Chapter 35: Changing patterns of accountability in the UK: from QA to TEF
Roger Brown
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Handbook Chapter
Published:
27 Jul 2018
Page Range:
457–471
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2018
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This chapter discusses the main changes in quality assurance in the UK, and specifically England, between 1992 and March 2017. It summarises the main developments, offers an analysis of the causes, and discusses changes in the balance of accountability. The central argument is that accountability for quality in English higher education is shifting away from the academy to a combination of increased accountability to the state and the market, with uncertain but probably damaging impacts on both quality assurance and quality.

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Cover Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education
Research Handbook on Quality, Performance and Accountability in Higher Education
Edited by Ellen Hazelkorn, Hamish Coates, and Alexander C. McCormick
Handbook
Published:
27 Jul 2018
Print ISBN:
9781785369742
eISBN:
9781785369759
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781785369759
Pages:
c 616
Collection:
Social and Political Science 2018
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