If you are a current QSN member and would like to update the main contact within your institution, please complete this form.
How to Join:
For all enquiries about QSN, please contact the Chair
For enquiries about membership or subscriptions, please contact the AUA Office which coordinates payments via finance@aua.ac.uk.
Please could we ask that contact is made by email in the first instance; and allow five working days for reply.
Cost of membership:
- The annual subscription is £160 and membership runs from 1 August to 31 July
The benefits of membership include
- Reduced fees for the annual conference and symposium events for one institutional member
- The opportunity to attend certain member-only events
- Access to a network of experienced quality practitioners
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to run online events only for the 2020/21 period and will not be running their 15th Annual Conference in September 2020. Our face to face Annual Conference will return on the Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September 2021 at Aston University. Institutions with an Institutional Membership will have access to the online events for a significantly reduced price of £30 per person.**
QSN members can also purchase a “Season Ticket” at an annual cost of £495. The Season Ticket provides:
- Institutional membership
- One free place at the QSN annual conference
- Subsequent conference places at member rates
- A free place at (a minimum of) two symposium events during the year, and member rates for subsequent symposium delegates
- Any additional events during the year will be available at a preferential rate
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to run online events only for the 2020/21 period and will not be running their 15th Annual Conference in September 2020. Our face to face Annual Conference will return on the Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September 2021 at Aston University. Institutions with a Season Ticket subscription will have three free places for the first five events of the year. Bookings for any additional events across the year will be eligible for the £30 members rate.**
QSN members can also purchase a “Season Ticket Plus One” at an annual cost of £750. The Season Ticket Plus One provides:
- Institutional membership
- Two free places at the QSN annual conference
- Subsequent conference places at member rates
- Two free places at (a minimum of) two symposium events during the year, and member rates for subsequent symposium delegates
- Any additional events during the year will be available at a preferential rate.
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to suspend the Season Ticket Plus One rate for 2020/21. This subscription will be available again from August 2021.**
Associate Member institutions:
- All institutions which operate under Education Oversight from QAA, or which have applied for educational oversight, are entitled to be Associate Members of QSN
- The annual subscription is £160 and membership runs from 1 August to 31 July
The benefits of associate membership include:
- Reduced fees for events (including the annual conference, and symposium events) for one institutional nominee
- The opportunity to attend certain member-only events
- Access to a network of experienced quality practitioners
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to run online events only for the 2020/21 period and will not be running their 15th Annual Conference in September 2020. Institutions with an Associate Membership will have access to the online events for a significantly reduced price of £30 per person.**
Non-member institutions:
Institutions which do not formally subscribe to QSN can apply to be on the mailing list, and receive information about the annual conference and other symposium events. However, they will not receive the other benefits listed above.
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to run online events only for the 2020/21 period and will not be running their 15th Annual Conference in September 2020. Our face to face Annual Conference will return on the Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September 2021 at Aston University. Institutions without a QSN membership will have access to the online events for £50 per person.**
Individual membership:
QSN has noted that there may be individuals working for other organisations within Higher Education (including, but not exclusively, OfS, QAA, Advance HE and others) who would like the opportunity to engage with the Network. Those in this category are eligible for individual membership, at an annual cost of £100.
The benefits of individual membership include:
- Reduced fees for events (including the annual conference, and symposium events) for one institutional nominee
- The opportunity to attend certain member-only events
- Access to a network of experienced quality practitioners
**Please note, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, QSN has decided to run online events only for the 2020/21 period and will not be running their 15th Annual Conference in September 2020. Our face to face Annual Conference will return on the Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th September 2021 at Aston University. Institutions with an Individual Membership will have access to the online events for a significantly reduced price of £30 per person.**