TY - JOUR AB - Examines the reasons for the strategic move in UK higher education to a new national quality assurance regime that is primarily focused on academic standards. Considers the conceptual basis on which the new approach is founded as a precursor to examining the proposals made by the National Committee of Inquiry in Higher Education and the initial development work undertaken by the Quality Assurance Agency to create a policy framework. VL - 6 IS - 3 SN - 0968-4883 DO - 10.1108/09684889810224911 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09684889810224911 AU - Jackson Norman PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Understanding standards‐based quality assurance: part I ‐ rationale and conceptual basis T2 - Quality Assurance in Education PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 132 EP - 140 Y2 - 2024/04/20 ER -