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Revised proposals may not lighten the burden on institutions, warns vice-chancellor

Funding council also plans to register itself as England’s official quality body

Countries make a commitment to deepen partnership in quality assurance for transnational education

The outgoing independent adjudicator talks to THE about eight years at the OIA and the future of sector regulation

Critics warn against giving quality work to outsourcing companies

Agencies could also be well placed to collaborate on monitoring higher education standards

Decision has rekindled row over universities’ role in validating HE courses in FE

Third of country’s higher education institutions were closed in 2014 after criticism of standards

The most popular higher education articles of the year, based on website traffic

Higher Education Funding Council for England says proposals will be reviewed but wins broad support for principles

Durham pro vice-chancellor warns that institutions would be forced to challenge a worse-than-expected judgement

King’s College London research finds that ability of metrics to predict problems in higher education providers is ‘extremely limited’

Involvement in global quality assurance is crucial to signing up more overseas students, says Fiona Crozier

European Quality Assurance Forum told ‘surprisingly little work’ conducted on value of members’ activities

Judy Clements to join Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education next April

Mike Ratcliffe looks at why institutions have traditionally had to serve an ‘apprenticeship’, ahead of Green Paper set to change the rules

Fifteen per cent of recommendations issued to further education colleges by watchdog relate to courses leading to the FTSE 100 firm’s qualifications

Higher Education Regulatory Funding Authority set up with British support

University Campus Suffolk researchers find ‘natural progression’ into higher education is not found at every institution

Move would jeopardise sector’s global brand, senior figures warn

Interim chief executive Douglas Blackstock warns teaching excellence framework will lack credibility without external assessment

Increased role for governing bodies also questioned in responses to Hefce’s quality assessment consultation

Report recommends that branch campuses are scrutinised within institutional reviews of UK awarding bodies

Agency to design and conduct nationwide inspection regime

Former presidential candidate says institutions must deliver courses more cheaply and that student loan burden must be eased

The ineffectiveness of the Mogadishu government is not stopping university leaders from trying to drive up standards

Older papers with unattributed material had higher similarity index than more recent ones

Sector needs national standards and more industry links to drive and sustain economy, say experts

UK’s quality body rejects funding council proposals to scrap institutional reviews

QAA chief Anthony McClaran, who is soon to take over Teqsa, tells Chris Havergal that Down Under they have pioneered a risk- and data-based system

Madeleine Atkins calls for ‘alignment and synergy’ between assessment regimes

Former Ucas head to join Australia's higher education regulator

Hepi report recommends more practice-led courses guided by employer needs, with further education colleges playing a ‘larger role’

Roger Brown weeds out ill-advised plans as he digests Hefce’s consultation on quality assurance

HEA proposals aim to address ‘cosy’ relationships and quality assurance processes

ABI College investigation finds only two of 45-strong cohort have achieved intended qualifications

Universities face having to navigate two quality frameworks as Jo Johnson makes teaching excellence framework a priority amid Hefce reforms

Universities minister raises concerns about increasing number of students receiving top grades

Cost rises to £1.1 billion with FE and alternative providers added

In this blog, news editor Simon Baker considers whether we’ve seen it all before with Hefce’s proposals

That is the promise of a sector-wide consultation about the regulatory future, argues Madeleine Atkins

New system to ‘put student needs at the centre’

Irish regulator warns of potential threat of QAA’s move to risk-based review system

The UK’s “internationally admired system of peer review” should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector’s standards watchdog has said.

The Quality Assurance Agency carries out work of national importance. G. R. Evans questions the wisdom behind outsourcing its duties

Higher Education Academy report into quality assessment recommends creation of a task force to establish guidelines around the 2:1-2:2 borderline

Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.

Details of another appeal kept secret despite chief executive’s promise to reveal information

Concerns investigation reveals problems with course launched in conjunction with private company

Critics cry ‘cop-out’ over decision on publishing report

Study finds inconsistencies in grading for borderline 2:1 and 2:2 essays

Universities awarding qualifications to those studying in the Caribbean must do more to monitor graduate employability

Proposal for financial penalties to maintain standards is rejected following sector-wide consultation

Response to Hefce consultation on quality assurance raises fears of an all-powerful regulator susceptible to political influence

The proportion of students scoring top degrees at the University of Cambridge has increased significantly since 1960, according to a new analysis

QAA report followed claims university had bent rules to allow students sponsored by Saudi government extra resits

The standards of research and teaching would be best protected by department-based reviews, argues Roger Brown

Three of the UK’s funding bodies want to “re-test assumptions” about the importance of comparability of standards across the sector’s institutions

Nearly one in three English further education colleges offering higher education that were reviewed last year have been told to make improvements

Rise in the number of private institutions is blamed for slipping standards