QAA Membership
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the UK’s independent quality body. Membership gives us access to expert guidance, training and resources that help us maintain and enhance the quality of your education.
Academic Quality and Standards
How we make sure your degree meets the academic standards set by our partner universities and the Office for Students.
How standards are assured
Two layers of quality assurance
Because your course is delivered under franchise, our partner universities set the academic regulations and award your degree. On top of this, William College runs its own quality-assurance processes to monitor and improve teaching, assessment and the student experience.
Partner university
Sets academic regulations · Approves courses · Awards your degree
William College
Delivers teaching · Annual monitoring · Academic Board oversight
Academic Board
The role of the Academic Board
The Academic Board is the senior academic authority at William College. It is accountable to the Board of Governors for academic quality and standards, and for our compliance with the following OfS conditions of registration:
- Condition AAccess and participation
- Condition BQuality and standards
- Condition CConsumer and student protection
- Condition EManagement and governance
- Condition FInformation for students
QAA Statement
Our memberships
We are members of the sector bodies that champion quality in UK higher education.
Advance HE Membership
Advance HE supports excellence in higher education teaching. Through our membership, our staff can access professional development and work towards Fellowship recognition for their teaching.
Degree Outcomes Statement
Our analysis of degree classifications awarded to William College students, and how we make sure they are reliable and consistent over time.
Academic policies
These are published on our Policies and Procedures page – the links below take you straight there.