Call for Papers: Pre-congress "Quality Renaissance in Higher Education?"

An international pre-congress entitled "Quality Renaissance in Higher
Education?" will be held in Tallinn on 17 June 2013. The pre-congress is
part of the 57th EOQ Congress "Quality Renaissance - Co-creating a Viable
Future" to be held from 17-20 June 2013.The aim of the congress is to
present and share experiences and best practices that result in achieving
an improved quality of higher education and its management.Prospective
authors are invited to submit presentations that focus on new or
well-proven practices as well as ideas for interactive workshops in the
following areas:- New approaches to improving the quality of higher
education- Best practices in quality management in higher education
institutions- Best practices regarding cooperation between higher education
institutions and businesses- Innovation and excellence in the study
process- Innovation in leadership of higher education institutions-
Benchmarking and higher education – possibilities and difficulties-
Accreditation and quality management in higher education- Evolution of
quality thinking in higher education- Excellence in higher educationThe
papers will be presented in parallel working groups. Each presentation
should have a maximum duration of 15 minutes and be followed by a
discussion among participants.When presenting the proposal your paper
should include the following: - Title of the abstract - Name of the author,
position in the institution/organization - Abstract of the paper with a
focus on one of the themes, between 300 and 500 wordsThe deadline for
submitting the proposals is 17 December 2012. Proposals must be sent by
e-mail to hei@quality2013.eu. Final papers should be submitted by May 31,
2013. For further information please see the official Call or
contactKadrin KergandE-mail: kadrin.kergand@archimedes.ee