November 22, 2021 QASPIR is an International organization based in the USA, UK, MENA and India, has established its credibility in helping a large number of higher education institutions across the globe in the professional development of their faculty, developing quality assurance mechanisms and contributing to promoting institutional research.
ECAQA signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the QASPIR (Quality Assurance Strategic Planning and Institutional Research) to offer professional development opportunities to its members.
The MoU aims to enhance collaboration between the two organizations and to leverage QASPIR’s professional development platform Qedex. The partnership will broaden the scope of professional development offerings to ECAQA members and provide a diverse range of hybrid and online training programs geared towards career education institutions. The MoU also calls for strengthening cooperation through mutually promoting each party’s offerings, webinars, and other networking events.
Mr. Stuart Blacklock, CEO of QASPIR, shared, "Our partnership with ECAQA comes very naturally as both our organizations provide complementing services. It comes when professional development is becoming more accepted as a way to improve how students learn and improve institutional performance. With our focus on leadership, faculty, and staff professional development through our platform Qedex, combined with ECAQA commitment to supporting their member's institutions, we can offer a unique and compelling opportunity. We both believe an institution is only as good as its people, and with both ECAQA and QASPIRs strong reputation, we will continue to assist institutions in their pursuit of improved student learning, retention and graduation."
Dr Saule Sarsenbayeva, ECAQA Director General (ECAQA) stated, “Qedex is a distinguishing platform that provides opportunities for faculty, leadership and staff of higher education institutions capacity development in a self-directed path. We strongly believe that partnership with QASPIR will be beneficial for both organisations to advance Continuing Professional Development of Faculty of the Higher Education Institutions.
By introducing Qedex online courses among higher education institutions in Kazakhstan and CIS countries as well, we provide environment for faculty and staff to easily enhance their professional skills by staying at the workplace.
The key feature of all of the courses on Qedex is being accredited by CPD UK, an internationally recognized professional development body and approved externally before being published on the platform.
We hope that it would be the best opportunity for ECAQA partners and higher education institutions’ staff and faculty to be part of global professional community and create regional private micro-community”.
Qedex is a unique platform whose vision is equitable, accessible, and affordable professional development in higher education. With this partnership, ECAQA members can enroll their faculty and staff at a specially agreed rate that provides unlimited access to courses over a one-year period. Qedex will be adding hundreds of courses over the next three years focusing on leadership as well as faculty and staff development. With institutions joining from all around the world, affordability of professional development is a global challenge that creates several barriers to career development. The Qedex vision is a solution for institutions facing these challenges.