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► The Quality Assurance Agency
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The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education (HE) was established in 1997 and is an independent body funded by subscription from UK universities and colleges of HE, and through contracts with the main UK HE funding bodies.
The QAA will be conducting an institutional review at Glamorgan during 2008. This is a little like a school inspection, but the difference is, students get to tell the auditors what they think. This happens through the Student Written Submission (SWS) and auditors meeting with students. The SWS is a written document submitted to the QAA and gives students their say!
What happens?
This is what will happen in 2008.
The timeline
• Nine months before the review visit - PRELIMINARY VISIT - The QAA's Assistant Director, who coordinates the review, will visit Glamorgan to meet representatives of Glamorgan, and Students' Union officers. This will be students' opportunity to learn more about what the process involved. The Assistant Director can answer questions about the review and will provide guidance on the SWS.
• 12 weeks before the review visit - DEADLINE FOR THE RECEIPT OF THE SWS - The SWS is coordinated by the Students' Union but students' views will be essential for providing an all round picture.
• 5 weeks before the review visit - BRIEFING VISIT - The review team and the Assistant Director will visit Glamorgan to get more information and to prepare the programme for the review visit. The Students' Union will be able to discuss the SWS with the team and draw the team's attention to matters of interest.
• REVIEW VISIT - The review team will visit Glamorgan for 5 working days. The Assistant Director joins the team for the final part. The review team may meet with Course Reps to discuss issues pertinent to the review.
• 2 months after the review visit - The QAA sends a draft report to Glamorgan so it can be checked for accuracy of factual content.
• 6 months after the review visit - The final report is published
For more info visit www.qaa.ac.uk
The QAA's mission
The QAA's mission is to safeguard the public interest in sound standards of HE qualifications and to inform and encourage continuous improvement in the management of the quality of HE. The QAA does this by working with HE institutions to define academic standards and quality, and they carry out and publish reviews against these standards. Basically, the QAA provides a 'health check' for universities.
What does the QAA mean for Course Reps?
There are lots of different ways that you can get involved, including feeding student issues into the Students' Union. If you want more info please contact the Students’ Union.
