Overview

Twenty years have passed since the introduction of the Certified Evaluation and Accreditation system for higher education in Japan. Throughout the time, efforts have been made to design a comprehensive university evaluation and quality assurance system and ensure its smooth implementation and awareness in society. Two decades seem to be long enough for us to accumulate experience and generate ideas to reconsider the nature, significance, and future of quality assurance and evaluation in higher education.
 
A significant change is occurring in several regions in the world, prompting, or could possibly prompt, a reshaping of the evaluation and quality assurance system. The change could be described as a “tectonic shift” in evaluation and quality assurance of higher education. The University Quality Assurance Forum 2024 will focus on the latest experience in the UK.
 
The UK has recently been through a significant shift regarding the quality assurance landscape. The long-standing mainstream quality assurance agency for universities and other higher education institutions in England, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), has been replaced by the Office for Students (OfS), which became responsible for the 'Register of English higher education providers.' It was followed by the complete withdrawal of QAA, which had been acting as a cooperator of OfS for the time being, from the original system in March 2023.
 
Understanding the background and implications of these changes, as well as the QAA's new services and aims, is crucial for considering the future of the evaluation and quality assurance system in Japan.
 
For this forum, NIAD-QE invites Ms. Vicki Stott, Chief Executive of the UK Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). Ms. Stott will share her perspective on what this "tectonic shift" in the UK suggests and lead us to envision the future of quality assurance for higher education in Japan. 

Agenda & Materials^*

   Chaired by MORI Rie: Professor, Research Department, NIAD-QE

1:30PM	Opening Address  HATTORI Yasunao: President, NIAD-QE
1:35PM	Introduction of the Speaker
1:40PM	Keynote Speech   Vicki Stott: Chief Executive, Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the United Kingdom
2:30PM	Break
2:40PM	Q&A Session and Discussion <Moderator>  TODAYAMA Kazuhisa: Dean, Research Department, NIAD-QE
3:25PM	Closing Remarks  MITSUISHI Mamoru: Vice-President, NIAD-QE
3:30PM	End of Forum

      *Presentation Materials will be posted after the event.
 

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