Guidelines for QA in Higher Education
Provider Quality Assurance Policy
1.5 ‘Responsibility for the formulation of quality assurance policy and for maintaining and improving institutional quality typically rests with the governing body of the provider. Should the governing body delegate responsibility for the design and implementation of the quality assurance policy and procedures, the body or person, to whom responsibility for implementation is delegated, must be clearly identified. That body or person should report directly to the governing body on quality matters and should be at an appropriate level in the structure of the organisation, to ensure adequate authority for implementation of the quality assurance policy and procedures.’
1.7 ‘The quality assurance policy should include a commitment to the provision of adequate resources to enable the quality assurance procedures to be implemented satisfactorily.’
3.8 Procedures for evaluating the effectiveness of quality assurance procedures
‘The provider should have in place a systematic mechanism for evaluating the effectiveness of its quality assurance procedures. This should include, but not necessarily be limited to, provision for periodic reviews by the Council under Section 28(4) of the Act [Qualification (Education and Training) Act, 1999].’
Extracts from the ‘Guidelines and Criteria for Quality Assurance Procedures in Higher Education and Training’, Higher Education and Training Awards Council, Dublin, 2002
