Academic quality and standards
Academic Quality and Standards
Find out more about the Academic Quality and Standards Office (AQSO) including:
- What it is responsible for
- Which areas it oversees
- What groups & committees the AQSO supports
- The Academic Quality and Standards Handbook
You can also access key websites and our handbook plus get contact information.
UWL awarded QAA Quality Mark
UWL awarded QAA Quality Mark
We have been awarded the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Quality Mark for meeting or exceeding UK expectations for quality and standards in its QAA review.
View our latest report on the QAA website.
About
What is the AQSO responsible for?
In order to meet the expectations of the QAA, adhere to the Office for Students (OfS) Regulatory Framework as well as other national frameworks and benchmarks and statutory obligations, the Academic Quality and Standards Office (AQSO) is responsible for:
- developing and implementing quality processes and procedures
- supporting Schools/Colleges and the University as a whole in all aspects of quality assurance activity
What groups & committees does the AQSO support?
The AQSO also supports the following groups and committees:
- Academic Quality and Standards Committee (AQSC)
- School/College Quality Committees
- Apprenticeships Continuous Quality Improvement Group (ACQIG)
- OfS Quality Compliance Group
- LCMe Compliance Committee
- Ruskin College Quality and Operations Group
- Ofsted Readiness Group
- Assessment Working Group
- Quality Leads Network Meeting
For more information on these groups and committees, please contact quality@uwl.ac.uk.
Academic Quality and Standards Handbook
Some of the documents in this section may not be accessible. Please email quality@uwl.ac.uk to request accessible versions of any document on this page.
Download the Academic Quality and Standards Handbook sections:
- Section 1 - Quality and Standards Framework (pdf, 271.8kb)
- Section 2 - Qualifications and Curriculum Framework (pdf, 321.8kb)
- Section 3 - Course Approval and Re-Approval (pdf, 481kb)
- Section 4 - Course Amendments (pdf, 298.27kb)
- Section 5 - Assessment and Feedback (pdf, 454.87kb)
- Section 6 - Monitoring Outcomes (pdf, 330.78kb)
- Section 7 - External Examining (pdf, 365.99kb)
- Section 8 - Course Suspension and Closure (pdf, 275.77kb)
- Section 9 - External Accreditation and Endorsement (pdf, 253.5kb)
- Section 10 - Higher and Degree Apprenticeships End Point Assessment (pdf, 525.92kb)
View the Framework for Bilingual and Second Language Delivery.
Contact us
Please contact quality@uwl.ac.uk or AQSO staff directly, as below, for any quality related queries:
- Stephen Scott - Director of Academic Quality and Standards and Head of Global Partnerships Office
- Gabriella Alesi - Academic Quality and Standards Manager
- Vacant - Apprenticeships and FE Quality Manager
- Julie Davies - Senior Quality Officer (Approval, Accreditation and Amendment)
- quality@uwl.ac.uk - Senior Quality Officer (Monitoring and External Examining)
- Billy Cheung - Academic Quality and Standards Officer
- Sunjay Pal - Apprenticeships Officer
- Oliver Barton – Quality Officer (Apprenticeships and LCME)
- Kate Townsend - Academic Quality and Standards Officer
- Jessica Boyce - Academic Quality and Standards Administrator
- Tomos Williams - Academic Quality and Standards Administrator
- Kenan Khazendar - End Point Assessment (EPA) Apprenticeships Administrator
- Sara Adediran - End Point Assessment (EPA) Administrator
Please direct all queries to the team by email.
If you are unable to access any of the documents on this page or any of the sub-pages, or you would like to access a document in an alternative format, please contact quality@uwl.ac.uk.
