United Kingdom (England)

• Governmental membership
  United Kingdom (England) has been a Governmental Member of EQAR since July 2014.

  Map: EHEA countries by governmental membership

• General information on higher education

  Primary responsibility for the quality of higher education in the UK rests with the four individual nations (England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland), and with the individual providers, which are autonomous.
  
  

• National external quality assurance requirements

  External quality assurance (QA) regulation rests with the Office for Students (OfS). External QA is only applicable to some universities and colleges that require a review assessment to inform the regulatory decision taken by the Office for Students.
  

  • Institutional review
    

• EHEA key commitment

  Partially aligned

  A fully functioning quality assurance system is in operation nationwide but only some higher education institutions are subject to regular external quality assurance by an agency that has successfully demonstrated compliance with the ESG through registration on EQAR

  Map: implementation of the EHEA key commitment

• Cross-border quality assurance

  Not recognising foreign agencies as part of the national external QA requirements

  Map: recognition of cross-border quality assurance

• European Approach for Quality Assurance of Joint Programmes

  European Approach available to all higher education institutions

  All higher education institutions with degree awarding power are able to approve their own awards and therefore they can employ the European Approach for the quality assurance of their joint programme.
  

  Map: availability of the European Approach for QA of Joint Programmes

• Permalink
  https://data.deqar.eu/country/274/
• Further information

  • The Office for Student Register of Accredited Providers

  • ENIC-NARIC

  • European Higher Education Area website

Registered agencies operating in United Kingdom (England)