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It aims to analyse IEP follow\u2010up reports to determine whether the programme contributes to the development of a quality improvement culture.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The structure and contents of 22 follow\u2010up reports were analysed to assess the IEP programme. All reports were subject to content analysis using adequate software (NVivo 8 with a 242 nodes tree), the main goal being to evaluate progress made since the original evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The reports analysed and the work by other authors show that IEP can constitute a useful approach towards the universities' quality improvement. IEP evaluations generally give a precise account of problems faced by each university, identifying its strong and weak points, opportunities and threats, and presenting clear recommendations and suggestions for improvement. If properly discussed inside the university, these evaluations can form the basis for an improvement plan.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>In general, follow\u2010up teams recognise the difficulty to distinguish changes caused directly by EUA teams' recommendations from others caused by external pressures.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The follow\u2010up process has as its main rationale the idea that a second review can assist a university evaluating progress made since the original evaluation. The reports analysed show that changes have always happened to a certain extent after the first evaluation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>This paper makes a contribution to the understanding of the effects of institutional evaluation over institutional quality culture.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1108\/09684881011058632","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,7,17]],"date-time":"2010-07-17T07:04:25Z","timestamp":1279350265000},"page":"178-190","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Does the EUA institutional evaluation programme contribute to quality improvement?"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"18","author":[{"given":"Diana","family":"Amado Tavares","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Jo\u00e3o Rosa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]},{"given":"Alberto","family":"Amaral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"key2022031519445894600_b1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Amaral, A. 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