Conference on quality enhancement in Icelandic Higher Education
A conference on quality enhancement in higher education in Iceland will be held on 18 October at Grand Hotel Reykjavik, Hvammur conference room, at 9:30-17:00. The conference will launch the new Quality Enhancement Framework for Higher Education being adopted in Iceland (see here).
Everyone is welcome to attend and there is no registration fee. Please register your attendance at rannis@rannis.is
The agenda is as follows (pdf):
09:30-09:40 Opening and formal welcome
Hallgrímur Jónasson, General Director, Rannis
09:40-10:00 Professor Áslaug Geirsdóttir, Chair of the Quality Council
Welcome to the Conference and introduction to the Conference themes
10:00-10:30 Professor Þórólfur Þórlindsson, University of Iceland
The hallmarks of quality in Icelandic higher education
10:30-10:45 Plenary discussion
Matters raised by Professor Þórólfur Þórlindsson
10:45-11:15 Coffee
11:15-12:00 Professor Norman Sharp, Chair of the Quality Board
Overview of the Icelandic Quality Enhancement Framework
12:00-12:15 Magnús Lyngdal Magnússon, Secretary of the Quality Board
The Icelandic QEF: The first cycle and tasks ahead
12:15-13:00 Plenary discussion of the Quality Enhancement Framework
Members of the Quality Board
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:15 Address by Minister of Education, Science and Culture
Svandís Svavarsdóttir
14:15-14:20 Professor Magnús Karl Magnússon, the Quality Council
Introduction to the afternoon theme
'Managing the university within the Quality Enhancement Framework'
14:20-15:00 Professor Ronald Piper, Senior Vice Principal, University of St Andrews
Managing institutional quality in an enhancement context
15:00-15:15 Plenary discussion
Matters raised by Professor Ronald Piper
15:15-15:30 Coffee
15:30-16:45 Panel: presentations and discussion
Senior representatives of the universities
16:45-17:00 Conference conclusions and next steps
