1st Edition
Quality Assurance in Higher Education The UK Experience Since 1992
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Routledge
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Routledge
224 Pages
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Routledge
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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... Read more
Introduction 1. Background and context 2. Establishing the framework 3. HEQC 1992-1997 4. Assessment 5. The Creation of the Single System 6. The Quality Assurance Agency 1997 to 2002 7. UK Quality Assurance : Past, Present, Future References Appendix 1 Definitions used in the book Appendix 2 List of acronyms Appendix 3. Chronology of attempts to create an external quality assurance regime Appendix 4 Information requirements
Biography
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.
'It should be in the reference collection of every pro vice-chancellor, every higher education minister or adviser, and every member of the education select committee.' - Auriol Stevens, THES
'Roger Brown has written an angry but nonetheless valuable book.' - David Watson, Higher Education Review
