英国高等教育质量保障署发展历程及其新举措

The Progress and New Measures of QAA in UK

关注质量保障体系的构建是国际高等教育发展的一个重要特征。英国在促进高等教育质量保障体系构建方面具有全球领先的影响力,而英国高等教育质量保障署在其中发挥了关键作用。通过对其发展历程和最新政策的梳理及分析可以看到英国高等教育质量保障署在质量保障方面的一些新进展:修订质量准则、扩大学生参与、推进项目计划、聚焦跨境教育质量保障。这对我国高等教育质量保障体系的构建和未来发展无疑具有一定的借鉴和启示意义。

It is a significant feature for the development of international higher education to pay more attention on the construction of quality assurance system.The United Kingdom has a global leading influence on promoting the establishment of higher education quality assurance system,in which Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education(QAA)plays an important role.Based on the analysis of the development and latest policy text of QAA,this paper finds some new progresses in quality assurance of QAA,namely,updating the quality code,expanding students'participation,promoting project plans,and focusing on quality assurance of cross-border education,all of which undoubtedly bring significance of enlightenment and reference to the construction and development of China's higher education quality assurance system.