Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) is a review method specially devised for higher education in further education colleges in England. It replaced academic review of subjects, which operated for the last time in 2006-07.
Handbook and supplementary guidance
QAA has developed a handbook which explains how IQER works and offers guidance for those involved in the process:
The handbook for Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review - HTML | PDF
The following supplementary notes, based on feedback from college staff and reviewers, include further information about preparing the self-evaluation and action plan:
Supplementary guidelines on preparing the self-evaluation
for Developmental engagement in student assessment - HTML | PDF
Supplementary guidelines for preparing the self-evaluation for the
Summative review (PDF)
Supplementary guidelines for
preparing the action plan (PDF)
Arrangements for Summative review for colleges with fewer than 50 full-time equivalent students (PDF)
Information bulletins
Information bulletins provide an overview of the outcomes of IQER. They highlight emerging good practice and make recommendations about how colleges might improve their management of student assessment.
Information bulletin 2010: Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) - Foundation Degrees
Information bulletin 2010: Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) – Supporting and enhancing the student learning experience
Information bulletin 2010: Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) – for college governors
Information bulletin 2010: Integrated quality and enhancement review (IQER) – student engagement
Information bulletin 2008 - Findings from the IQER pilot reviews:
Assessment - HTML | PDF
Higher education in further education colleges in England Information bulletin (2006-07) - HTML | PDF
Guidance for students
We have published a number of information resources for students including details of how you can get involved in IQER and help to improve the quality of teaching and learning at your college.
Mini guide: a brief student guide to IQER (PDF) - also available as a printer friendly poster (PDF)
Student involvement in Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review: IQER and the student written submission (PDF)
What have other students written? A resource for producing a student written submission for IQER (PDF)
Our case studies, submitted by student representatives, offer further guidance on writing the student written submission.
Other information
Evaluation of the IQER pilot reviews 2007- 08
A detailed evaluation of the pilot programme of IQER reviews was undertaken during 2007. It combined QAA's own internal evaluation process with an external independent evaluation jointly commissioned by HEFCE and QAA. The evaluation was undertaken in order to assess the effectiveness of the methodology, evaluate the benefits and to inform any changes or revisions to the method. HTML | PDF
Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review: Procedure on representations
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