Dear colleague
In CL09/08 (www.qaa.ac.uk/news/circularLetters, 10 November 2008), Peter Williams wrote to inform you of QAA's new arrangements for the notification of publication of our series of Outcomes from institutional audit (Outcomes...)papers. These are thematic accounts of the findings of institutional audit reports. Two series have so far been published: the first covering 70 audits undertaken in England and Northern Ireland between 2002 and 2004 and the second (continuing) covering 59 audits undertaken between December 2004 and August 2006. Each paper deals with a discrete topic and offers a sector-wide overviewof the audit findings for that topic. They provide important information and messages to the sector as a whole and, we hope, will help all those who are responsible for quality and standards in higher education institutions, at all levels, to review and compare their own practice with that of others, and learn from the experience.
I am writing now to inform you of the publication of three further papers in this series: The framework for higher education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ); Subject benchmark statements;and Programme specifications. A summary of these papers is attached. They will be published on 15 October 2009. We have also produced an overview paper describing the Academic Infrastructure and the role of the FHEQ, subject benchmark statements and programme specificationsin setting and maintaining academic standards. The papers and the overview will be published on our website: www.qaa.ac.uk/outcomes.
We hope that you will find this advance notice of publication and the summary useful.
Any feedback should be addressed to outcomes@qaa.ac.uk.
Yours sincerely
Anthony McClaran
Chief Executive
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