Table of contents
The Research Assessment Exercise, funding and teaching quality
Alan JenkinsArgues that the funding arrangements for UK higher education and inparticular the rules and rewards of the Research Assessment Exercise(RAE) have encouraged individuals…
A rose by any other name: TQM in higher education
Allan BoltonThe origins of total quality management (TQM) in manufacturing andits popular adoption as a panacea or fad have combined to limit itsacceptability in higher education institutions…
Academic quality in TQM: issues in teaching and learning
Priscilla ChadwickTQM in higher education, as in other professions, is a commitmentto continuous improvement. Explores issues involved in enhancing thequality of teaching and learning in higher…
Inspection and policy making: some initial ideas
John Lee, John FitzConsiders the role of Her Majesty′s Inspectorate (HMI) in themaintenance, promotion and judgement of quality in schools. Drawing ondocumentary evidence and interview data, briefly…
Context specificity and quality continuing professional education. Part 1: beyond the market
Philip ToveyThe first of two related articles examining quality assurance inuniversity continuing professional education (CPE). First provides acritique of the potential for the…
Quality assessment: two traditions (a review article)
Robert WithersIdentifies two approaches to quality assessment in education. TheHigher Education Funding Council for England favours the controlparadigm which renders assessment political. Until…
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- Dr Jeffrey W Alstete
- Dr Heidi Flavian
- Dr Krassie Petrova