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Quality assurance. UK Position UK HEIs awarded their own degrees and are responsible for their quality UK HEIs are quality assured to ensure that: academic standards match degree titles programmes are well designed programmes deliver what they claim
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Quality assurance • UK Position • UK HEIs awarded their own degrees • and are responsible for their quality • UK HEIs are quality assured to ensure that: • academic standards match degree titles • programmes are well designed • programmes deliver what they claim • students have a fair chance of completion • some programmes are accredited by ‘professional bodies’ • Nation Student Survey (NSS) .. gives LOTS of information from students on their courses • All degrees align with a national qualifications framework (called the FHEQ) • the FHEQ aligns with the ‘Bologna’ QF • HEIs follow a Code of Practice to manage QA • all details at www.qaa.ac.uk • Strategy for Improvement • Improvement (called ‘enhancement’) is integral to UK quality assurance procedures as • Improvement in quality of education • improvement in QA procedures • within HEIs -QA matched to teaching aims • for HEIs – external QA by visiting panels • improvement in quality of education through • Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/tinits/cetl/ • Higher Education Academy www.hea.ac.uk • HEA Subject Centres (see under .. hea .. ) • Enhancement themes in Scotland www.enhancementthemes.ac.uk • National Teaching Fellowship Scheme • improvement in QA • Integration of QA and enhancement in all national QA methods including • ELIR (Enhancement Led Institutional Review) in Scotland .. see www.qaa.ac.uk • and similar in Wales FHEQ Programme Specifications (for each course) Subject benchmark statements (for 72 subject areas)