Degrees: Standards

(asked on 17th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that there is a consistent and professional level of external examiners appointed for degrees validated by universities but not delivered by those universities.


Answered by
Viscount Younger of Leckie Portrait
Viscount Younger of Leckie
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 31st January 2018

Higher education providers are autonomous organisations and as such, are responsible for validating their degrees for delivery through another institution. These institutions are subject to a rigorous, risk-based approach to quality assurance in line with the UK Quality Code for Higher Education, which applies across all UK providers of higher education. The code sets a clear expectation that higher education providers make scrupulous use of external examiners. The UK Quality Code for Higher Education also establishes the fundamental principle that degree awarding bodies have ultimate responsibility for academic standards and the quality of learning opportunities, regardless of where these opportunities are delivered and who provides them. Further information can be found at: http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code.

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