Private providers ‘need closer monitoring’, says Alliance report

By Jack Grove. Private providers should be monitored more closely to ensure they are delivering similar quality to universities, a mission group has argued. In a report on improving quality assurance in higher education, University Alliance, which represents 22 mainly post-1992 universities, said more checks were needed on alternative providers, which are set to receive about £900 million in student support this year – a nine-fold increase on 2011-12. More...