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• CONTENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• IS STUDENT FEEDBACK CORNERSTONE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE ?
• A QUIET REBELLION: ACADEMICS’ VIEW ON INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE IN KAZAKHSTAN
• THE HOLY GRAIL: LEARNING LESSONS TO NIGERIA FROM RESEARCH QUALITY EVALUATION SYSTEMS IN THE US AND THE UK
• QUALITY MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: RESPONSIBITLITIES OF RECEIVING COUNTRIES IN QUALITY ASSURANCE IN CROSS-BORDER HIGHER EDUCATION
• MOOCS AND QUALITY AS TRANSFORMATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• QUALITY ASSURANCE AND CHANGE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• UNIVERSITY RANKING: 'A TRUE QUALITY EVALUATION TOOL OR A MISLEADING INDICATOR ?'
• IS QUALITY AN 'EMPTY SIGNIFIER' OR A 'USEFUL VEHICLE OF CONTINUING IMPROVEMENT' ?
• EXTERNAL EXAMINER: INSPECTOR OR CRITICAL FRIEND ?

Contents 

Introduction 

Is student feedback cornerstone of quality assurance ?;

A quiet rebellion: academics’ view on internal quality assurance in Kazakhstan;

The use of quality evaluation tools and cross national learning/importation of models;

Quality Management in Higher Education : responsibilities of receiving countries in quality assurance in cross-border Higher Education;

MOOCs and Quality as Transformation in Higher Education;

Quality assurance and change in higher education;

University Ranking: ‘A True Quality Evaluation Tool or a Misleading Indicator ?’;

Is quality an ‘empty signifier’ or a ‘useful vehicle of continuing improvement’?;

External Examiner: inspector or critical friend ?;