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TRANSNATIONAL
EDUCATION -
Presentation
by Andrejs Rauhvargers
Illustrated
presentation of the Council of Europe/UNESCO
Code of Good Practice in the
Provision
of Transnational Education
Definitions
Agents - third
parties, such as brokers, facilitators, or recruiters, that act as intermediaries
between awarding and providing institutions for establishing transnational
educational arrangements. An agent is not usually involved in the provision
of educational services.
Awarding institution - a higher
education institution issuing degrees, diplomas, certificates or other
qualifications.
Providing institution – an institution or organization which is
delivering all or part of a study programme
Transnational arrangements:
collaborative arrangements, such as: franchising, twinning, joint
degrees, whereby study programmes, or parts of a course of study, or other
educational services of the awarding institution are provided by another
partner institution;
non-collaborative arrangements,
such as branch campuses, off-shore institutions, corporate or international
institutions.
Transnational arrangements should be so elaborated, enforced and monitored as
to … comply with the national legislation regarding higher education in both
receiving and sending countries. In the case of collaborative arrangements
there should be written and legally binding agreements or contracts setting
out the rights and obligations of all partners.
![](../../../../WP/Transnational/pr_cod3.jpg) Academic
quality and standards of TE
programmes should be at least comparable to those of the awarding
institution as well as to those of the receiving country.
Awarding institutions as well as the providing institutions are accountable
and fully responsible for quality assurance and control.
Procedures and decisions concerning the quality of educational services
provided by transnational arrangements should be based on specific criteria,
which are transparent, systematic and open to scrutiny.
Information given by the awarding institution, providing
organization, or agent to students should be appropriate, accurate,
consistent and reliable.
Where a programme is delivered through a collaborative arrangement, the
nature of that arrangement and the responsibilities of the parties should be
clearly outlined.
The awarding institution is responsible
for the agents appointed to
act on its behalf. It should conclude written and legally binding agreements
or contracts with these, clearly stipulating their roles, responsibilities,
delegated powers of action as well as monitoring, arbitration and termination
provisions.
The awarding institution
is responsible for and should
control and monitor information made
public by agents operating on its behalf, including claims about the
recognition of the qualifications in the sending country, and elsewhere.
The admission of students for a course
of study, the teaching/learning
activities, the examination and assessment requirements for educational
services provided under transnational arrangements should be equivalent to
those of the same or comparable programmes delivered by the awarding institution.
The academic work load in
transnational study programmes, expressed in credits, units, duration of
studies or otherwise, should be that of comparable programmes in the awarding
institution, any difference in this respect requiring a clear statement on
its rationale and its consequences for the recognition of
qualifications.
![](ar_prepic/pr_cod7.jpg) Recognition.
Qualifications issued through transnational programmes, complying with the
provisions of the Code, should be assessed in accordance with the stipulations
of the Lisbon Recognition Convention.
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