1st Edition

Academic Quality Handbook Rb

By Patrick Mcghee Copyright 2003

    First Published in 2004. This book is intended as an introduction to the management of quality assurance and enhancement in higher education particularly in England. The text focuses on the relationship between institutional quality assurance and the auditing authority of the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, the QAA.

    Introduction Part 1: The quality infrastructure 1 The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ) 2 Benchmarking academic standards: the subject benchmark statements (SBSs) 3 Institutional audit 4 Information on quality and standards in higher education 5 Managing quality enhancement (QE) Part 2: Managing quality in the context of the QAA Code of Practice 6 The Code of Practice 7 Collaborative provision 8 Students with disabilities 9 External examining systems 10 Academic appeals and student complaints 11 The assessment of students 12 Programme approval, monitoring and review 13 Career education information and guidance (CEIG) 14 Placement learning 15 Recruitment and admission of students 16 Distance learning

    Biography

    Patrick Mcghee