QSN is a membership organisation for staff with responsibility for quality strategy and management within UK higher education. It provides a forum for the discussion of key issues of quality management and enhancement, and organises an annual Conference and smaller, symposium events to discuss specific areas of interest.
The transformation of the quality management landscape continues with great rapidity and intensity. As the new regulator for English Higher Education, the OfS is adopting a bold, student-focused, risk-based approach, reflecting the significant changes to HE in the last 25 years and seeking to anticipate changes still to come. Familiar features – notably, the UK Quality Code – are also
The publication of the Office for Students’ Regulatory Framework for English higher education identified the monitoring of ‘lead indicators’ as one of the three core elements of what it describes as its risk-based and proportionate approach to monitoring and regulating HEPs. However, this is only the latest in a series of changes (not least the introduction of the Teaching Excellence
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What is “grade inflation”, and how can it be addressed? David Allen of UWE introduces us to the fascinating world of degree algorithms.
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It’s not just universities that are interested in social mobility – Jatin Patel of major graduate recruiter KPMG outlines the steps they have taken with the Bridge Group to diversify their intake.
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It’s summer reading recommendation time again, and Paul Greatrix has what may well be the only list you need.
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Brightside’s Anand Shukla argues that – in the quest for better applicant information – we are missing out on offering advice and guidance to those considering HE.
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Jennifer Harrison, Head of Political Affairs at Durham University, makes the case for coordinated political engagement to advance the interests of the Northern Powerhouse agenda.
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