Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

50 Quality assurance frameworks

(1) The Commission may publish quality assurance frameworks.

(2) A quality assurance framework is a document setting out guidance and information on matters of policy and practice concerning—

(a) criteria for assessing the quality of tertiary education;

(b) processes for assessing the quality of tertiary education;

(c) the roles and responsibilities of—

(i) persons assessing the quality of tertiary education,

(ii) providers of tertiary education as regards the quality of tertiary education, and

(iii) any other persons as regards the quality of tertiary education as the Commission considers appropriate;

(d) consideration of the views of learners about the quality of the tertiary education they receive;

(e) the professional development of members of the tertiary education workforce;

(f) any other matter the Commission considers relevant to assurance of the quality of tertiary education.

(3) The Commission may revise, replace or withdraw any quality assurance framework published under this section.

(4) Before publishing a framework (or any revised framework) or withdrawing a framework under this section, the Commission must consult—

(a) each registered provider,

(b) Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales (“the Chief Inspector”), and

(c) any other persons the Commission considers appropriate.

(5) The persons mentioned in subsection (6) must, so far as relevant to the exercise of their functions, have regard to a quality assurance framework published under this section.

(6) The persons are—

(a) the Commission;

(b) the Chief Inspector;

(c) a designated body (see section 56).

(7) Nothing in this section affects the Commission’s other powers to issue guidance.

(8) “Members of the tertiary education workforce” has the same meaning as in section 5.