Quality assurance
Quality assurance is the process by which the quality of postgraduate research and taught course provision at the ICR is assured and enhanced.
It is underpinned by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) code of practice, which sets out precepts to guide Higher Education Institutions in monitoring and improving the quality of their provision and their support for students.
Academic Board
The ICR’s Academic Board is responsible for all academic and teaching matters and for ensuring that the ICR has a rigorous and responsive quality assurance framework in place.
The ICR’s Research Degrees Committee and Taught Courses Committee report to the Academic Board on academic and teaching matters and quality assurance regarding the ICR’s research degrees and taught course programmes respectively.
Academic framework
The ICR’s approach to quality assurance is set out in its academic framework, which covers
- the principles guiding its approach
- its key quality assurance mechanisms
- the requirements of the University of London
- its use of the academic infrastructure
The guiding principles include engagement with students through appropriate representation, consultation and feedback; input by external peers, and the pro-active management of the research environment.
The academic framework is led by the Academic Dean (Professor Alan Horwich) and supported by the Registry.
View the academic framework (pdf)
Quality Assurance Agency report
The QAA recently published the report of its review of the ICR, which found that the ICR meets expectations in all areas, and which identified three features of good practice.
The ICR has drawn up an action plan showing how it is addressing the QAA Report's two recommendations and two affirmations of existing plans. The action plan has been agreed with students and an update on its implementation will be published in July 2013.
Download the QAA action plan (pdf)
For further information contact Liz Wicksteed (Assistant Director, Academic Services (Quality and Governance))
