Quality Assurance of Student Blended Mobility

Blended mobility started mainly as a quick solution during the COVID-19 crisis but is now becoming a more permanent part of international student mobility, also assisted by the implementation of such innovative models in European Universities. However, institutions are facing challenges in quality assurance, institutional support, and student engagement. The EU-funded HIBLend project aims to address these gaps by providing a comprehensive framework to support institutions in effectively designing, implementing, and evaluating SBM activities. Surveys, interviews, discussion rounds and validation sessions have been set up by the HIBLend project partners to explore and address the relevant quality issues with students, teachers, institutional administrations, support staff, SBM experts, QA and funding agencies. The main project results related to QA are presented in this paper which starts with summarising the current landscape of SBM, the key trends and institutional perspectives in terms of implementation and uptake. Next, the main quality considerations for SBM in view of the ESG are highlighted. Special attention is given to the project recommendations on how QA agencies can assist with supporting high quality SBM. The paper concludes with a reflection on how QA supports this shift—from emergency response to lasting practice—by helping institutions ensure quality in new mobility formats. 

This paper was presented at EQAF and reflects the views of the named authors only.

ISSN: 1375-3797

Quality Assurance of Student Blended Mobility

Mark Frederiks, Dagmar Provijn, Angeliki Psychogyiou, Henri Annala

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