Dear colleague
QAA's Outcomes from institutional audit (Outcomes...) papers are thematic accounts of the findings of institutional audit reports. Two series have so far been published: the first covering 70 audits undertaken in England and Northern Ireland between 2002 and 2004 and the second (continuing) covering 59 audits undertaken between December 2004 and August 2006. Each paper deals with a discrete topic and offers a sector-wide overviewof the audit findings for that topic. They provide important information and messages to the sector as a whole and, we hope, will help all those who are responsible for quality and standards in higher education institutions, at all levels, to review and compare their own practice with that of others, and learn from the experience.
I am writing now to inform you of the publication of a further paper in this series: Academic and personal advice, guidance and support for students (including postgraduate research students). A summary of this paper is attached. It will be published on 30 July 2010 and will be available from www.qaa.ac.uk/outcomes.
We hope that you will find this advance notice of publication and the summary useful.
Any feedback should be addressed to outcomes@qaa.ac.uk.
Yours sincerely
Anthony McClaran
Chief Executive
