Cross-border delivery of higher education is becoming a financial necessity for some institutions and a strategic differentiation for others. Read more...
3 mai 2016
1 mai 2016
Millions Learning: Scaling up quality education in developing countries
By Jenny Perlman Robinson and Rebecca Winthrop, with Eileen McGivney. Around the world, countries are grappling with how to scale quality education for their children and youth. Quality education is at the center of a nation’s progress, and it is also enshrined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which 193 countries have recently committed to support. While the spread of schooling over the past 150 years is one of the most widely successful “going to scale” stories, this expansion too often has been met with little mastery of core academic content and higher-order thinking skills. More...
30 avril 2016
Hefce quality plans ‘risk greater government control’
By John Morgan. Contract terms bring criticism of funding council, but it defends ‘normal commercial practice’. More...
30 avril 2016
QAA and Hefce set out contrasting visions on quality
By John Morgan. A UK-wide, co-regulatory system is pitched by the QAA at its annual conference while Hefce focuses on changes needed for England's market regime. More...
30 avril 2016
White Paper could kill off Hefce quality plans
By John Morgan. Theresa May said to want UK-wide quality system retained to protect overseas recruitment licence checks. More...
30 avril 2016
Tribal: don’t fear private sector role in quality assurance
By Chris Havergal. Involving companies in quality assurance described as ‘logical next step’. More...
26 avril 2016
UK and China agree principles for high quality TNE
The first ever UK-China Education Policy Week concluded on Friday 18 March with the announcement of a statement of principles (opens in new window) that will inform transnational education programmes between both countries. More...
26 avril 2016
UK HE attractive in Greece and Cyprus, but unis must strike right balance
UK higher education in Greece and Cyprus is well-established and attractive to students, but universities must strike the right balance when adapting a UK curriculum for local delivery, says a new report.
Reporting on the findings of its 2015 review of UK transnational education (TNE) in Greece and Cyprus, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) found that:
- most UK TNE in Greece and Cyprus is delivered in partnership between a UK university and a local provider, rather than via a UK branch campus
- Greek/Cypriot partners are taking on increased responsibility for the development and management of new degree programmes and content.
- but the onus remains on the UK university to maintain its academic standards and quality as these partnerships are set up and developed. More...
26 avril 2016
New sounding board for UK transnational education
QAA has recruited a new sounding board to help shape a better approach to the quality assurance of UK transnational education (TNE).
This follows QAA's recommendations last year, in an expert group report, that we need a more strategic and coordinated approach to the external quality assurance and enhancement of UK TNE. More...
25 avril 2016
Major bodies partner to raise higher education quality
By Munyaradzi Makoni. The African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education or CAMES – the body responsible for accreditation in Africa’s French-speaking countries – has signed a partnership agreement with UNESCO to promote higher education quality across the continent. Read more...
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