Quality audit: Fit for what purpose?

Have institutional QA systems and the auditing of these become too large and unfocused more concerned with performance by statistical indicators than with educational quality? Is the stress too much on ‘quality strategy’ and ‘quality policy’ at the institutional level at the expense of didactic practice at the programme level? A slimmer and more focused approach based primarily on information from the level of delivery and audited in a more investigative way is indicated.

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