England’s higher education regulator has been warned that the departure of its designated quality body (DQB) means it faces losing expertise and credibility just as it attempts to take a more interventionist approach.
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education’s (QAA) decision to relinquish its long-standing role in the English system has raised “fundamental questions” about whether the Office for Students (OfS) can continue with its new strategy for regulation, according to Paul Ashwin, professor of higher education at Lancaster University.
