2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

A Historical Study on "Quality Assurance" in English Universities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	24830038
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	University of Fukui
Principal Investigator	YAMAZAKI Tomoko 福井大学, 高等教育推進センター, 特命助教 (20636550)
Project Period (FY)	2012-08-31 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	イギリス / 質保証 / 大学史 / 高等教育政策 / 大学評価
Research Abstract	This study investigates historical development of "quality assurance" in English universities. In the late 19th century, university colleges were inspected by the Advisory Committee on University Grants, and the quality of teaching was assessed on the basis of implementation of Arts and Sciences education, which can be distinguished from technical and/or professional education. With the creation of new degree titles at newly-established "civic universities" in 1900s, the examination subjects became diverse. In order to assure the quality of university education, each civic university was required to conduct peer review by the government. It can be said that the university inspection conducted by the advisory committee and the peer review conducted by the universities were complementary to each other in terms of quality assurance.

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