Academic quality and standards are crucial to the reputation of UK higher education, which is widely regarded as among the best in the world. Universities have the main responsibility for maintaining and enhancing the quality of the education they provide, and the standards of the awards they offer.

Universities UK supports this work in a number of ways.

We are one of the legal "owners" of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), which reviews how universities manage their quality and standards, and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) which exists to help universities provide the best possible learning experience for their students.

As well as participating and/or leading policy development in this area, Universities UK explains and promotes the ways in which universities work to safeguard quality, including through our work with the media and parliament.

For further information please see our Quality and standards pages.