The 2025 ENQA Training of Agency Reviewers

The 2025 ENQA Training of Agency Reviewers will be held online across three half-day sessions on 12, 19, and 26 September 2025.

Drawing on lessons learned, feedback, and materials from completed reviews, the training sessions provide reviewers with the necessary knowledge and guidance on the use of the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG 2015), on the ENQA Agency Review process, and on compliance assessment. In addition, the future panel members are briefed on the expectations of the ENQA Agency Review Committee and the European Quality Assurance Register for Higher Education (EQAR) on the reviews and the related reports. The programme also includes reflections from the perspectives of an agency and experienced expert. The training is a combination of presentations, discussions and practical exercises in working groups.

To ensure that agency reviews are rigorous, fair, transparent, and consistent, this training is mandatory for all potential ENQA reviewers, regardless of whether they are nominated by ENQA, ESU, EUA, EURASHE, or BusinessEurope. Only individuals who have completed ENQA reviewer training are eligible to be included in the pool of trained experts and considered for appointment to ENQA Agency Review panels.

It is expected that after attending the training participants will have sufficient knowledge of the ESG 2015 and the review process so as to integrate as a fully operational panel member. This includes:
• A common understanding of the interpretation and operationalisation needed for conducting a high-quality review, as demonstrated by a clear and well formulated review report.
• A good understanding of the different stages of the review process and the panel members’ specific roles in each one of them.
• Awareness of some of the complex issues that can arise during reviews.

The training is open only to nominated experts and the nominees selected to participate in this training event are contacted individually.

The programme is available here.

01.07.2025 - 12.09.2025

The ENQA Seminar on the European dimension of Quality Assurance

The ENQA Seminar on the European dimension of Quality Assurance will take place on 9 September 2025 in Brussels, Belgium at the Royal Library of Belgium located in Mont des Arts 28, 1000 Bruxelles.

The seminar will cover topics such as the Bologna Process, the European Commission’s priorities concerning quality assurance and higher education, the role of the main stakeholder bodies in the European Higher Education Area, the revision of the Standards and guidelines for quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), and key issues of quality assurance in practice.

The seminar is primarily geared towards new staff of QA agencies or those that want to learn about the fundamentals of quality assurance at the European level.

A draft programme can be found here.

Please note that participation is on a first come first served basis and is initially limited to two participants per organisation. A waiting list will however be kept should places be available.

In order to register for the event, please fill in the form here.

The deadline for registration is 4 July 2025.

01.07.2025 - 09.09.2025