Quality assurance is the hallmark of British educational leading to its international recognition and acceptance.

Britian’s international reputation for first rate research & academic excellence is accurate and well deserved. Stringent checks are regularly conducted by the Quality Assurance Agency ( QAA ) & more than 1400 quality assessment reports have been published to date. This shows that universities & colleges are providing value for money by producing well educated & skilled graduates at undergraduate, masters & doctoral levels.
 

Britian uses the evidence obtained from quality assessment:

• to secure value from public expenditure of over £ 7 billion a year on higher education 
• to ensure education is of approved quality 
• to encourage improvements in quality 
• to provide information to potential students on the quality and diversity of courses offered by the universities and colleges. 
• To cancel funding for any subject provision in a British University or college that is judged to be of unacceptable quality after assessment and reassessment within a specified period.

Two of  Britains quality system that are most likely to be of interest to international students are the research assessment exercise and the assessment of the quality of teaching. Both these systems focus on individual subjects and or programmes of study and offer judgements on quality in the form of ratings. The assessment method used for both is peer review by the specialists of high standing in their subjects.

Research Assessments

Assessments measure the quality of research by staff against national and international standards of  research. Institutions with the highest research ratings attract the most research funding.

The results enable the quality of research in British universities and colleges to be compared nationally and internationally against the standards of  research. Institutions with the highest research ratings attract the most research funding.

The results enable the quality of research in British Universities and colleges to be compared nationally and internationally against the standards of the best. Are of special interest to those intending to do postgraduate work, a degree by research or wishing to make contact with centres of research or wishing to make contact with centres of research excellence in Britain.