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It explains how institutional quality assurance connects to the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and builds on the quality infrastructure agenda, including the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ), subject benchmark statements, and the QAA Code of Practice. The book emphasizes robust processes, effective enhancement arrangements, and supports staff development through accessible, discussion-oriented guidance.","The Academic Quality Handbook  \nEnhancing Higher Education in Universities and Further Education  \nColleges  \nPatrick McGhee  \nLondon and Sterling, VA  \nFirst published in Great Britain and the United States by Kogan Page Limited in 2003 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005.“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of [eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk](eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk).”Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means, with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction  \nin  \naccordance with the terms and licences issued by the CLA. Enquiries concerning  \nreproduction  \noutside these terms should be sent to the publishers at the undermentioned addresses:  \n120 Pentonville Road  \nLondon N1 9JN  \nUK  \n[www.kogan-page.co.uk](www.kogan-page.co.uk)  \n22883 Quicksilver Drive  \nSterling VA 20166–2012  \nUSA  \n© Patrick McGhee 2003  \nThe right of Patrick McGhee to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted  \nby  \nhim in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nA CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nISBN 0-203-41676-7 Master e-book ISBN  \nISBN 0-203-44249-0 (Adobe eReader Format)  \nISBN 0-7494-3661-1 (paperback)  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nMcGhee, Patrick, 1962–  \nThe academic quality handbook: assuring and enhancing learning in higher education/Patrick McGhee.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISSBN 0-7494-3662-X (hardback)—ISBN 0-7494-3661-1 (pbk.)  \n1. 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Quality assurance—Great Britain—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 1  \nTitle.  \nLB2331 .65.G7M35 2003  \n378.1′01–dc21  \n2003002786  \nFor Patrick and Ciaran  \nContents  \nPreface vii  \nIntroduction 1  \nPart 1: The quality infrastructure  \n1 The Framework for Higher Education Qualifications 11  \n(FHEQ)  \n2 Benchmarking academic standards: the subject 21  \nbenchmark statements (SBSs)  \n3 Institutional audit 29  \n4 Information on quality and standards in higher education 43  \n5 Managing quality enhancement (QE) 53  \nPart 2: Managing quality in the context of the QAA Code of Practice 6 The Code of Practice 67  \n7 Collaborative provision 73  \n8 Students with disabilities 111  \n9 External examining systems 129  \n10 Academic appeals and student complaints 143  \n11 The assessment of students 153  \n12 Programme approval, monitoring and review 167  \n13 Career education information and guidance (CEIG) 193  \n14 Placement learning 205  \n15 Recruitment and admission of students 221  \n16 Distance learning 231  \nAppendix: Useful contacts 245  \nReferences 249  \nFurther reading 251  \nIndex 253  \nPreface  \nThis book is intended as an introduction to the management of quality assurance and enhancement in higher education particularly in England. 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