Assuring and enhancing teaching and learning through effective alignment of internal and external review methods

External quality assurance has been criticised for focusing on method and not student learning but if effectively aligned with internal processes can have a transformational impact. Set against this context the paper discusses three types of possible alignment: linear nested and contiguous alignment. Using examples from the University of Edinburgh the paper illustrates how external methods can be aligned in such a way to focus on assurance and enhancement of the student learning experience.

This paper was presented at EQAF and reflects the views of the named authors only.