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Assessing quality in Higher Education inquiry

Inquiry by the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, 17 September 2015 to 17 September 2015. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 17 November 2015: Professor Simon Gaskell, Chair of Universities UK quality assessment task and finish group and Treasurer, Universities UK, Alistair Sim, Director, Universities ScotlandKatie Akerman, Director of Quality and Standards, University of Chichester, Professor Colin Riordan, Vice Chancellor, Cardiff University, Professor Graham Virgo, Pro Vice Chancellor for Education, Cambridge University, Professor Belinda Tynan, Pro Vice Chancellor (learning and teaching), Open University, Professor Neil Ward, Pro Vice Chancellor-Academic, University of East Anglia
  • 1 December 2015: Megan Dunn, President, National Union of Students, Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union, Professor Jon Scott, Pro Vice Chancellor (Student Experience), University of Leicester, and Stuart Cannell, Student reviewer with the Quality Assurance Agency QAA; Professor James Wilsdon, University of Sussex, Matt Hiely-Rayner, Head of Planning, Kingston University, John Gill, Editor, Times Higher Education, and Nicki Horseman, Lead HE Data Analyst, Times Higher Education (at 10.00am); Professor Joy Carter, Vice Chancellor, University of Winchester and Chair of GuildHE, Professor Dave Phoenix, Vice Chancellor of London South Bank University and Chair of million+, John Widdowson, Principal of New College Durham and President of the Association of Colleges, Professor David Maguire, Vice Chancellor of the University of Greenwich (on behalf of University Alliance), and Professor David Eastwood, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Birmingham (on behalf of the Russell Group) (at 10.40am).
  • 8 December 2015: Professor Madeleine Atkins CBE, Chief Executive, Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE), Douglas Blackstock, Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), Professor Les Ebdon, Director of Fair Access to Higher Education, Rob Behrens, Independent Adjudicator and Chief Executive, Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA), and Professor Stephanie Marshall, Chief Executive Officer, Higher Education Academy; Jo Johnson MP, Minister for Universities and Science and Polly Payne, Director of Higher Education, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (at 10.15am).