Impacts of Internationalisation for Quality Assurance: A case study on institutional best practices for quality assurance in a research university

David Solomon Arulraj

Higher Education Forum

[PISSN] 2432-9614

[NCID] AA1187795X

The higher education sector in the UAE has expanded exponentially with due attention to quality assurance supported by CAA. Internationalisation dynamics has added to quality enhancement efforts in the country. This study explores the impacts of internationalisation for quality assurance in higher education and it particularly accounts institutional best practices for quality assurance in a research university. The study used literature review, case study and document analysis as research methods. The research relied on relevant literature and documents from the case studied. Standard protocols of systematic literature review, and document analysis were followed in the study. Meta-analysis and meta-synthesis helped to achieve in summarising, analysing, interpreting the findings. The findings indicate that the role of institutional quality assurance department is pivotal to enhance quality. Research universities are expected to uphold higher order quality assurance protocols. The best practices highlighted in this study may offer unique lessons for young and new research universities.

internationalisation of higher education

quality in higher education

institutional quality assurance

research universities

eng

Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima University

広島大学高等教育研究開発センター

[ISBN] 978-4-86637-044-6 isPartOf