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Ensuring World-Class Quality in Higher Education: Challenges and Perspectives

In a thought-provoking discourse from 19th November 2009, Phil Willis MP examines the complexities surrounding the quality of higher education in the UK. He questions whether our university system can achieve world-class status within 15 years, emphasizing the impact of inflation and societal perceptions on academic standards. Willis critiques the existing degree classification trends, highlighting stagnation and pressures that threaten the integrity of the educational framework. He calls for a deeper understanding of institutional choices and the mechanisms ensuring comparability in UK higher education.

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Ensuring World-Class Quality in Higher Education: Challenges and Perspectives

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  1. Quality Higher Education; Fact or Fiction? Phil Willis MP 19th Nov 2009

  2. How do we ensure our university system is world class in 15 years time?

  3. International Reputation?

  4. “…It is absurd and disreputable to justify academic standards with a market mechanism”

  5. Weakness of the pound Predominance of English Long standing reputation for high quality

  6. “It depends what you mean by equivalent. I am sorry to quibble around the word but ‘is it worth the same’ is a question that is weighted with too many social complexities”

  7. “…The rationales for the various institutional choices that have been made are unclear”

  8. “The patterns of degree classification have not changed all that much over the last ten years – only a six per cent rise in the percentage of Firsts and 2:1s” First Class Honours 1996/7 7.7% 2007/08 13.3%

  9. “…simultaneously wilting and rotting from within as it has become exposed to the pressues and heat of sector-wide changes, internal pressures and external demands” “Recognised internationally as a key mechanism for ensuring comparability across the UK HE sector” “…the jewel in the crown of UK quality maintenance”

  10. QSA

  11. “Another bureaucratic, administrative burden” “…you learn to play the game”

  12. Quality Higher Education; Fact or Fiction? Phil Willis MP 19th Nov 2009

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