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registered interest false remove filter
date less than 2015-09-15more like thismore than 2015-09-15
answering body
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept id 26 more like this
answering dept short name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
answering dept sort name Business, Innovation and Skills more like this
hansard heading Overseas Students more like this
house id 2 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what quality assurance measures are in place for the International Foundation programmes run by United Kingdom universities or by partnerships between such universities and private education providers. more like this
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Lord Storey more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-09-24more like thismore than 2015-09-24
answer text <p>Publicly funded higher education providers are currently reviewed by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). These reviews look at the adequacy of a provider’s system to maintain academic standards and ensure quality across all its provision; irrespective of where it is delivered. The reviews check that expectations set out in the UK Quality Code for Higher Education are being met.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, QAA have been leading sector work on how to strengthen the assurance of UK higher education delivered overseas. They have recently published a report detailing</p><p> </p><p>how external quality assurance processes can be adapted to support UK higher education institutions in both maintaining their reputation in delivering high quality education overseas and in growing their provision. The report can be found on the QAA website at</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication?PubID=2978#.VfKp1fnF98E" target="_blank">http://www.qaa.ac.uk/publications/information-and-guidance/publication?PubID=2978#.VfKp1fnF98E</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-09-24T13:16:08.347Zmore like thismore than 2015-09-24T13:16:08.347Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Storey remove filter