Proposal for a EU quality label for aerospace education

Proposal for a EU quality label for aerospace education

Bernelli-Zazzera, Franco (Politecnico di Milano)
Martin-Prats, Maria Angeles (University of Seville)
Marulo, Francesco (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Hanus, Daniel (Czech Technical University)
Melkert, J.A. (TU Delft Flight Performance and Propulsion)
Guglieri, Giorgio (Politecnico di Torino)
Bauer, Pascal (ISAE-ENSMA-Institut Pprime-Dept “Fluides)
Pantelaki, Irene (EASN TIS)
Wasser, Iring (ASIIN e.V.)
Deconinck, Herman (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics)
Bosilca, Ruxandra (INCAS)
Saari, Hanna Kaisa (Aerospace Valley 118 route de Narbonne)

2018-01-01

The paper presents a possible roadmap for the definition of a European quality label for aerospace related higher education degrees. The proposal is the result of a two-years long Horizon 2020 project that has involved a great portion of the European stakeholders in aerospace: Universities, research centres, industries (both small and large) networks, associations and accreditation agencies. The core concept established is that it is possible to establish a sector-specific, content based, quality system, that can complement the existing national or European accreditation systems, providing added value to the internal and/or external quality assurance processes that are in place in most EU countries. The tools and processes proposed are sufficiently simple to be manageable by Universities in addition to their national accreditation processes or as stand-alone assessment. The main goal of the proposed process is the evaluation of the quality of the aerospace curricula in the European context, whereas the accreditation of the programme can be seen as an optional extension of the process, subject to further national regulations. The process is proposed in view of the awarding of a sector-specific, content based, quality label, to be issued by an appropriate legally recognized and qualified institution. 8 field tests with volunteering universities throughout Europe have been performed. They experienced the method as very practical and to the point.

Aerospace higher education
Learning outcomes
Quality in education

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https://doi.org/10.13111/2066-8201.2018.10.2.2

2066-8201

INCAS Bulletin, 10 (2), 5-16

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© 2018 Franco Bernelli-Zazzera, Maria Angeles Martin-Prats, Francesco Marulo, Daniel Hanus, J.A. Melkert, Giorgio Guglieri, Pascal Bauer, Irene Pantelaki, Iring Wasser, Herman Deconinck, Ruxandra Bosilca, Hanna Kaisa Saari