QAA strengthens links with Japan
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE) of Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. The ceremony was held at the annual general meeting of the Asia Pacific Quality Network in Kuala Lumpur.
The Memorandum of Understanding, signed by Peter Williams, Chief Executive of QAA, and Dr Tsutomu Kimura, President of NIAD-UE, marks a strategic alliance between both organisations in which they can work together to improve the quality of higher education in the UK and Japan.
Peter Williams said: “It is of great importance to British higher education that we develop our links with our Japanese counterparts. By working together in an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration we are creating opportunities to exchange information and expertise to the benefit of staff and students alike.
“It is essential that we develop the awareness and credibility of UK higher education in Asia as transnational education increases.”
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For further information please contact Jocelynne Rowan, Communications, QAA
Tel: 01452 557073, email: j.rowan@qaa.ac.uk
Notes to editors
QAA
QAA was established in 1997 and is responsible for safeguarding the public interest in sound standards of higher education qualifications and informing and encouraging continuous improvement in the management of the quality of higher education in
the UK.
For more information about QAA please visit www.qaa.ac.uk
NIAD-UE
NIAD, which was the predecessor of NIAD-UE, was established in 1991 as an academic degree-awarding institution, and in 2000 was reorganized and renamed NIAD-UE as a new entity charged with carrying out the evaluation of universities in addition to its existing functions to contribute to further development of higher education in Japan.
For more information about NIAD-UE please visit www.niad.ac.jp/index_e.html
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