Friday 31 March 2023 is a landmark date for the English higher education sector.
It is the date that the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) “demits” the role of England’s Designated Quality Body (DQB).
Since its establishment in 1997 QAA has been a cornerstone for the management of academic quality and standards in the sector, a role that now comes to an end in England. Though like the Roman Empire the end never seems to be quite the end – QAA still has contracts with the government to review overseas HEIs operating in England, who are not required to register with OfS.
As with the Roman Empire, with QAA you can chart the decline, but when was the fall?
