Scottish Higher Education: a brief overview, challenges, opportunities and some personal reflections

This invited presentation to the first Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) Reviewer Training provided, at QAA Scotland’s request, a contextual overview of Scotland’s Higher Education sector and the implications and potential impact of the introduction of the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework with a particular emphasis on the implementation of the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) methodology.
The presentation provided and overview of the HE Scotland, the challenges facing the sector and a University perspective on the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework and the related peer review process. Key topics covered were:
• Scotland’s Higher Education Sector
• UK & Scotland Policy and Funding Landscape
• Funding and Policy Context and Challenges
• Opportunities linked to the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Framework (TQEF)
• Opportunities linked to the Tertiary Quality Enhancement Review (TQER) process and reflections for a reviewer perspective
• TQEF and TQEF - Next steps, priorities and actions