Category Archives: Actuality

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…