PRESS
RELEASE
Following
the announcement by the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation
Agency (HQA)*, of the results of the external periodic evaluation of
the 22 Greek public universities
http://www.hqa.gr/en/insteval-reports.php
the
Rector of the University of the Aegean communicated to the wider
Aegean academic community a message of appreciation for the
continuous efforts of the community’s members, which brought the
University of the Aegean to the top of the list; the University being
awarded the highest total marks by the external evaluators.
The
Rector underlined the joy and honor felt by the people of this
academic institution, spanning over six islands across the north and
the south Aegean Archipelago, for not only the inclusion of the
University in the highest class of evaluation results – “Worthy
of Merit” along with six more Greek academic institutions– but
for achieving the highest ranking, scoring 18 Worthy of Merit, 7
Positive and 1 Partially Positive marks over the 26 areas evaluated,
as shown in the attached Tables.
The
message underlined that the evaluation process is one, which can
function in a positive way, showing the areas that need strengthening
and support and allowing to consider priorities and overall targets
in a process of continuous improvement. In the case of the University
of the Aegean operating across the eastern frontier of Greece, Europe
and the European Union this process is not only a mechanism for
evaluating the good use of the society’s resources, the Rector
noted, but it is also a way of evaluating the impact of the resources
committed since 1984, by each member of the academic - and the wider
- community of the Aegean towards creating an international, outward
looking institution, maintaining its vision even during crises. The
message of the Rector concluded with the positive evidence of the
efforts – but also the care and concern – of the University of
the Aegean to provide its graduates, with the best qualifications and
skills over these testing times, aiming always “for better and
higher” in an open, all inclusive and fair environment.
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*The
Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (HQA) is an
independent body overseen by the Ministry of Education. It
coordinated the evaluation process in the context of the National
Strategic Reference Framework (ESPA) 2007-2013, "Development of
a national system for the evaluation and assurance of quality in
education and promotion of social integration in Priority Axes 1, 2,
3 – Horizontal Action", program, co-funded by the European
Union through the European Social Fund (ESF). The external evaluation
process, conducted in the course of the academic year 2015-2016, is
planned to run every four years.
Mytilene,
31st of January, 2017
