Quality enhancement and assurance - a changing picture?
QAA, the Higher Education Academy and the Higher Education Funding Council for England have been working on a joint enhancement project to explore how institutions in England and Northern Ireland view the relationship between quality assurance and quality enhancement.
The report of this project has now been published. More..
Experiencing a review?
About to undergo a review and are looking for information on the review method? Are you from: England? Northern Ireland? Scotland? Wales/Cymru?
You can also find advice and guidance from previous reviews in our Learning from and Outcomes from institutional audit publications.
Looking for information on standards?
The Academic Infrastructure is a means of describing academic standards. Looking for information on assuring the standard of a new course or want some guidance on standards work? More.
Getting involved with QAA and quality assurance
We regularly hold round table meetings on aspects of our work. News & events has details of forthcoming meeting and notes from previous meetings. More...
Quality matters
Quality matters is a series of occasional briefing papers from QAA. More...
Do you offer HE provision in an FE college? Our liaison group and policy advisory forum offer an opportunity to discuss the matters important to you. More...
The Quality Strategy Network - A knowledge exchange for senior managers has been established to influence changes in national quality assurance practice as they are in the process of development. More...
QAA and the Higher Education Academy: Working together
QAA is working in collaboration and coordination with the Higher Education Academy (HEA) to provide support for institutions in their management and enhancement of quality and standards. Meeting reports outlining discussions have been published. More...
Our role in quality assurance
Universities and colleges are responsible for their own academic quality and standards. However, we play an important role in safeguarding and encouraging continuous improvement of academic quality and standards. More.
Information about the liaison scheme
We operate a liaison scheme in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. More...
Teaching Quality Information in England
Review of aspects of Teaching Quality Information in England - Report to the Higher Education Funding Council for England - July 2006
Looking to become a reviewer?
We welcome applications to become a reviewer at any time of the year although there are times when we are actively recruiting. We recruit for different review methods. More.
Need to access documents as part of a review team?
If you are a member of a review team you will have access to our extranet, ARCS. This enables you to communicate with fellow review team members in a secure way. More.
I'm looking for a publication
For publications relating to our review methods, such as handbooks, see Reviews and reports. Publications relating to our standards work, including the Academic Infrastructure, can be found in Academic Infrastructure. All corporate publications are available in the About us section.
Advising/helping students make a decision?
Our review reports give details of the judgements have made on a university or college. These can help a student when making a decision about where to study. We also have specific guides to help students understand aspects of quality assurance in higher education.
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