EQAR

10/03/2026

📣We are hiring! 📣

Are you interested in working for a European public-interest organisation in the field of quality assurance of higher education?
Our Secretariat is looking for an Executive Officer to join our dynamic and international team.

Your main responsibilities:
🔹 Operational management and administrative support
🔹 Internal and external communication
🔹 Event organisation

Your ideal profile (among others):
🔸 Professional experience in office management and administrative support
🔸 Language - excellent, native-level command of written and spoken English and a working knowledge of French and/or Dutch
🔸 Strong proficiency in standard office applications (e.g. Microsoft Office and similar) is required. Proficiency in WordPress website management and social media platforms would be an asset.

Find out more about the job, the requirements, what we offer and how to apply: 👉 https://www.eqar.eu/about/eqar-structure/secretariat/secretariat-jobs/

26/09/2025

📣Call for Candidates for President of EQAR

EQAR is looking for a suitable individual to fill the position of President for the term 1 July 2026 until 30 June 2029.

Responsibilities
🔹 The President has responsibility for the leadership of the whole organisation, acts as the legal representative of EQAR, and is supported by the Director and the Secretariat.

In particular, the President:
🔹 Chairs the Board, the Register Committee and the General Assembly.
🔹 Represents EQAR externally at high-level meetings and events.
🔹 Ensures coherence in the work of all EQAR bodies.

Required profile
🔹 Independence of EQAR’s members and quality assurance agencies.
🔹 Senior leadership experience in higher education.
🔹 Good knowledge of quality assurance and major general policy developments in higher education at the European level.
🔹 Ability to work with governments, quality assurance agencies, higher education institutions and stakeholder organisations.
🔹Excellent command of English.

The closing date for submitting an application is 16 November 2025, 24:00 CET.

Download the full Call for Candidates and find out more about the selection process, logistical and financial aspects and how to submit your candidacy on our website:
https://www.eqar.eu/call-for-candidates/

12/07/2024

📣Cheers to the following agencies for their successful renewal of registration on the Register: A3ES, AHPGS, AQ Austria, CTI, evalag & QQI
👏! The Register Committee approved their applications at the RC meeting in Brussels on 1-2 July:

At the latest Register Committee (RC) meeting, which took place on the premises of the new EQAR office on 1-2 July, the Committee approved the following applications for renewal of registration on the Register:

14/02/2024

Our director Magalie Soenen is joining a peer counseling meeting in the framework of the SEQA-ESG project to support Ukraine and its QA agency NAQA towards compliance with and EQAR registration. Thanks to ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education for the organisation and MAB for hosting!

25/01/2024

Rethinking our education in Europe and Asia, taking into account the theme ‘Leaving no one behind’, at the 9th ASEM Education Ministers’ Meeting. Thanks to and the Minister for Education of Malta for hosting!

05/12/2023

EQAR director Magalie Soenen participates in the State Peer Counselling Meeting for Bosnia & Herzegovina 🇧🇦, supporting the development of aligned with , through the SEQA-ESG2 project lead by ENQA - European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.

Ministrica civilnih poslova Bosne i Hercegovine Dubravka Bošnjak prisustvovala je danas u Banja Luci Konsultativnom sastanku pod nazivom „State Peer Counselling Meeting“. Ovaj značajan događaj organizovala je Agencija za razvoj visokog obrazovanja i osiguranje kvaliteta BiH, a dio je projekta...

22/11/2023

EQAR discussing the QA aspects of the and with the during midterm event.
Magalie Soenen Blazhe Todorovski

16/11/2023

EQAR president and EQAR director Magalie Soenen attending the meeting under Spanish presidency, discussing the future of the Bologna Process & preparing for EHEA Ministerial Conference in 2024.

06/11/2023

Looking for a new challenge? EQAR is hiring!
We are looking for a Policy & Project Officer to join our dynamic and international team.

You would (in a nutshell):
- Manage the Register & support the EQAR Register Committee
- Maintain & develop
- Do project work to support the realisation of the EHEA (desk research, analyses, cooperate with project and other partners)

Your ideal profile (among others):
- At least 3 years’ experience in European higher education policy
- Understanding or experience in the field of relational databases and good IT skills
- Outstanding organisational and communication skills
- Skills in the field of statistics and related IT tools are an asset
- Available to travel within Europe occasionally (+/- 5 trips per year)

Find out more about the job, the requirements, what we offer and how to apply: 👉

29/09/2021

We have a new extended deadline for our Call for Proposals for posters & : 5 October. Please share and spread the word!

Quick recap
- EQAR invites scholars, practitioners and to submit posters or research proposals that draw on (Database of External Quality Assurance Results) data.
- The aim is to offer policymakers knowledge that will support better informed approaches in and enrich the understanding about the dynamic and vivid higher educational landscape in the EHEA.
- Selected authors will be invited to present their work at the DEQAR CONNECT project Conference “From Data to Policy - Linking Quality Assurance and Recognition” on 6-7 December.

More information about the Call for Proposal:

In the framework of the DEQAR CONNECT project, EQAR invites scholars, practitioners and students to submit research proposals that draw on DEQAR data.

06/09/2021

!!! Call for Proposals for posters & research papers !!!

EQAR invites you (scholars, practitioners and students) to submit research proposals that draw on DEQAR data.

The aim is to offer policymakers knowledge that will support better informed approaches in Higher Education and enrich the understanding about the dynamic and vivid higher educational landscape in the EHEA.

This is your chance to delve into DEQAR, to explore, to analyse and then to present your work at the DEQAR CONNECT Conference “From Data to Policy - Linking Quality Assurance and Recognition”.

More about the Call for Proposals and the Conference:
https://www.eqar.eu/about/projects/deqar-connect/conference/
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