CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
Higher education in England
Machinery of Government changes: June 2007
Framework for higher education
Future scrutiny of higher education
Demand for places in higher education
institutions in 2009
The evidence
This Report
Responding to our Report
2 ENTRY AND ADMISSION TO HIGHER
EDUCATION
Role of Further Education Colleges
Fair Access
A-levels and selection
The use and application of contextual factors
Code of practice on admissions
Mutual recognition agreements
Fair access to universities in the Russell
Group and 1994 Group
Widening Participation
Schools and further education colleges
Foundation degrees and foundation years
Completion of courses
Guidance and information
Course information
Code of practice on information for prospective
students
National Student Survey
3 RESOURCES AND FINANCIAL ISSUES
Tuition fees
Student indebtedness and fees in the USA
Recommendations in respect of the fees review
Bursaries
Part-time and mature students
UKCES 2009 Report on Ambition 2020: World
Class Skills and Jobs for the UK
Support for mature and part-time students
The position of part-time and mature students
in higher education
Changes to assist part-time and mature students
Conclusions on part-time and mature students
4 TEACHING AND LEARNING
Relationship between teaching and research
Evidential link between research and the
quality of teaching
Impact on the Research Excellence Framework
(REF)
Pedagogical research
Promotions made on the basis of teaching
expertise
Higher Education Academy
Teaching qualification and training
Dealing with poor teachers
Scholarship
Quality of feedback given by teachers to
students
5 STANDARDS AND QUALITY
Views of employers
Comparability: views of students
Quality Assurance Agency
The operation of the Quality Assurance
Agency
Variations in demands made of students
Assessment of teaching quality
Institutional accreditation
Whistle-blowers
Manchester Metropolitan University
The autonomy of higher education institutions
Degree classification
Comparison of degrees
Methods of assessment
Record of achievement
External Examiners
Plagiarism
6 MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY
Susan Evans
7 CONCLUSION
The higher education sector
Student compacts
Codes of practice on admissions and access
information
Evidence for the formulation of policy
Standards
Quality and standards agency
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX 1: Glossary of acronyms, initials
and terms
ANNEX 2: Matters for possible future inquiry
FORMAL MINUTES
WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF REPORTS FROM THE COMMITTEE DURING
THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 170-II)
Taken before the Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee
Taken before the Sub-Committee on Students and Universities
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 170-II)
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