MONITORING THE QUALITY OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FOR SPECIALISTS IN LINGUISTICS

Abstract

The need to search for possible ways of enhancing professional training of linguists in Ukraine urges one to study the innovative experience, in particular that of the United Kingdom. Together with other EU countries, Ukraine is on the way to developing common approaches to improving the quality of education, common to all countries. Therefore, the purpose of the article is to justify the process of monitoring the quality of professional training for linguists in the UK. The article employs such research methods as analysis, synthesis, as well as comparative-pedagogical, search and prognostic methods. We demonstrated that the establishment of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) has marked a new phase in the reforms on the higher education sector in the UK. The quality assurance system of higher education in the country is characterized by clarity, transparency, logic, consistency, balance and responsibility. A systematic approach to assessing the quality of higher education based on external and internal monitoring shows a high level of support for the higher education sector as the most innovative and important for sustainable development of society. The article proves that the elaboration of relevant recommendations for quality assurance in higher education makes it possible to unify and, at the same time, individualize technologies for assessing the quality of higher education. Furthermore, involving students in the process of monitoring the higher education quality can help to improve student experience at higher education institutions. Defining criteria for admission and training, one can help students to understand their responsibilities and roles as experts better and ensure their active participation in the monitoring of higher education quality.