Rafe Smallman Quality Specialist About QAA part 1 About QAA Founded in 1997 Offices in England Scotland amp Wales Our mission is to safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education wherever ID: 789683
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Quality Assurance of UK Higher Education
Rafe Smallman
Quality Specialist
Slide2About QAA (part 1)
Slide3About QAA
Founded in 1997
Offices in England, Scotland & Wales
Slide4Our mission is to safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education, wherever
it is delivered around the world
Slide5QAA Strategy 2017-2020
Slide6The expert independent quality body supporting a diverse system of co-regulation of UK higher education
Delivering valued services that provide assurance
and drive quality enhancement
Using our international reputation and partnerships
to benefit UK higher education
Slide7The UK Quality Code
Slide8Key elements of QAA reviewsPeer review visit
Evidence-based
Reviewed against baseline frameworks e.g. Quality Code and other baseline regulatory
requirementsInvolvement of studentsJudgementsUsually includes enhancement focus
Slide9‘QAA’s overall performance against the standards of
the European Standards & Guidelines
is uniformly high. It is a trustworthy, effective and highly credible agency and a leader in the field.
‘QAA is well-led and well-managed at both Board and Executive levels, with a strong Board, which is both well-informed and constructively challenging.
‘
The Panel has been consistently impressed by the calibre and professionalism of all those contributing to the work of QAA in maintaining quality and standards across HE in the UK
.’
European Association for Quality Assurance in Higher Education
ENQA review of QAA (2013)
Slide10Recent UK higher education policy developments
Slide11Slide12Quality assessment review and revised operating model
Government policy: consultations and new higher education legislation for England
New Teaching Excellence Framework
Major developments in the devolved administrations ‘Brexit’ vote to leave the EU
A new regulatory and policy framework for UK higher education
Slide13Key points in relation to quality
(England)
New Office for Students, responsible for quality
and
standards
Independent quality body
Risk-based quality assurance
Simpler market entry for new, high quality providers
Protecting the student interest
Teaching Excellence Framework
Slide14Recognition for QAA
‘Our higher education system is internationally renowned, something that is reflected by the high number of students who wish to come here to study.
‘Underpinning this reputation is our system of quality assurance, both within providers and externally.
The QAA has been at the heart of this
, in developing many of the methods, approaches and techniques
which have since been adopted across the world.’
BIS White Paper, page 32
Slide15Teaching Excellence Framework
Slide16Post-Brexit: the UK’s relationship with Europe
Triggering Article 50 – by end of March 2017
‘Hard’ Brexit?
UK Home Office consultation – linking quality of courses/ providers to student visas
UK – participation in EHEA & Bologna Process
Slide17QAA: future directions
Slide18QAA should be the DQB because we:
are a world-class, independent, internationally respected, expert organisation with a proven track record of delivery
safeguard standards, and drive quality assurance and enhancement for all providers of higher education
share the vision of government and the sector for collaborative higher education regulation
are ready to deliver an innovative system that works for the whole of our diverse sector – universities, colleges and alternative providers
empower students to actively shape their learning
experience
Slide19THE WORK OF QAA (I)
Delivering elements of the revised operating model for quality assessment
Managing the assessment process for the Teaching Excellence Framework
Enhancement-led Institutional Review and Enhancement Themes in Scotland Evidence-based external reviews of alternative providersRegulating the Access to HE qualification
Slide20THE WORK OF QAA (II)
Stewardship of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education
System-wide analysis and dissemination of good practice
Strategic international work (including partnerships)Adviser to Government on applications for degree-awarding powers and university title Engagement with students and professional, statutory and regulatory bodies (PSRBs
)
Slide21QAA developing international expertise
International Quality
R
eview Macao Polytechnic Institute
Transnational education review
Cyprus and Greece
International quality assurance programme
UK and Dubai
Quality assurance capacity building
Albania and Mauritius
Building partnerships
Developing MoUs and participating in global networks
Slide22Challenges and
questions (A UK perspective)
How much focus should we be putting into the global aspect of quality assurance?
How should we be planning for the changes Brexit will bring, for example to TNE and student number flows?How do we best build confidence in the UK’s changed quality landscape?
Slide23Thank you