Policy on quality assurance guidelines

Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) was established in November 2012 by the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 (the 2012 Act) [indexed in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 128.532]. The 2012 Act sets out the functions of QQI, which include issuing guidelines for the establishment of providers' quality assurance (QA) procedures. This policy sets out the approach to the development and organisation of statutory QA guidelines issued by QQI under section 27(1) of the 2012 Act. QQI's approach builds on the experience of QA guidelines in the past and the implementation of the 2012 Act. The aim of this policy is to provide the rationale and architecture for all QA guidelines issued by QQI. In summary, it explains: (1) what QA guidelines are and how they should be used; (2) the overarching principles which will apply to all QA guidelines; and (3) the rationale for developing a suite of guidelines for different sectors and topics.

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