Teresa Nogueiro

Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal · Departamento de Economia e Gestão

Quality in education is an important topic as it is reflected in the educational levels of a society. Many studies consider students as stakeholders; however, families, employers, and society in general can also be a set of stakeholders in this educational process. This article addresses this issue from an international perspective that results fro...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by all UN member states in 2015, includes the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are seen by Boeren (Int Rev Educ 65:277–294, 2019) as a program of actions not only for people but also for the planet and prosperity. These goals are essentially intended to help nations work together t...

In the era of the globalization and internationalization of higher education, there has been an international trend for global university rankings. World university rankings, which reflect the global competition of universities and depict their relative statuses, have attracted the attention of many universities. Global rankings considered to be on...

Any element that enables higher education institutions (HEIs) to set themselves apart in a positive and superior way in terms of their performance would be advantageous given the competitive climate in which they operate. The Erasmus+ Programme provides HEIs with yet another option to become more competitive and to contribute to the Sustainable Dev...

Total quality management (TQM) is a management approach that was initially used by the industry, but that over time has been adapted to other types of institutions, including higher education institutions (HEI). Currently, the topic of TQM associated with HEIs and higher education is certainly no longer a novelty. However, considering the competiti...

Higher Education Institutions (HEI) are critical to the growth of society since they are one of the key agents in the transformation of professionals who will shape the labour market and societal trends. Those interested in university growth must operate as a basis for knowledge dissemination and the strengthening of sustainable practices. The Time...

Sustainability based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is currently a relevant dimension for the competitiveness of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). Portuguese HEIs will have, therefore, to adapt to the demands of the times and follow the Sustainable Development practices. Therefore, Quality Education is, then, a factor that allows H...

Call for papers, Special Issue "Perspectives and Researches on Higher Education Policies: Analysis for Quality and Development". Societies/MDPI (ISSN 2075-4698) [SJR Q2 (2021); CiteScore 2.0; Area/theme: Social Sciences (all)]. Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2023. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/societies/special_issues/8175W6RKBO

In Europe, and promoted by the European Commission, the Erasmus+ programme has been providing institutions, through various actions, with mobility and exchanges of students, teaching and non-teaching staff both within and outside Europe. In order to increase the qualitative impact of its actions and to ensure equal opportunities, the programme aims...

Erasmus+ is an EU programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014–2021 with a major impact at the international level. These areas are making important contributions to help address socioeconomic changes and the key challenges that Europe will face until the end of the decade as well as to support the implementat...

Growing social concerns have led organisations to think evolutionarily about quality as it is not only relevant to satisfy customers, generate quality products or services and focus on results but also to encourage a participatory, flexible and sustainable value-oriented management. Due to the complex environment and structure of higher education,...

Quality exists and can be defined according to the interest shown by those who refer to it or by those who are willing to make use of it (Morgan and Murgatroyd, 1994). There are, in fact, tools to measure quality and the CAF model used in this research work is living proof. Quality, being a factor of competitiveness, must be assessed continuously a...

Uma das condições que mais influencia a competitividade entre as instituições de ensino é a qualidade. Sendo a sociedade cada vez mais exigente é necessário medir e avaliá-la. A utilização de uma ferramenta de auto-avaliação, desenvolvida ao nível da União Europeia, a Common Assessment Framework (CAF), que teve como modelo de origem o European Foun...

Society is more and more demanding on professional terms. Therefore, in order to achieve Excellence we need to go though processes of continuous improvement and we need to measure and to evaluate Quality which is increasingly seen as a competitive and distinguishing factor between institutions. And institutions from Public Sector like Universities...

More and more Quality is seen as a competitive and distinguish factor between institutions. Institutions from Public Sector like Universities are no exception. It's urgent to evaluate their quality. But we wonder how to evaluate them? Why is it important? The degrees, the courses, the services that support all the University,…What? To evaluate the...

Actualmente, es la necesidad absoluta las instituciones del educación superior siguen el camino de la calidad, no sólo para la demanda creciente de la sociedad en general, pero también porque ellos son la palanca para la competitividad nacional. A pesar de varios modelos ellos existen con respecto a la calidad que podría aplicarse y podría usarse,...