QAA - Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education


Information on the agency's work

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)'s mission is to safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education.

QAA offers advice, guidance and support to help UK universities, colleges and other institutions to provide the best possible student experience of higher education. The agency conducts reviews of institutions and publish reports detailing the findings. The reports highlight good practice and contain recommendations to help improve quality.


Activities within the scope of ESG

  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Annual Monitoring for Educational Oversight
    View 3 reports Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Degree Awarding Powers (DAP) scrutiny (England)
    View 11 reports Documentation
  • Degree Awarding Powers (DAP) scrutiny (Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
    Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Educational Oversight - Exceptional Arrangements
    Documentation
  • Educational Oversight Review (EOR)
    Documentation
  • Elective Quality Review
    Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Enhancement-led Institutional Review (Scotland)
    View 19 reports Documentation
  • Gateway Quality Review (Wales)
    View 1 reports Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past General Osteopathic Council (GOsC) Review
    Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Higher Education Review (Alternative Providers)
    View 4 reports Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Higher Education Review (England and Northern Ireland)
    View 50 reports
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Higher Education Review (Foreign Providers)
    Documentation
  • International Programme Accreditation
    Documentation
  • International Quality Review
    View 15 reports Documentation
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council Quality Assurance Review
    Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Quality and Standards Review (QSR)
    Documentation
  • Quality Enhancement Review (Wales)
    View 19 reports Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Recognition Scheme for Educational Oversight
    Documentation
  • Archived entry - activity that was carried out in the past Review of Transnational Education
    Documentation
  • Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER)
    Documentation

Higher education systems where QAA carried out external QA activities


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