英国高等教育质量外部评估及其启示——基于英国高等教育质量保障署的研究

External Evaluation and Implications of Higher Education in the United Kingdom——A Study on the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education

随着中国高等教育由规模扩张阶段转向高质量发展阶段,高等教育质量相对滞后于教育规模的扩张,面临着如何满足公众对优质教育的强烈期盼问题。作为全球高等教育领先者,英国在促进高等教育质量保障体系的构建上有着强大的影响力,其高等教育质量外部评估实施代表机构——英国高等教育质量保障署起到了关键性的作用。采用个案研究法,通过对英国高等教育质量保障署的运行及其评估实践革新历程的整理分析,得出其在高等教育质量保障方面的经验启示,以期为我国高等教育质量保障体系改革提供一定的借鉴思路。

As China’s higher education has shifted from the stage of scale expansion to high-quality development,the quality of higher education has lagged behind the expansion of educational scale,facing the problem of how to meet the strong expectations of the public for high-quality education.As a global leader in higher education,the UK has an outstanding influence on promoting the construction of quality assurance system for higher education.The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education(QAA),the representative organization responsible for implementing higher education quality external evaluations in the UK,has played a crucial role.Using the case study method,the research analyzes and summarizes the operation of QAA and its reform process in evaluation practice.Based on this,it extracts some innovative experience in quality assurance of higher education,and further proposes some implications on the reform of China’s quality assurance system.