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15 July 2010

QAA have published a podcast by Professor Philip Jones, Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University and Chair of the UUK/ GuildHE/ HEFCE/ DELNI Quality in Higher Education Group. Professor Jones describes the role of the Group and the challenges which it will be addressing. To listen click here.

8 July 2010

UUK, GuildHE, HEFCE and DELNI published today the outcomes of their consultation on future arrangements for quality assurance in England and Northern Ireland. This publication is available through the HEFCE website here, together with a press release which is here.

The publication sets out the principles which will underpin the future of quality assurance, as well as how institutional audit will change in the future to be more flexible and public-facing. It will be followed by a QAA consultation on the detail, which will be published in Autumn 2010. Any queries may be directed to fiona.hoban@universitiesuk.ac.uk

1 June 2010

UUK Statement on standards

UUK published today a Policy Statement on standards, agreed at Board level, about how standards are secured in UK universities.

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