At the invitation of the Agency for Science and Higher Education (AZVO), Marijana Špoljarić, MEd in Mathematics and Computer Science, of Virovitica University of Applied Sciences gave a lecture and helped run a workshop at the seminar “Internal Evaluation/Assessment/Audit of the Quality Assurance and Enhancement System of a Higher Education Institution” (“Unutarnje vrednovanje/prosudba/audit sustava osiguravanja i unaprjeđivanja kvalitete visokog učilišta”). The seminar was held on 23 October 2026 at the Hotel Zonar in Zagreb.
The seminar was organised within the Network of Quality Assurance and Enhancement Units at Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Croatia (CroQAnet) to exchange knowledge, experience and good practice in internal quality assurance. It brought together representatives of the quality assurance units of higher education institutions.
The other speakers were Andrea Miočić of the Department of Quality Management at the Rector’s Office of the University of Rijeka and Assoc. Prof. Višnja Rajić, PhD, of the Faculty of Teacher Education, University of Zagreb. All three speakers ran the workshop together, contributing their expertise and experience to the exchange of good practice, the discussion of the challenges of internal evaluation and the consideration of ways to further improve quality assurance systems at higher education institutions.
The seminar focused on strengthening cooperation and networking, developing a quality culture and applying the Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in the European Higher Education Area (ESG), in line with national and European quality assurance policies.
The seminar was held as part of the project “Quality Assurance in Higher Education” (AZVOK), SF.2.4.06.02.0001, funded under the Efficient Human Resources Programme 2021–2027 from the European Social Fund Plus. The project aims to improve the quality and efficiency of Croatian higher education institutions by developing and improving external evaluation procedures and strengthening internal systems of quality assurance and enhancement.
The invited lecture and the active part played by the University’s representative in running the workshop confirm the recognition of the University’s professional contribution to quality assurance and its commitment to exchanging good practice and continuously improving quality in higher education.
