This is the second part of the review of the papers published in Quality in Higher Education
from its inception in 1995 to the present day. This part of the review focuses on internal …

From having been seen as an implicit element in university learning and teaching, and thus
also a natural part of academics' responsibilities, the quality issue emerged in the 1990s as …

T HIS paper argues that, despite an increasing uniformity of approach to quality monitoring,
there is little analysis of the rationale behind the methods because there is little exploration …

The review explores 15 years of contributions to Quality in Higher Education. In this first part
the review focuses on external processes and factors, both national and international. The …

Many of the articles that have been published in Quality in Higher Education have focused
on processes of quality assurance and on quality enhancement activity. Indeed, it is …

While the past two decades have seen significant expansion and harmonisation of quality
assurance mechanisms in higher education, there is limited evidence of positive effects on …

The term quality assurance in higher education is increasingly used to denote the practices
whereby academic standards, ie, the level of academic achievement attained by higher …

Along with funding, quality assurance has become one of the major issues in higher
education today. This text provides an analytical account of the changes to quality …

This chapter reviews current approaches to quality assurance in higher education. The
author explores why there is concern for quality, what is meant by quality and how quality …

This book reflects some of the debate following publication of the 1991 Further and Higher
Education Bill, and it also draws on preliminary findings of a national research project …