Monitoring, Evaluation and Validation of Courses: A Case‐study

Course quality assurance procedures at Sheffield City Polytechnic are described. Two related sets of procedures fulfil two main functions: quality assurance, through annual review, of the day‐to‐day operation of courses, and the longer‐term validation of new courses and the progress review of existing courses. Some of the problems of operating an institution‐wide system of course quality assurance are also examined.