David Cairns is Director Quality Assurance Research for Higher Education Ltd. and a former Assistant Director of the Quality Assurance Agency.
2 pieces
Newest first, since June 2015
· Analysis
Will the next quality system be genuinely risk-based?
As a new system of quality assessment is about to be introduced, Colin Raban and David Cairns ask if it is likely to be genuinely risk-based, and what can be learnt from the regulation of other sectors in designing a new
With Colin Raban
· Analysis
Blanks and omissions in HEFCE’s quality plans
David Cairns envisages the quality and academic standards landscape that HEFCE wants to create and finds blank spaces and omissions in the new plans as they stand.