Osiguranje kvaliteta u novim doktorskim studijama
Quality Assurance in the New Doctoral Studies

Summary/Abstract: Quality assurance is a generic term in higher education, subject to numerous interpretations. One term cannot possibly cover all the circumstances. Similarly, the word “standard” is used differently in different parts of Europe, to include statements on clearly defined regulatory demands, as well as generalized descriptions of good practice. The interests of higher education institutions and bodies representing students are not always the same because the former are always demanding greater autonomy with minimum regulations or external evaluation (even at the level of the institution), while the latter expect institutions to be open to public scrutiny in the form of frequent inspections of programs or qualifications. Quality assurance in Europe represented one of the three primary areas of the evaluation program within the Bologna process, and it gained even greater importance in 2005 with the adoption of the “European Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education”. Although quality assurance has been well organized as a field within European higher education, its application to the doctoral studies means entering a new area. The initiative for the introduction of the new policy, under the working name “Salzburg 2”, is planned for 2010. Concrete experiences will be added to the Salzburg principles and by November 2010 they should lead to the adoption of recommendations at numerous workshops and the establishment of specific groups in order to ensure the leading role of universities in the reform of doctoral education and their contribution to the development of European higher education, as well as the European research area.

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