2024 THEQC International Conference on Quality Assurance and Accreditation (ICQA)

Turkish Higher Education Quality Council (THEQC) will organize the 2024 International Conference on Quality Assurance and Accreditation hosted by Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University on 25-26 April 2024.

In addition to scientific exchanges in the field of quality assurance and panels where current issues from the field will be discussed; the conference will also provide an opportunity for interaction between stakeholders such as quality assurance agencies, accreditation organizations, and higher education institutions on an international and national basis.

In this direction, we would be pleased to welcome the participation of scientists, quality assurance agencies, and other interested parties from our country and the world to our conference, which will be held on April 25-26, 2024 at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University TOKİ campus (Gazi Mahallesi).

The conference's main theme is "Internalizing and Improving Quality in Higher Education". It aims to bring together scientific developments, innovations, experiences, and different perspectives in the field of quality assurance in higher education. The conference sub-themes are:

1. Quality Assurance Practices and Challenges

• Data Collection, Data Analytics and Big Data
• Methodological Approaches to Quality Assurance
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Improving Teaching Performance
• Learning Analytics
• Improving Research Performance
• Sustainable Development Goals and Quality Assurance
• Integrating 21 Century Skills into the Curriculum
• Adequacy of Education and Training Processes
• Relevance and Quality of Programs
• Accreditation

2. Impacts of Quality Assurance

• Quality Culture
• Collaboration, Networks and Platforms
• Internationalization
• Policy Making and Improving Institutional Quality
• Leadership and Governance
• Institutional Effectiveness and Accountability

3. Good Practice Examples in Quality Assurance

• Social Contribution
• Distance and Online Learning
• Sustainability
• Micro Competencies
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

4. The Future of Quality Assurance

• New Approaches in Quality Assurance
• Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Beyond
• Global Trends in Higher Education
• Innovative Learning and Teaching Areas and Methods

Abstracts for the conference will be received on the system. Submissions will be subject to peer review on the system.

The conference language is Turkish and English. Abstracts will be accepted in both languages. The abstract should consist of 200-350 words. It should include the purpose, scope, main problems, methodology, and important results (or expected results) of the research. The abstract should include 3-5 keywords. For clarifications regarding these rules, please send an e-mail to konferans@yokak.gov.tr.  We would like to inform you that our acceptance quota is limited, as the rights of the papers accepted (including conditional) before the postponement are reserved.  

Important Dates:

Application and abstract submission: 01.12.2023- 20.12.2023

Announcement of accepted papers: 20.12.2023 - 29.12.2023

Uploading full texts for accepted papers: 02.01.2024 - 31.01.2024

Acceptance of full papers by the Selection Committee: 01.02.2024 - 16.02.2024

Announcement of the Congress Program: April 15, 2024   

Publication of the abstract booklet: April 15, 2024

A separate announcement will be made for those who wish to participate as listeners.

Note: The papers to be presented at the conference will be subjected to thematic classification by the selection committee and some of them will be published in the TÜBA Journal of Higher Education (TÜBA-HER) and some of them will be published as book chapters in the book to be published by TÜBA. Both types of publications will be published after undergoing referee processes in accordance with TÜBA's scientific evaluation procedures and principles.