{"id":999,"date":"2021-03-25T16:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/?post_type=glossaries&#038;p=999"},"modified":"2021-03-25T16:20:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T14:20:06","slug":"quality-assurance-qa","status":"publish","type":"glossaries","link":"https:\/\/asem-education.org\/glossaries\/quality-assurance-qa\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Assurance (QA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The process or set of processes adopted nationally and institutionally to ensure the quality of educational programmes and qualifications awarded. Quality assurance should ensure a learning environment in which the content of programmes, learning opportunities and facilities are fit for purpose. Quality assurance is often referred to in the context of a continuous improvement cycle (i.e. assurance and enhancement activities).<\/p>\n<address>Source: European Union (2018) ECTS Users\u2019 Guide.<\/address>\n<address><a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/sites\/education\/files\/document-library-docs\/ects-users-guide_en.pdf\">https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/education\/sites\/education\/files\/document-library-docs\/ects-users-guide_en.pdf<\/a><\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>Internal and external quality assurance<\/address>\n<p>IQA is the ongoing, continuous process of evaluating, monitoring and improving the quality of a higher education institution and its study programmes. 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