CUC Audit and Risk Committee Chairs’ Network: Online Meeting

Academic standards and partnerships: a risk-based approach to assurance

📅 Date/Time: Wednesday, 14 October 2026/ 17:00 – 18:30
💻 Location: Online
🎤 Speaker: Phil Berry, Director of Academic Quality, Policy and Planning, King’s College London
👤 Chair: Professor Mary Bishop, Chair of the CUC Audit and Risk Committee Chairs’ Network

📢 Join fellow university Audit and Risk Committee Chairs for an important discussion exploring how institutions can secure academic standards and gain effective assurance across partnership arrangements in a changing higher education environment.

Phil Berry will share insights into how Audit and Risk Committees can gain assurance over academic standards, quality and partnerships, and how this connects with wider academic governance. The discussion will also draw on the recent QAA publication on academic assurance.

The session will explore:
• Academic standards, quality and partnership arrangements
• The role of Audit and Risk Committees in securing effective assurance
• The relationship between academic governance and institutional assurance
• A risk-based approach to oversight
• Questions and discussion moderated by Professor Mary Bishop

👉 Register here now to join the discussion.