The UK¡¯s ¡°internationally admired system of peer review¡± should remain part of any future higher education quality assurance system, the head of the sector¡¯s standards watchdog has said.
Institutional reviews by the Quality Assurance Agency could become a thing of the past in favour of more robust internal monitoring by universities themselves, a draft policy paper suggests.
The viva, the final hurdle to gaining a PhD, is labour-intensive, not conducted to any national standard and is dreaded by students who fear an examiner will capriciously halt their career. Is it still fit for purpose? asks Elizabeth Gibney