QAA not only reviews institutions and makes recommendations for improvement. We also support institutions in developing and enhancing the management of their quality and standards and the learning opportunities they provide for students.
We do this by looking at the evidence from our reviews and audits, liaising with institutions and working on specific developments with the higher education sector. We highlight themes, questions, good practice and recommendations, and publish topical papers to stimulate debate.
Quality matters
Quality matters is a series of occasional briefing papers from QAA. They promote discussion and debate about topical and important issues concerned with the management of quality assurance, and particularly with its relationships with ‘enhancement’.
Outcomes from institutional audit
These papers are thematic briefings based on analysis of QAA audit reports, identifying emerging issues and areas of good practice. They cover areas such as external examining, assessment of students, learning support resources and collaborative provision. Outcomes from institutional audit Series 1 is based on the first 70 institutional audits published by November 2004. Series 2 analyses similar themes from the institutional audit reports published between December 2004 and August 2006.
Outcomes from collaborative provision audit
This series of papers will be published from summer 2009. It is based
on the collaborative provision audits conducted by QAA in England and
Northern Ireland between 2004 and 2007 and papers will broadly follow
the approach taken in the Outcomes from institutional audit series.
Enhancement Themes
A programme of themes, managed by QAA, that is designed to support institutions in a process of continuous improvement in Scotland. Recent themes include assessment, responding to student needs, flexible delivery and employability.
Overview reports
These reports give sector-wide overviews of AVA review, developmental engagements, Foundation Degrees, higher education in further education colleges.
Major Review Annual Trends
Reports giving an overview of our reviews of NHS-funded higher education.
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