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Guidance and specialist papers for FE centres offering BTEC Level 4-5 Higher Education programmes (HE in FE) 

You can find specialist papers and other useful documents below. 

Useful websites for centres running HE programmes and for External Examiners are the QAA website, from which the Code of Practice can be downloaded, and the HE Academy website.

Visit Signposts to Quality for key documents for 2011–12.

Specialist Paper 1 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf73KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 2 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf55KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 3 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf101KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 4 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf62KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 5 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf47KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 6 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf50KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 7 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf64KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 8 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf67KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 9 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf50KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 10 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf58KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 11 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf52KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 12 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf39KB21-Mar-11
Specialist Paper 13 - Guidelines for external examiners and centres
pdf71KB21-Mar-11
Five Years of Top Ten Tips for centres on enhancing HE quality, 2004-2009
pdf181KB25-Sep-08
Top Ten Tips for enhancing HE quality
pdf40KB04-Apr-11
IQER Self Evaluation Preparation
Information for IQER (Integrated Quality and Enhancement Review) preparation
pdf52KB25-Sep-08
Edexcel Standard Note for centres preparing for IQER
pdf24KB25-Nov-08
IQER Self-Assessment Questionnaire on External Examiner Effectiveness
rtf1983KB25-Sep-08