Aug
25
“Would the universal requirement for a set of common and predetermined levels of achievement actually improve higher education? The select committee recommended that a revamped Quality Assurance Agency must have responsibility for “maintaining consistent, national standards in higher education institutions in England and for monitoring and reporting on standards”. Making this happen would require something akin to a national curriculum for each subject. But is, say, a national curriculum in History a valuable or desirable thing?”
Martin Hall - Vice-Chancellor of Salford, on his blog, writing about standards at university (and asking some relevant questions).
