Members can access materials relating to this area of work on our Membership Resources Site.
We have close relationships with many international quality assurance agencies. Collaboration with our partners enables us to develop a range of events and resources, which provide advice and support to help members succeed in international partnerships and work including quality assuring and enhancing TNE delivery.
Our activities and resources enable members to consider ways in which institutions engage in different partnership arrangements around the world, including the stages of the partnership journey - from initial considerations, due diligence, management and oversight, to teach-out.
Member resources
Managing risk and enhancing quality in transnational education
We have published a collection of resources from a series of webinars focusing on managing risk and enhancing quality in transnational education (TNE). Aimed at staff working in international partnerships, each webinar examines a different aspect of a partnership journey. Members can access materials related to the following topic areas:
- Data: the numbers and the narrative
- Teach out
- The TNE student experience
- Maintaining academic standards
- Quality assurance processes
- Due diligence
- Regulatory benchmarks
Introduction to international partnerships
Our popular professional development programmes for QAA Members who have the International Insights enhancement package cover all aspects of international partnerships - from identifying a suitable partner, due diligence and setting up a partnership, to operational management and partnership development.
Presentations
Sustainable development and transnational partnerships
This guidance document, authored by De Montfort University, introduces a range of ideas through which to explore and promote issues of sustainable development in transnational education (TNE). It details a range of key issues which can inform discussions of sustainability among those involved in developing, delivering and supporting TNE partnerships, regulators of TNE partnerships, and students wishing to hold their TNE programmes to account on sustainability issues.