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Academic Quality, Standards and Conduct

Academic Quality Standards and Conduct

Information about Academic Quality Standards and Conduct

Vision

Quality Assurance for Quality Enhancement (QA-4-QE)

Mission

To work in partnership with academic and professional service colleagues to ensure the University can confidently demonstrate and continuously enhance the quality and standards of its teaching and learning activities, wherever they take place.

Objectives

We will do this through: Building effective relationships based on contextualised understanding of the academic endeavour; Engaging with students, University colleagues and partners to enhance the quality of the student learning experience; Supporting staff to ensure internal and external professional, statutory and regulatory standards are met and maintained; and Developing and improving policies, processes, systems and guidance that support excellence in teaching and learning.

Regulations and Policies

Programme Design and Approval

Monitoring and Review

External Examiners

Conduct

Collaborative Partnerships

External Reference Points for Academic Standards and Quality

Lancaster University is registered as a higher education provider with the Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of higher education in England.

For information please visit the Office for Students website.

The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the designated quality body for higher education in England. They safeguard standards and improve the quality of UK higher education wherever it is delivered around the world and check that students get the higher education they are entitled to expect. Lancaster University is a member of the QAA. You can find out more about the QAA and its work, which includes stewardship of the Quality Code for Higher Education, the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications, and subject benchmarks.

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Committed to quality transnational education

Our commitment to providing high-quality transnational education is demonstrated through our participation in the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) QE-TNE Scheme, which is a method for the quality evaluation and enhancement of UK transnational education.