Meet the Academic Quality and Standards Team

The Academic Quality and Standards Team is responsible for upholding the academic quality and standards of the university by coordinating and managing the university’s processes for developing, approving and quality assuring all of its taught programmes, including collaborative provision.

Through its work, the Academic Quality and Standards Team supports and underpins the assurance and enhancement of academic quality and standards, the student learning experience and student outcomes.

The team is responsible for advising on matters relating to quality management, enhancement and standards in Higher Education, taking a lead role in the Institutional management of policy and strategy in relation to standards and quality of provision.

In relation to the team’s responsibilities for collaborative provision, as well as working closely with partner institutions, Faculties and the wider university to support the approval, monitoring and review of collaborative provision, the team also takes a lead role in the due diligence and partner approval processes as well as contract development. Furthermore, the team is also responsible for the on-going operation and management of links with the university’s collaborative partners in the UK and overseas.