The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA)

Setting and monitoring the standards of UK higher education including the development of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education; setting and monitoring the standards for access to HE Diploma courses; providing advice and support about quality and standards to universities and colleges, higher education sector organisations and governments; advising governments on applications for degree awarding powers and the right to be called a university across the UK; reviewing UK higher education wherever it is delivered in the world and publishing a report on the findings; investigation of complaints (concerns) about academic standards and quality in higher education; training, guidance and events to help UK higher education providers develop and improve their own quality assurance processes; consultancy, training and international services to develop approaches to higher education quality both in the UK and internationally for professionals, institutions and governments.