency. 6 new positions have been…

The results of the evaluation carried out by AVAP on the applications for grants from the Program for the Promotion of Scientific Research, Technological Development and Innovation in the Valencian Community have been published. In the document, the files resulting from the evaluations of each committee within each program are fully explained and weighted. The…

The Program for the renewal of the accreditation (ReAcredita) of the official degrees of the Valencian universities has the objective of verifying if the results of the degree are adequate and guarantee the continuity of its delivery until the next renewal of the accreditation. The legislation establishes that the initial accreditation of official titles must…

The general director of AVAP, Javier Oliver, attended the celebration of the 21st anniversary and the inauguration of the new headquarters of ACSUG (Agency for the Quality of the Galician University System) in the Fontán Building of the Cidade da Cultura, in Santiago de Compostela. The event was also attended by different personalities such as…

The Resolution of June 20, 2022 of the president of the Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva approving the call corresponding to the year 2022 of evaluation for the monitoring of university education has been published in the DOGV on July 4 degree, master’s and doctorate officers in the Valencian Community. The purpose of this resolution…

The Valencian Agency for Assessment and Prospective is already a member of ENQA (European Association of Quality Assurance Agencies). The week of June 21-25, AVAP’s CEO, Javier Oliver, attended the ENQA Annual Members Forum in Cardiff. Until this date, since 2016 AVAP has been an agency affiliated with the European Association of Quality Assurance Agencies.…

AVAP has collaborated with the scientific direction of the Xarxa Vives d’Universitats in its study “Via Universitària”, the third of the network of academic institutions in Valencia, Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andorra.     The study reveals that the profile of students in on-site universities is still more traditional than in the previous report (2017-2019),…

Barcelona, 18-20 May 2022. Reinventing Higher Education for a Sustainable Future.  AVAP’s director attended the WHEC 2022 (World Higher Education Conference 2022) together with Pilar Ezpeleta, General Director of Universities.    The Conference has been organized by UNESCO in collaboration with the Spanish Government, the Generalitat de Catalunya, the City Council and the Diputació of…

ANECA was present in its role as Coordinator of the Spanish Network of University Quality Assurance Agencies (REACU).    Last Monday 25th April, the Sectorial Teaching Commission of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities (CRUE) organized, together with the University Network of Postgraduate Studies and Continuing Education (RUEPEP), a conference on the Internal Quality…

A Micro-credential is the evidence of the learning outcomes that a student has acquired after completing a Short Programme (STP). In addition, a Short-Term Programme (STP) is a typology of subject-specific courses that focus on the specific needs of society and can be part of a higher degree programme.    These programmes have become an…

The Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva (AVAP) is an independent institution created with the aim of guaranteeing the quality and excellence of Valencian higher education and innovation systems through evaluation and foresight.     AVAP has its own legal personality and assets, as well as full capacity to act in order to achieve its aims. With…

On 3,5,11,13,16 and 18 May 2022, the staff of AVAP’s Management, Prospective and Public Services Service will be given on-line training sessions on the Sicalwin Accounting Platform used for AVAP’s economic and financial management. This training will be given by the company AYTOS SOLUCIONES INFORMÁTICAS SLU.  Through this training, AVAP’s objective is to provide continuous…

On Thursday 28 April, the Spanish Network of University Quality Assurance Agencies (REACU) met in Madrid to discuss the role of quality assurance agencies with regard to the future Organic Law of the University System (LOSU). The meeting took place at the headquarters of the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) with the…

AVAP has provided a training session for experts who participate as members of the external evaluation committees of the Reacredita programme. This is an online training, especially aimed at experts with little experience in these evaluation processes. The training was prepared and managed by Reyes Giner, head of AVAP’s quality service, together with quality experts…

On Thursday the 4th of March, Javier Oliver, Director of AVAP, and Reyes Giner, head of the Quality Service, travelled to Teruel to attend the bilateral meeting between the University Quality and Foresight Agency of Aragon and the Valencian Agency for Assessment and Foresight (Agència Valenciana d’Avaluació i Prospectiva). The meeting started at 11am and…

The visit of the ENQA panel for AVAP’s European accreditation ended on Friday. The external review has been carried out by a panel composed of a chairperson, a secretary and two members, all of whom are European experts on quality issues in higher education. The task of the review panel is to assess the agency’s…

At 9 a.m. the internal panel’s meeting started, followed by an interview with stakeholders of the agency with different profiles. This will be followed by a meeting with AVAP’s Director General to clarify any doubts the panel of experts may have. After a break at midday, a final session will take place in which the…

From today Wednesday 9th February to Friday 11th, AVAP will be assessed online by four experts from the European Network for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ENQA). This visit will be preceded by a long and demanding evaluation process, carried out by a panel of international experts appointed by ENQA itself, to demonstrate that the…

CHALLENGES IN UNIVERSITY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS OF COMPULSORY SECONDARY EDUCATION AND BACCALAUREATE, VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND LANGUAGE TEACHING This online seminar on challenges in university training is jointly organised by the agencies of Andalucía, Aragón, Castilla y León, Canarias, Galicia, País Vasco, Valencia y Cataluña. It will take place on Thursday 27 January at 11:30pm and will be in Spanish.   SEMMINAR OBJECTIVES: To offer…

In these pages we will present a summary of the main activities carried out by the Agency in 2021, ranging from the evaluation of calls for applications for degrees, teaching staff and R&D&I to expert committees, online courses, webinars, the review of the quality policy with its new map of strategic processes and the internationalisation…

On Thursday 11 and Friday 12 November Tenerife hosted the 2021 Conference of the Spanish Network of University Quality Agencies (REACU), jointly organised by the Canarian Agency for University Quality and Educational Evaluation (ACCUEE) and the Foundation for Knowledge madri+d. Representatives from all the national quality agencies, as well as from the European institutions of…

AVAP INAUGURATES THE DEGREE’S EVALUATION COMMITTEES IN THE DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES OF THE VALENCIAN COMMUNITY The Valencian Agency for Assessment and Foresight has inaugurated this week the visits of the evaluation committees in the different universities of the Valencian Community, within the framework of the programme for the Renewal of the Accreditation of university degrees, whether…