This year marks a quarter of a century since the creation of the Quality Assurance Agency.
In celebrating this milestone, it is timely to reflect both on the Agency’s own development but also on the wider quality landscape in the nations of the UK and internationally.
The UK’s higher education sector enjoys an enviable international reputation for excellence, with UK institutions featuring as prominently as ever in any attempt to identify the world’s leading universities. An economic success story, universities contribute £95bn to the UK economy, support more than 815,000 jobs and bring £4.9bn of investment to towns and cities.