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Quality Enhancement and Validation
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The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA)

In 1997 the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education was established to provide "an integrated quality assurance service for UK higher education.

“Our job is to uphold quality and standards in UK universities and colleges. We guide and check the quality of teaching, learning and assessment in UK higher education, because we want every student to have the best possible learning experience.”

QAA strategy aims for 2011-14:

  • to meet students' needs and be valued by them
  • to safeguard standards in an increasingly diverse UK and international context
  • to drive improvements in UK higher education
  • to improve public understanding of higher education standards and quality.

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Quality Enhancement and Validation (Registry Services), Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX.