Accreditation is ... or what it needs for universities and the media

Initially, the concept of "accreditation" appeared ininternational law and was used for the procedure of accepting and appointing a state representative in another country, as well as for recognizing the powers of journalists working for international companies. Now, over time, this term has become used more widely. Accreditation is an activity as a result of which a confirmation of the conformity of the quality of services to official standards is acquired. Most often it is used in the area where the consumer cannot, by virtue of his competence, give a correct assessment of quality.

Accreditation of universities

In most countries, higher education institutions receive government approval for

educational activities thatissued by the relevant authority. In this case, accreditation is the purposeful activity of higher authorities in determining the quality of work of all areas of the university - from personnel policy and material and technical base to the compliance of curricula with the criteria and standards of the Federal Service for Educational Supervision. Here there are several types:

Institutional accreditation is the definitioncompliance with the educational institution as a whole. It takes place in three stages: self-assessment of activities, external evaluation by the commission of experts and decision-making by a special Council.

Specialized - aims to assess the quality of individual educational

programs.

National accreditation is the definition of a quality component of an educational institution or program within one country.

International - in this case, the evaluation process is carried out by a foreign accreditation agency.

Monitors the activities of educational institutionsFederal Service for Supervision in Education and Science. State accreditation is an obligatory process for universities, due to which the status of an educational institution by type (HEI) is established or confirmed; by type (university, academy, institute). It also determines the level of educational programs that are implemented as part of

institutions, determining their orientation and assessing the compliance of graduates with federal standards and requirements.

Media accreditation

Journalists, based on legal documents andrules after filing an application, can improve their status, according to article 48 of the legislative act “On mass media”. In accordance with it, media accreditation is a procedure by which the powers of journalists are recognized not only in relation to international organizations, but also to government bodies and institutions.

Institute engaged in this activityregulates the relationship between the media and organizations-sources of information and creates favorable conditions for journalistic activities. In particular, subjects who have undergone the procedure have the right to attend meetings, meetings held by the body accredited to them. Thus, journalistic accreditation is an institution designed to streamline contacts between journalists and authorities, to introduce their mutual relations in a more civilized way.