Student Reviewer Opportunity: Quality Enhancement Review

Click here for Role ProfileAre you passionate about higher education in Wales’s colleges and universities? Do you want to help ensure that providers support continuous improvement of student outcomes and the enhancement of the student learning experience?Are you a current or recent UK based student or sabbatical officer in a college or university with experience in representing students' interests who can support and challenge constructively the ambitions of individual institutions?If so, you might be the person we are looking for! Through an open call we are now seeking to expand our pool of QAA student reviewers, to take part in Quality Enhancement Review (QER). QER is the external peer-led and enhancement-focused review method that supports assurance and enhancement of the quality of provision across Wales’s higher education sector. It is a key delivery mechanism of the Quality Assessment Framework for Wales (QAF).While we welcome applications from students across the four nations of the United Kingdom, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from colleges and universities in Wales. QAA endeavours to ensure that a Welsh speaker is allocated to every Quality Enhancement Review team where applicable. We therefore welcome applications from Welsh speakers to help us fulfil this undertaking. This is an exciting time to join an organisation with an essential role in the UK’s tertiary education sector. While we are seeking experienced individuals specifically for QER, as a member of our student reviewer pool you can be invited to participate in other QAA review activity in the UK and abroad.The Quality Assurance AgencyWe are a world-leading quality agency with unmatched experience of providing impartial regulatory and collaborative quality assurance and enhancement. We support universities and colleges, and work with students and learners, governments, funders and regulatory bodies, to evidence and enhance the excellent quality and high standards of the education they provide.We work towards a greater public understanding - domestically and internationally - of how excellent quality is demonstrated in UK higher education, and how autonomous institutions both assure its delivery and address weaknesses. Our work safeguards the value of qualifications for students and learners and protects and promotes the reputation of higher education.About the role As a Student Reviewer you will work as part of a team to apply your knowledge and experience and undertake review activity supported by a QAA Officer. This includes using evidence and documentation from universities and colleges and visiting these institutions to make judgements on their learning and support provisions.The time commitment depends on the activities you choose to accept and is likely to involve desk-based activity over a series of weeks or months, culminating in one or more visits, depending on the review method, to the institution being reviewed. Further details about the main duties and responsibilities, and the knowledge and skills required, can be found in the Student Reviewer role profile. Fees for each quality assurance activity are confirmed at the point you are invited to participate.Completion of mandatory (Health and Safety, GDPR, Equality Diversity & Inclusion and Cyber Security), generic and method training will be required prior to undertaking any quality assurance activity.If you want more information about the role, we’d love to hear from you and are happy to have a chat. Please do get in touch by emailing nations@qaa.ac.uk. How to applyEarly applications are appreciated although the closing date for applications is midnight on 12 January 2026.Applications for can be submitted in either Welsh or English. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications submitted in English.To apply, please create a profile on our recruitment portal and submit your CV as well as completing all the application questions. Only completed applications will be considered for the role.QAA recognises the positive benefits of equity, diversity and inclusion. Our aim is to be truly representative of all sections of society, and for all to feel respected, free to be themselves no matter what their identity or background, and able to give their best. We value the differences that a variety of backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and skills brings and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants to apply and join us.We are committed to ensuring accessibility for all applicants. If you need any reasonable adjustments to participate in the recruitment process, please contact careers@qaa.ac.uk. We are committed to working with all to understand what accommodations are necessary to ensure a fair and accessible process.If you have not heard from QAA within three weeks of the closing date for this vacancy, then your application has not been successful. Please be aware that we are unable to provide feedback on individual applications.