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Institutional accreditation of Tallinn Health Care College will take place this week

Institutional accreditation of Tallinn Health Care College will take place this week (18.11-22.11)Institutional accreditation is external evaluation which assesses the conformity of a college’s management, work procedures, study and research activities and study and research environment to legislation and the goals and development plan of the college. The purpose of institutional accreditation is to support the development of strategic management and quality culture that values learning-centeredness, creativity and innovation in the HEIs, as well as to increase the societal impact of education, research and development delivered by the HEIs.

This is feedback-based evaluation in which an international assessment committee analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the institution of higher education based on the self-assessment report of the institution and on information obtained during the assessment visit, providing recommendations for improvement and ways of implementing them. 

In institutional accreditation the following areas are reviewed:
Strategic management
Resources
Quality culture
Academic ethics
Internationalisation
Teaching staff
Study programme
Learning and teaching
Student assessment
Learning support systems
Research, development and/or other creative activity
Service to society

 

Educational institutions must undergo institutional accreditation at least once every seven years.