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assurance of study programmes

one important element of the bologna process is to cooperate in quality assurance of study programmes.
where professional institutions like the Institution ofChemical Engineers (IChemE) are accrediting courses in their field.
with respect to the criteria for quality assurance in higher education one has to distinguish between input oriented and output orientedmethods.
the needs of the latter two have become especially more focused on outcomes in recent years.
in the UK the actual version of IChemE's accreditation guidelines describes the minimum anddistinctive core in terms of learning outcomes that a graduate from an accredited course should have acquired.

EFCE policy on bologna process

the European Federation of Chemical Enginnering hasdiscussed and decided about its attitude towards the Bologna process. The result has been published recently and can be summarized as follows:
EFCE welcomes and supports the idea of establishing aEuropean Higher Education Area based on the objectives and elements of the Bologna process.
When doing so EFCE will take into account the merits and benefits.
EFCE believes that a reasonable degree ofdiversity in the training of Chemical Engineers is desirable.

What will chemical engineering be in the future?

the majority of the graduates find employment in a wide range of industries, of whichsome have very recently discovered the revelance of Chemical Engineering in their operations.
Prausnitz when speaking about the changes that the Chemical Engineering professional is experiencingtoday and is likely to experience more intensively tomorrow.
Gillett asks how Chemical Engineering can adapt in a rapidly changing world without its identity.
several years ago the EFCE Working Party onEducation in order to be prepared for the upcoming process of harmonizing higher education in Europe and to give an answer to the question of how to adapt without losing identity surveyed curricula...