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<p>UK higher education providers with degree-awarding powers are responsible for the
academic standards of their awards and for the quality of provision, irrespective
of where or how courses are delivered or who delivers them.</p><p>The external review
of Transnational Education (TNE) has been carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency
for Higher Education (QAA) on behalf of funders, regulators and UK providers since
it was established in 1997.</p><p>As higher education is a devolved matter, each nation
of the UK will deliver quality assurance of TNE according to the process adopted for
higher education institutions within its jurisdiction.</p><p>Historically, QAA has
carried out TNE reviews, which have included a range of activities including overseas
campus inspection, scrutiny of partnerships from the UK end including video conferences
with providers, and the analysis of data on TNE provision.</p><p>The process for carrying
out TNE review activity for UK higher education institutions has been the subject
of a recent consultation which ended in January 2020, carried out by Universities
UK International, Guild HE and QAA.</p><p>The consultation responses are currently
being considered and the future model of TNE review, including overseas campus inspection,
will be decided through this process and the consulting organisations will jointly
analyse the responses and develop an action plan.</p>
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