Mira Huusko
Mira Huusko
I work as a Counsellor of Evaluation focusing on higher education evaluations. I hold the title of Docent in Education (with a specialisation in higher education research, Tampere University) and a Doctorate in Education (University of Jyväskylä).
I have contributed to 13 institutional audits during the third audit cycle and was involved in designing the fourth audit cycle for Finnish higher education institutions. In addition, I have participated in several thematic evaluations, most recently as project manager for evaluations on pedagogical leadership and higher education pedagogy.
Internationally, I have taken part in projects for example in Slovenia and Moldova. In 2025, I will participate in ENQA’s Leadership Development Programme, and I am a member of FINEEC’s Strategic Group 1, which focuses on raising competence and education levels.
Ongoing projects and tasks
- Pilot audit of the 4th cycle of higher education audits (South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, 2025)
- Pedagogical leadership across different levels of education
- Secretary of the Higher Education Evaluation Committee
- Research use of evaluation data sets
Previous projects
- Evaluation of the state and renewal of higher education pedagogy (2023)
- Evaluation of Government’s key projects for higher education 2017–2022 (2023)
- Evaluation of higher education in law (2021–2022)
- Evaluation of higher education in social services and health care (2021)
- Evaluation of higher education in humanities (2020)
- Entrepreneurship in vocational education and training and in higher education (2018)
- Evaluation of undergraduate medical education (2018)
Publications in English (selected)
- Toom, A. et al. 2023. Evaluation of the State and Renewal of Higher Education Pedagogy. Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Summaries 10.
- Huusko, M. & Pyykkö, R. 2022. Enhancement-led evaluation as Finland’s choice – Over three decades of external quality assessment of Finnish higher education. Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Publications 28
- Huusko, M. et al. 2021. Quality Management in the Finnish Education System. Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Summaries 10.
- Pyykkö, T. et al. 2020. Entering working life with a high level of competence. Evaluations of higher education in humanities, business, technology and social sciences. Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Summaries 3.
- Nordblad, M., et al. 2020. Quality in focus. Quality audits of Finnish higher education institutions 2012–2018.Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Summaries 9.
- Mäkelä, M., et al. 2018. Educating doctors for the future – Evaluation of undergraduate medical education in Finland. Finnish Education Evaluation Centre. Publications 14.