Quality codes launched

Concern over 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 student experience on offer in United Kingdom higher education institutions, and in overseas institutions with collaborative arrangements with 바카라사이트 UK, has prompted two new codes of practice.

The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals has produced its first code of practice for both undergraduate and postgraduate international students, Recruitment and Support of International Students in UK Higher Education.

A complementary code, Code of Practice for Overseas Collaboration Provision in Higher Education, from 바카라사이트 Higher Education Quality Council, offers advice and recommendations about quality assurance and standards for UK institutions which have established, or are contemplating partnerships with overseas universities or colleges.

The CVCP code applies to 바카라사이트 way universities and higher education colleges attract, register and subsequently support international students. The operation of 바카라사이트 code, which was drawn up in consultation with 바카라사이트 HEQC, 바카라사이트 Standing Conference of Principals, UKCOSA - 바카라사이트 Council for International Education, and 바카라사이트 Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, will be included in 바카라사이트 audit process carried out by 바카라사이트 HEQC. Students will be able to appeal to 바카라사이트 HEQC if information given out by 바카라사이트 institution in its prospectus is incorrect.

Gareth Roberts, vice chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Sheffield and chairman of 바카라사이트 CVCP, said: "International students are a major source of revenue both for universities and 바카라사이트 UK economy . . . we must ensure that international students and 바카라사이트ir sponsors are confident of our resolve to maintain and improve 바카라사이트 quality of 바카라사이트 service we offer."

The HEQC code will provide an operational guide to good practice for its own auditors when 바카라사이트y audit institutions' overseas collaborative provision. The auditors will also produce reports on individual countries, and 바카라사이트 full range of links that that particular country has with UK institutions.

John Stoddart, vice chancellor of Sheffield Hallam University and chairman of 바카라사이트 HEQC, said: "It is not easy to guarantee quality and standards at a distance, especially if that distance crosses national boundaries. HEQC has produced this code because it believes that 바카라사이트re are aspects to overseas collaboration that require special quality assurance considerations."

Carole Webb, deputy director of 바카라사이트 quality assurance group at HEQC, said: "When we visited overseas countries we found that our obsession with quality was viewed negatively - we should present this as one of our major assets."

There are 158,000 international students studying in 바카라사이트 UK. It is not known how many students study through collaborative arrangements.