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Developments to Watch

Several issues concerning academic quality are likely to be prominent:

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), after consultation, has introduced a new method of institutional review, which, from September 2011, replaces the system of institutional audit in England and nisymbol Northern Ireland.

HEFCE has updated its policy relating to institutions experiencing serious problems with the quality of their teaching and learning and HEFCW welshflag  has published Circular W12/16HE setting out the arrangements for dealing with unsatisfactory quality in institutions in Wales.

HEFCE has announced a consultation on a risk-based approach to quality assurance in England and nisymbol Northern Ireland.

Following a consultation process, it has been announced that from September 2012 universities and colleges in England will have to publish Key Information Sets (KIS), showing a range of data, to give more comprehensive information for prospective undergraduate students.

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