29.3182, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Morocco

Wed Aug 15 20:37:58 UTC 2018

LINGUIST List: Vol-29-3182. Wed Aug 15 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.3182, Calls: Applied Linguistics/Morocco

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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 16:37:13
From: Youssef Tamer [y.tamer at uiz.ac.ma]
Subject: International Conference on Education Quality 2019

Full Title: International Conference on Education Quality 2019 
Short Title: ICEQ2019 

Date: 13-Mar-2019 - 15-Mar-2019
Location: Agadir, Morocco 
Contact Person: Mustapha Aabi
Meeting Email: iceqinfo at uiz.ac.ma
Web Site: http://iceq.uiz.ac.ma 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2019 

Meeting Description:

Contextualising the 2nd International Conference: 
University of Ibn Zohr, Business School, Agadir, Morocco, 
March 13 -15 2019

Quality in Higher Education: 
Sharing Cross-National Examples of Effective Practices

Quality in higher Education has significantly changed in the last decades.
Higher education institutions have experienced pressures of increasing numbers
of students and demographic changes, demands for accountability,
reconsideration of the social and economic role of higher education,
implications and impact of new technologies. More importantly, massification
of higher education has not only changed the mission of higher education
institutions, but also has brought about concerns for standards and quality.

The increasingly globalized economy means that higher education is facing
similar challenges that need to be approached cooperatively. Higher education
institutions around the globe do share almost the same characteristics
particularly current crisis of quality, decrease of government funds, and
fierce competition both locally and internationally. Therefore, it is of
paramount importance that higher education institutions share their
experiences, models and approaches to meet their local needs.

The importance of cross-national quality practices and perspectives has grown
considerably in the last two decades, thanks to increased mobility of
students, academic staff, international accreditations and
internationalization of programmes. The internationalization of higher
education has also urged governments and organizations as well as quality
agencies to protect higher education stakeholders from low-quality services.
For example, UNESCO and OECD's guidelines on Quality Provision in Cross-border
Higher Education encourage higher education stakeholders namely governments,
students, academic staff, higher education managements and quality assurance
agencies to acknowledge international collaboration and recognize diversity as
well as national authority. The growth of external quality assurances agencies
in the world is a clear indicator of raised interest in quality in higher
education. Despite the increase in regional agencies for quality assurance,
they are far from being international due to cultural, economic and political
specificities. Therefore, bringing all educational practitioners and theorists
together will contribute positively to quality in higher education.

The overall aim of 'Quality in Higher Education: Sharing Cross-national
Examples of Effective Practices' conference is to discuss present different
approaches, models and options that can be considered as good principles for
quality enhancement in higher education and a source of inspiration to guide
other higher education institutions in the design and development of their own
quality assurance model. Quality in higher education, albeit in a number of
different forms (quality assessment, programme review, accreditation,
licencing, benchmarking, etc.), is nowadays an inevitable reality in each
national higher education system and will remain a necessary guideline and
steering instrument for many governments, universities and quality assurance
organisations.

Call for Papers:

In 2018 the first International Conference on Quality in Education: Local
Needs, Global Challenges (ICEQ) took place in Agadir, Morocco. It was a
resounding success with over 21 countries represented and the standard of
presentations from contributors promoted rigorous debate.

The aim is to now hold the second international conference (ICEQ2019) which
intends to bring together education practitioners and researchers to explore
ways to promote effective quality in Higher Education. The intention is to
provide a platform for exchanging research findings and extend the boundaries
of thinking about contemporary issues in the field.

The conference organising committee is now accepting submissions for 2019 for
abstracts that will form the basis for individual or symposia presentations
encompassing the theme of ''Quality in higher education: Sharing cross
national examples of effective practice''. It is anticipated that
presentations will revolve around particular stands such as:

- Technology and digital innovation - examples from practice
- Rising student expectations - sharing cross national experiences
- Increased costs and shifting funding - a challenge for lifelong learning
- Making research sustainable - sharing experiences
- Student engagement - recruitment, completion and evaluation
- Leadership matters - policy, systems and cohesion
- Meeting regulatory expectations - the changing face of Higher Education
- Course and programme instructional design - examples of effective practice
- Creating educational climates - promoting trust and preventing violence
- Maintaining teaching quality - challenges and opportunities
- Measuring and evaluating success - listening to the student experience

To register and submit an abstract, visit the abstract guidance on the
conference website: (http://iceq.uiz.ac.ma), and follow our updates on the
conference facebook page: www.facebook.com/ICEQ2019/

Abstract Submission Link:
https://easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=76147842.19IGMnL9jOgkQvBy

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