Policy on the disclosure of records relating to applications for degree awarding powers and university title

On 17 July 2008 the QAA Board approved a revised policy on the disclosure of records relating to applications for degree awarding powers and university title (DAP/UT). It was amended following a public consultation exercise in March 2009.

Under this policy:

all records are closed until the decision of the Privy Council has been made public
after the Privy Council’s decision, access to the following records will be given on request:

documents supplied by an applicant organisation that are already in the public domain
routine administrative information
Advisory Committee on Degree Awarding Powers (ACDAP) minutes from July 2008 forward, excluding the annexes prepared for the Board relating to final reports, with reference to ongoing scrutiny activity removed
publicly available documents and reference material used by ACDAP
Board minutes (currently available on QAA’s website)
QAA’s advice to the Privy Council

following publication of the first audit report after the grant of degree awarding powers, or five years after the Privy Council’s decision, whichever is the longer, access will be given to the final institutional assessors’ report (which will have been sent to the organisation concerned following the Privy Council’s formal notification). The report may still be subject to commercial interest redactions. The organisation may grant access to this report before this time
ten years after the Privy Council’s notification, access will be given, on request, to all remaining DAP/UT records, subject to any remaining issues of commercial confidentiality.

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