Membership Criteria
Please provide the necessary documentation for the level of membership you are seeking. Requirements are as follows:
- Full members must provide evidence that they fulfil the requirements for all Criteria.
- Intermediate members must provide evidence that they fulfil the requirements for Criteria 1 and 2.
- Associate members must provide evidence to prove that they have an active interest in Quality Assurance.
- Institutional Institutional members must provide evidence to prove that they have an active interest in Quality Assurance.
APQN also offers Observer Status. Observers must indicate their interest in the region and state why they wish to become Observers.
| Criteria | Measures | Examples of documentation | Documentation provided | |
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| 1 | Nature of the operations of the agency | The agency is responsible for reviews at institutional or programme level of post-secondary education institutions or post-secondary quality assurance agencies | Legislation
Letter of incorporation Work plan Annual report |
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| 2 | Mission statement and objectives | The agency has formulated a mission statement and objectives which are consistent with the nature of the agency | Strategy
Business plan |
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| 3 | Agency staff Numbers Profile Roles |
The profile of the staff is consistent with the Mission Statement | Annual report | |
| 4 | Profile of reviewers | The profile of the reviewers is consistent with the Mission Statement | Annual report Evaluation manual |
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| 5 | Independence | The judgements and recommendations of the agency’s reports cannot be changed by third parties | Legislation
Review manual |
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| 6 | Resources | The agency has sufficient resources to run its operations in accordance with its mission statement and objectives | Work record |
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| 7 | External quality assurance criteria and processes | The description of the processes and criteria applied should be transparent and publicly available and normally include: self evaluation, site visit, public report and follow-up measure | Review manual
Website: List of publications |
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| 8 | Quality assurance | The agency has quality assurance measures in place and is subject to occasional review | Quality assurance plan |