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Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022

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54Assessment of quality of higher education
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(1)The Commission must assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the quality of higher education provided—

(a)by each registered provider;

(b)on behalf of each registered provider (whether by another registered provider or by an external provider).

(2)The duty in subsection (1) applies to the assessment of higher education relating to the provider’s category of registration.

(3)The Commission may assess, or make arrangements for the assessment of, the quality of higher education provided in Wales by any tertiary education provider.

(4)The Commission must publish a report of each assessment carried out under this section.

(5)The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations—

(a)require assessments under subsection (1) to be conducted at intervals specified in the regulations;

(b)require reports under subsection (4) to be published before the end of a period specified in the regulations.

(6)Before making regulations under subsection (5), the Welsh Ministers must consult the Commission.

(7)In this Part, references to an external provider are references to a person who—

(a)is not a registered provider, but

(b)is responsible for providing all or part of a course of higher education on behalf of a registered provider;

and references to a governing body in relation to an external provider that is not an institution are references to the persons responsible for the provider’s management.

(8)For the purposes of subsection (7)(b), the Welsh Ministers may make provision by regulations about the circumstances in which a person is (or is not) to be treated as responsible for providing a course (or part of it).

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