# THE QUALITY ASSURANCE AGENCY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062746
- **Other names:** QAA, QAA SCOTLAND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03344784](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03344784)
- **Registered:** June 9, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062746


## Contact

- **Address:** SOUTHGATE HOUSE, SOUTHGATE STREET, GLOUCESTER
- **Postcode:** GL1 1UB
- **Phone:** 07824 122527
- **Email:** compliance@qaa.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.qaa.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE OF QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE; 2. ENHANCEMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING, AND THE IDENTIFICATION AND PROMOTION OF INNOVATION AND GOOD PRACTICE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING;3. PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND THE PUBLICATION OF REPORTS ON QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN TERTIARY EDUCATION IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE; AND4. PROVISION OF ADVICE TO GOVERNMENTS, AS REQUESTED, ON ACCESS COURSE RECOGNITION AND IN RELATION TO ALL OR ANY OF THE ABOVE OBJECTS.

**Activities:** A range of activities to secure HE standards &amp; quality: reviews &amp; audits of standards &amp; quality in HE providers; published reports &amp; intelligence arising from those reviews &amp; audits; maintenance of the UK Quality Code, subject benchmarks and qualifications frameworks; advice on degree awarding powers &amp; university title, Access to HE &amp; support for HEIs in relation to international developments.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Stanley |  | July 1, 2024 |
| Caroline Jane Carter |  | Dec. 13, 2023 |
| Christian Brodie |  | March 15, 2025 |
| Dr Fazal Dad |  | March 15, 2023 |
| Dr Lucy Ann Jones |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| JULIAN ALEXANDER FRASER |  | March 15, 2023 |
| Jimena Alamo |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| Ladan Saghafi |  | Dec. 13, 2023 |
| Peter Vermeulen |  | March 15, 2023 |
| Professor Mirjam Platinga |  | Sept. 5, 2024 |
| Professor Moira Catherine Fischbacher-Smith |  | June 15, 2025 |
| Professor Nic Beech |  | Sept. 2, 2021 |
| Professor Nichola Callow |  | Oct. 23, 1994 |
| Professor Odette Hutchinson |  | June 14, 2023 |
| Professor Philip Andrew Deans |  | March 15, 2023 |
| Professor Rachid Hourizi |  | March 9, 2022 |
| Richard Hazim Khaldi |  | Jan. 24, 2024 |




