TNE Quality Benchmarking (TNE QB)
QUALIFICATIONS BENCHMARKING SCHEME FOR TNE HIGHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDERS
All types of higher education study programmes, or sets of courses of study, or educational services (including those of distance education) in which the learners are located in a country different from the one where the awarding institution is based. (UNESCO/Council of Europe 2001)
TNE Quality Benchmark (TNE QB) is the peer-review process through which Ecctis provides external and independent reassurance that an awarding institution has the capacity to deliver TNE qualifications that:
- are of comparable standards to those of similar provision it offers in its home country (or across its delivery model for online learning);
- provide a learning experience that ensures the achievement of the expected learning outcomes;
- take into account the education, training and skills needs of the location of delivery.
TNE QB serves the primary purpose of improving international understanding of and confidence in TNE qualifications, with a view to facilitating the international recognition of TNE qualifications. It ultimately aims to support the global mobility of TNE students for employment or further study, and the growth of quality and relevant TNE provision.
TNE QB will inform, and be informed by, Ecctis’s broader strategic engagement with national authorities, regulators, qualifications recognition bodies, networks, and other TNE stakeholders internationally, aimed at improving the recognition climate for TNE of demonstrated quality and standards.