On December 1–5, another workshop of the Erasmus+ T-GREEN project was held in Porto, focusing on the reform of postgraduate education. The workshop featured discussions on the outcomes of the pilot implementation of master's degree programmes.
ANQA was represented by Varduhi Gyulazyan, head of the Institutional and Programme Accreditation Division, Anahit Terteryan, specialist of the same division and Anahit Utmazyan, head of the Secretariat.
The following areas were addressed:
- the EU partner HEIs’ legal and internal regulations for the implementation of joint/double/multiple master's degree programmes;
- the results of pilot master's degree programmes implemented by Armenian HEIs;
- the progress of the T-GREEN project’s work packages and their alignment with the new RA Law on Higher Education and Science.
During the workshop, special emphasis was placed on the structure of master's programmes and their compliance with legislative requirements. The potential for the implementation of master’s programmes with double and multiple joint degrees in the following areas was also discussed:
- Green Economy and Management;
- Sustainable Cities;
- Blockchain and Digital Currencies.
The workshop ended with EU experts sharing their observations and recommendations for programme enhancement, clarification of academic processes and ensurance of programme continuity.
Transforming Graduate Education for Green and Sustainable Future (T-GREEN) is a three-year project that addresses the need of reforming graduate education in Armenia in support of the Green Deal and enabling the shift from traditional to future-oriented, green, and interdisciplinary curricula, as well as by promoting student mobility and designing collaborative degree implementation schemes.
Capacity building of national and institutional administrators, decision and policymakers, educators, researchers, and students to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals targeting environmental issues into policies and educational content will be the core of the project.