Read the recommendations from the HEA as well as its response to the findings of the Select Committee.
The main recommendations in our evidence are:
- There is no need for greater external monitoring of the sector(1.2)
- Students need to be properly prepared for higher education (2.2 2.3.)
- The benefits of higher education should be made widely available (2.4)
- The sector needs to work to adapt provision to meet a wider range of student expectations (2.4)
- Teaching and research are both important components of the student experience and cannot be separated (3.3)
- University teaching should be excellent based on national criteria and be properly rewarded and recognised (3.1 3.3 3.8)
- The extent to which the Professional Standards Framework is used to share good practice should be reviewed (3.6)
- That the recommendations of the Burgess group on degree classification be taken forward (4.2)
- That incremental changes to quality assurance recommended in the report from our Chief Executive to the Secretary of State take effect (4.5)
- That contact hours are not taken as a proxy for quality in the student experience (4.6)
- That the idea of students as ‘customers’ be discouraged (5.1) and student engagement be promoted.
01/10/2008
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