QUAA   QUALITY & UNIVERSITY ASSESSMENT AGENCYEvidence-based review initiative Institutional status
Knowledge & resources

Better decisions begin
with good references.

Selected original source material to support understanding of European higher education review and digital quality assurance.

Reference reading

External standards and public guidance.

The sources below are educational references, not endorsements of QUAA or proof of any institutional status.

ESG / 2015

European quality assurance

Understand the three-part framework that underpins quality assurance in the European Higher Education Area.

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DIGITAL / 2026

Digital learning assessment

Learn what evidence matters for online and blended delivery and why an assessment scope must be specific.

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QUAA / V0.1

QUAA review framework

Explore QUAA’s own developing assessment-domain architecture and related evidence principles.

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Start with clarity

Frameworks are tools for improvement.

Explore how QUAA proposes to translate public principles into evidence-led review criteria.

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