Central Quality Office

What do we do?

Quality assurance and enhancement

• Key contact for the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) co-ordinating responses to relevant consultations.
  
• Supporting the University's compliance with OfS registration.
• Support the development of new collaborative initiatives.
  

Approval and review

• Develop guidance for approval and review processes.
• Manage periodic review events across the University and our partners.
• Manage approval events for our partners.

Quality Assurance Handbook: Taught Programmes

• Maintain the Quality Assurance Handbook. This contains key processes, forms and guidance for taught programmes.

External Examining

• Manage the appointment of External Examiners and advise on their reporting requirements.
• Produce an annual overview of the issues raised in External Examiners’ reports.

Other responsibilities

• Maintain the University of Plymouth Registers of Collaborative Academic Partnerships and Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies (PRSBs).
• Work closely with a range of key University committees and sub-committees including:
  • Academic Development and Partnerships Committee
  • University of Plymouth International College Strategic Partnership Management Board and Academic Advisory Committee
  • External Examiners’ Sub-Committee
  • Teaching, Learning and Quality Committee
  • Academic Regulations’ Sub-Committee.

Useful links

• Academic Regulations
• Academic Partnerships
• Partnerships' Governance Handbook

For information on postgraduate research quality assurance processes, codes of practice and regulations, please contact the Doctoral College.