QAA publishes new suite of TNE reports

QAA has published the latest series of reports from its scheme for the Quality Evaluation and Enhancement of UK Transnational Education (QE-TNE).

Last month, the QE-TNE Scheme was recommended by an independent report written by the University of Reading's Professor David Carter and published by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI): "There should be wider engagement with the Quality Enhancement of Transnational Education (QE-TNE) scheme. This scheme is run by the Quality Assurance Agency as a membership scheme, funded by providers that subscribe to it. As an ideal, the scheme should be expanded to include all UK transnational education providers, and its reports should be free to access."

This new suite of seven TNE publications includes four visit reports authored by teams of academic and student evaluators conducted at higher education providers in Cyprus and Viet Nam between May and August 2024. These visit reports explore the collaborative provision delivered through the University of West London's franchise arrangement with Cyprus Business School, the University of Sunderland's franchise arrangement with the Banking Academy of Vietnam, the University of Greenwich's franchise arrangement with FPT University in Viet Nam, and Coventry University’s partnership with the National Economics University in Viet Nam.

Our new TNE reports also include three case studies produced by UK institutions in collaboration with their transnational partners.

A report on the development of a co-creative, iterative Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) initiative, prepared by Lancaster University and Beijing Jiaotong University, charts the progress of work conducted by the Lancaster University College at Beijing Jiaotong University in Weihai in China's Shandong Province – where students can take collaborative provision in such subjects as Accounting and Finance, Business Studies, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, Design Interactions, Environmental Engineering and Logistics, delivered by teams of flying faculty alongside staff based in Weihai.

Another case study details the development of Cardiff Metropolitan University's TNE collaboration with the National Economics University in Viet Nam, where more than 600 students are studying for a Cardiff Metropolitan Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Finance – making it the Welsh higher education institution's third largest partnership in terms student numbers.

In our third case study, colleagues from Edinburgh's Queen Margaret University in partnership with Metropolitan College in Greece (where QMU provision is delivered entirely in Greek) explore the challenges of managing the delivery of a suite of programmes in a language other than English – and the measures put in place to achieve this.

"These reports make fascinating and valuable reading," says Piers Wall, QAA’s Head of International Quality Assurance and Enhancement. "We very much hope that their insights will help higher education providers in their work to reinforce and enhance the quality of their transnational provision."

The reports are available to access on our Membership Resources Site by institutions which are members of the QE-TNE Scheme. You can find out more about the QE-TNE Scheme in the Transnational Education section of our website.