On October 19, 2023, the fifth edition of the format “The Accreditation Council in Dialogue” took place on the “Topic of the day: Diversity of QM systems – What freedom do universities have”.
On the one hand, the specimen decree defines the central requirements for a functioning quality management system and, on the other hand, emphasizes that the specific design of the QM systems is left to the individual higher education institutions depending on the respective circumstances.
The range of more than 50 successfully completed system accreditation procedures under the new law was illustrated at the event by presenting the QM models
- of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), presented by Ms. Nadja Legrum-Khaled, Head of the Quality Management Department (click here for the accreditation report, presentation),
- of the University of Greifswald, presented by Dr. Andreas Fritsch, Head of the Office of Integrated Quality Assurance in Studies and Teaching (click here for the accreditation report, presentation) and
- of the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR ), presented by Prof. Dr. Susanne Meyer, First Vice President, Study and Teaching, Diversity and Anti-Discrimination (click here for the accreditation report, presentation)
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In the subsequent panel discussion, in which the representatives of the three higher education institutions were joined by Accreditation Council members Prof. Dr. Óscar Loureda Lamas and Mr. Milan Grammerstorf, as well as the Head of the System Accreditation Department at the Head Office of the Accreditation Council, Mr. Franz Börsch, the tension between non-negotiable framework conditions on the one hand and deliberately opened, innovation-promoting design freedoms on the other was discussed with the approximately 300 participants. The event was concluded by the closing words of the Chairperson of the Accreditation Council, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Joachim Bargstädt, who had also introduced the event.
The event was moderated by Ms. Jasmin Usainov, Deputy Head of the System Accreditation Department at the Head Office of the Accreditation Council.