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Glossary
Qualification
Any degree, diploma or other certificate issued by a competent authority (e.g. a higher education institution, red.) attesting that particular learning outcomes have been achieved, normally following the successful completion of a recognised higher education programme of study.
(Bologna Follow-Up Group, Framework for Qualifications of the European Higher Education Area, 2005, p. 30)
Qualifications framework of the European Higher Education Area
The systemtic classification of higher education qualifications in the European Higher Education Area based on level descriptors. These level descriptors are learning outcomes that refer to the following cycles: short cycle, first cycle (cf. Bachelor's level), second cycle (cf. Master's level) and third cycle (cf. Doctoral level). The goal is to improve readability of qualifications and progression between levels. The EHEA QF makes it possible to relate national qualifications to European level descriptors.
Quality assurance
A process of establishing (stakeholder) confidence that educational provision (input, process and outcomes) fulfils expectations or measures up to predefined minimum requirements.