Quality and Standards
Quality and Standards work with academic and professional services staff, students and external partners to support delivery of the policies held in the Teaching Quality Assurance (TQA) manual. Quality and Standards support core functions for undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes and students, including: the approval and amendment of programmes and modules, external examining, student surveys, academic partnerships, the annual quality review of teaching, support for the student community and student partnership activity including Student Staff Liaison Committees (SSLCs) and Students as Change Agents (SACA) projects, and accreditation of programmes by external professional, statutory and regulatory bodies. In addition to the Management of Academic Representation Group (MARG) and the Degree Outcomes Steering Group, Quality and Standards support designated working parties for policy development.
These functions ensure that the University of Exeter meets the expectations, core and common practices of the Quality Assurance Agency revised UK Quality Code for Higher Education, the Office for Students B Conditions of Registration, the Competition and Markets Authority advice on consumer protection law, and supports the aims of the University of Exeter’s Education Strategy.
The manager of Quality and Standards is Hannah Sanderson.
Contact Details
Please contact the relevant team from the options below:
For general enquiries, please contact qualityandstandards@exeter.ac.uk
We provide support for academic partnerships, accreditation by external professional, statutory and regulatory bodies (PSRBs), and support for core quality and standards functions for postgraduate research programmes and students. We also support the annual quality review of teaching and policy development.
Taught Academic Partnerships
| Name | Role | Team email address |
| Isobel Refoy | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor | partnerships@exeter.ac.uk |
Quality Review and Policy Development
| Name | Role | Team email address |
| Catherine Taylor | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor | |
| Helen Cameron | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor |
Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body (PSRB) Accreditation
| Name | Role | Team email address |
| Jo Hyson | Quality Support Officer (0.6FTE) | accreditation@exeter.ac.uk |
| Kate Sanders | Quality Support Officer | |
| Elaine Squires |
Quality Support Officer |
Postgraduate Research Programmes (PGR)
| Name | Role | Team email address |
| Vacant | Quality Support Officer | PGRqualityandstandards@exeter.ac.uk |
For quality and standards support related to apprenticeship programmes, please contact:
| Name | Role | Email address |
| Sarah Bowden | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor | S.Bowden@exeter.ac.uk |
We provide support for core quality and standards functions for undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes and students in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy. This includes: the approval and amendment of programmes and modules, external examining, internal student surveys, annual quality review of teaching, and policy development.
| Name | Role |
Team email address |
| Peter Ashby | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor |
ESE-quality@exeter.ac.uk
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| James Lee | Quality Support Officer (0.6FTE) | |
| David Hancock |
Quality Support Officer (0.4FTE) |
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| Diana Henry | Quality Support Administrator | |
| James Lee | Quality Support Administrator (0.4FTE) |
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| Vacant | Quality Support Administrator (0.6FTE) |
We provide support for core quality and standards functions for undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes and students in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences. This includes: the approval and amendment of programmes and modules, external examining, internal student surveys, annual quality review of teaching, and policy development.
| Name | Role |
Team email address |
| Simeon Paskell | Senior Quality and Standards Advisor |
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| Laura Farris | Quality Support Officer | |
| Adrian Jones | Quality Support Administrator | |
| James Harley | Quality Support Administrator |
We provide support for core quality and standards functions for undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes and students in the Faculty of Humanity, Arts and Social Sciences. This includes: the approval and amendment of programmes and modules, external examining, internal student surveys, annual quality review of teaching, and policy development.
| Name | Role |
Team email address |
| Nick Hall |
Senior Quality and Standards Advisor | |
| Tim Seelig | Quality Support Officer |
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| Hannah Petrie | Quality Support Administrator | |
| Julia Worwood | Quality Support Administrator |
We coordinate a variety of student-staff partnership activities designed to support students’ voice at the university and foster communities within departments. This includes providing full administrative support for Student-Staff Liaison Committees (SSLCs) and the flow of student feedback within Colleges, supporting student-led projects within the Students as Change Agents scheme, and coordinating the distribution of student news at a College level through bulletins, newsletters, and news feeds. We also assist with bespoke activities within departments, such as Peer Support programmes, and community events, including coffee mornings and student Townhall meetings. Members of our team provide specialist support to each of the University of Exeter’s Colleges and we work across the Devon and Cornwall campuses.
| Name | Role | Team email address |
| Jake Hibberd | Student Community and Partnerships Coordinator | studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Darren Green |
Student Community and Partnerships Associate for UEBS |
uebs-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Vacant | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for CEMPS | emps-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Anna Middlewick | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for HUMS | hums-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Sarah Khan | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for CSSIS | ssis-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Vacant | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for CMH | cmh-studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
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Vacant |
Student Community and Partnerships Associate for CLES | |
| Ashleigh Curl | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for Penryn (CEMPS, HUMS and Politics) | studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
| Vacant | Student Community and Partnerships Associate for Penryn (CLES, UEBS and Law) | studentcommunity@exeter.ac.uk |
