International evaluation of programmes 45.04.02 “Linguistics Master’s Programme “Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as a Foreign Language”, 05.04.06 “Ecology and Environmental Management / Master’s Degree Programme “Environmental Risk Management in the Arctic” delivered by Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov was held on June 27-28, 2016.

The evaluation was conducted in the frameworks of an international ALIGN project “Achieving and checking the alignment between academic programmes and qualification frameworks” and was aimed to assess the programme on a correspondence with 2 indicators:
1. Review of the alignment of the academic programme
2. Review of quality assurance alignment.

An expert team consisted of 12 members including 3 European experts and 2 observers:

Andre Govaert – ALIGN expert, visiting professor at University of Leuven (Belgium)

Zbigniew Palka – ALIGN expert, professor at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland)

Durdica Dragojevic – CEENQA representative, expert advisor of the Department for International Cooperation, Agency for Science and Higher Education (Croatia)

Oksana Matveeva – Deputy Head of the Accreditation Office, National Centre for Public Accreditation

Olga Nizhevich – Director of the Centre of International Academic Mobility, Department of International Cooperation, NarFU

Liudmila Siluanova – Deputy Director of the Higher School of Economics and Management, NArFU

Olga Veselkova – Director General of “Lingva plus” LLC, Arkhangelsk

Andrey Semushin – Deputy Director, Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanography

Zoya Kosheleva - graduate of the programme “Linguistics Master’s Programme “Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as a Foreign Language”, “Lingva plus” LLC

Anastasia Tomilova - Master’s Degree student in “Environmental Risk Management in the Arctic

Elina Moon – observer, Russian Student Union, Master degree student at Higher School of Economics

Elena Puchkova - observer, Head of Department of Labour Psychology, Moscow State Pedagogical University

The site visit programme included meetings with:
- representatives of the University: working group of ALIGN project, teachers, specialists, responsible for the policy in the sphere of quality (Department of Licensing and Accreditation, Quality Management Centre);
- students and graduates of the educational programme.

Please see more information on the website of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov.