Quality Assurance in Higher Education
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Academic Audit Unit
academic standards assessment
audit
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CNAA
council
Degree Awarding Powers
educational evaluation methods
enhancement
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examiner
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External Examiners
external review processes
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Funding Council
Graduate Standards Programme
Higher Education
higher education policy
Higher Education Quality Council
Hm Government
institutional accreditation
Institutional Audit
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Joint Planning Group
National Committee
Professional Development
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance Arrangements
Quality Assurance Regime
regulatory frameworks
Scop
Secretary Of State
SHEFC
state oversight of universities
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Subject Benchmark Statements
UK Experience
UK High Education
UK Quality Assurance
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University Title
University UK
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- ISBN 9780415334921
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Feb 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Along with funding, quality assurance has become one of the major issues in higher education today. This text provides an analytical account of the changes to quality assurance of UK universities and colleges from 1992 to 2003. It documents the shift from institutional self-regulation to increased involvement of the state and examines the accompanying debate about the purposes, forms and ownership of quality assurance, as well as a wider consideration of the best means of regulating professional activities.
All the key developments and issues of quality assurance are covered, including:
* the background to the current debates
* the evolution of the post-1992 regime
* the role of the Higher Education Quality Council (HEQC)
* changes to assessment and the creation of a single system
* the formation and likely evolution of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA).
Roger Brown writes with an authority derived from his varied experiences in quality assurance. He argues that the external quality regime to date has provided poor value for money, and draws from the lessons learnt during the 1990s to assess the conditions required for effective regulation.
Roger Brown is Principal of Southampton Institute and was formerly Chief Executive of the HEQC. He is a member of the HEFCE committee reviewing agencies that deal with quality enhancement and regularly contributes to the national press on quality assurance matters.
