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Direct linkMurphy, Tony – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2017
This paper considers the likely shape of the next UK Research Excellence Framework (REF). It explores some of the recommendations from the 2016 Stern Review (those concerned with "outputs") and their envisaged impact on the exercise. Drawing on lessons learnt from the previous round of the REF, and some wider commentary, the paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Higher Education, Quality Control
Canning, John – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2015
Despite numerous criticisms of the UK National Student Survey (NSS) institutional managers still strongly support its use in informing student choice, quality and assurance and quality enhancement activities. This article outlines a granular and nuanced benchmarking system for the NSS which provides both a "raw" score (weighted student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Surveys, Student Surveys, Weighted Scores
Palfreyman, David – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2013
Education is often seen as a contrast (or even contest) between being a process of liberal education (with the aim of fostering life-long independent, innovative and creative thinking useful throughout life) and delivering vocational education (immediately applicable skills and competencies, ready for the world of work--"employability").…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Selective Admission, Comparative Education
Woodfield, Steve; Fielden, John; Middlehurst, Robin – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2011
Higher education systems worldwide are currently facing a trio of competing challenges: increasing access and absorbing demand; promoting and safeguarding quality; and reducing and minimising costs to students, taxpayers and other investors. The growth of private (profit and not-for-profit) educational provision worldwide, in addition to other…
Descriptors: Evidence, Higher Education, Institutional Administration, Quality Control
McClaran, Anthony – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2010
It might not have been quite what he had in mind when he said it, but Aristotle was right: good quality assurance must be a habit embedded at every level within higher education, not an isolated occurrence. But even good habits can become mere routine, in danger of being emptied of their original purpose and meaning. Periodically, review and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Quality Control, Educational Quality, Quality Circles
Kettunen, Juha; Kantola, Mauri – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2007
Strategic planning and quality management have been developed independently of each other, but they meet in practice in many kinds of organisations. Strategic planning and quality assurance integrate different aspects of higher education institutions (HEIs) to ensure high-quality educational outcomes. This paper investigates the role of these two…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, International Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education
