No. Evaluations conducted by Hcéres lead to the production of a report based on the experts’ written contributions. The report is the only type of feedback provided.
Officially, institutions are not required to follow the standard to the letter, but they are strongly advised to conform to its broad thematic structure (cf. methodological document entitled “Key points for self-evaluation”). Indeed, this approach facilitates the work of the evaluation panel which must analyse the self-evaluation report by carrying out an overall examination of the references in each thematic section of the standard. However, institutions are free to decide how they organise each of these sections. Institutions are not required to submit an individual response for each reference and criterion, and they may choose to adopt a different approach to meeting all the requirements in a given section.
Reports are published within a period of approximately four months after the visit by the panel of experts
Institutions are free to present the documents they submit to Hcéres for evaluation. Institutions are advised to present these documents to the central committees and disseminate them throughout the institution. This internal validation and dissemination process for the self-evaluation report must be described in the presentation of the methodology used for the self-evaluation (cf. document entitled “Key points for self-evaluation”).