QAA could make or break new universities

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Colleges given university status in the United Kingdom under controversial new government plans could be stripped of their university title if they fail to meet certain standards under six-yearly quality audits. The audits are undertaken by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), which audits universities and other higher education institutes every six years. At present the QAA does not have the power to take away an university title or degree-awarding powers, however, the government has stated that the degree-awarding powers unveiled in its new proposals will be subject to the achievement of satisfactory QAA audit results.

Government regulation, Administration of Education Programs, Education Programs, Education and state, Licensing agreements, Licensing, certification and accreditation, Powers and duties, United Kingdom. Quality Assurance Agency

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'Toothless' Offa stokes fees revolt

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The UK government faces renewed opposition to its forthcoming top-up fee legislation after failing to appease opponents within the Labour Party with details of the Office for Fair Access (Offa), an university access regulator, which has been described as toothless and a sop to university vice-chancellors eager to increase fees. Government ministers had hoped that the announcement of the independent watchdog body Offa would placate those who had claimed that the top-up fees of up to UKPd3,000, which are to be introduced in 2006, would deter applicants from poorer backgrounds.

Organizational history, Organization formation, United Kingdom. Office for Fair Access

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Clarke: stick to targets or pay

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Education Secretary Charles Clarke has written to the Higher Education Funding Council for England to warn that universities that sacrifice teaching quality and take on too many students in the run-up to the introduction of top-up fees will be hit with cash penalties. The move is part of efforts to enforce a government commitment that puts the quality of teaching ahead of student expansion.

Clarke, Charles

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