Internalising Quality Assurance
25 October 2011, by Ian Gostelow
Educational leaders grappling with the settings of an emerging tertiary sector are facing challenging questions in a turbulent environment. On commencing the Graduate Certificate in Quality Assurance with the LH Martin Institute, it became apparent that many of my international peers were confronted with similar problems. Complex issues of global and national importance, led by international agendas, are swirling around higher education and vocational training sectors as governments seek to accelerate high level skills development for their society’s positioning in the knowledge economy. As an individual in Education, making sense of how these dynamic forces affect professional practice is akin to surfing a tsunami.
