Open AccessQuality Assurance and Audit in New Zealand Universities: A Review and Case Study
Author(s) -
John A. Codd,
Keith Sullivan
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new zealand annual review of education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1178-3311
pISSN - 1171-3283
DOI - 10.26686/nzaroe.v0i6.1131
Subject(s) - audit , quality assurance , accountability , unit (ring theory) , quality audit , higher education , quality (philosophy) , control (management) , accounting , political science , business , medical education , public relations , management , medicine , psychology , marketing , economics , mathematics education , philosophy , epistemology , law , service (business)
Along with other institutions of higher education, the New Zealand universities are responding to pressures for increased accountability by developing policies and procedures for the maintenance of quality assurance and control. This paper reviews these developments, with a particular focus on the role of the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit (AAU). In the period February to August 1996, the first full academic audit was undertaken by the AAU at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Taking this as a case study, the paper examines some of the issues surrounding quality assurance and audit in higher education and presents a critical review of current directions.