Standards at risk after budget cut | Stephen Matchett | The Australian Higher Education | 19 May 2010
INDEPENDENT academic standards could be at risk following a buried budget decision to cut funding for the Australian Learning and Teaching Council.
Rebecca Attwood, Times Higher Education
Universities could face more intensive scrutiny during future inspections by the standards watchdog, according to its head. Peter Williams, chief executive of the Quality Assurance Agency, said that the next round of institutional audits by the QAA might pay closer attention to first-hand evidence of academic standards, such as external examiners’ reports.
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