This volume describes a range of experiences of internal audit in higher education institutions from around the world. It presents approaches to best practice designed to enable readers to assess and develop their own audit procedures.

Part 1 Background and Rationale; Chapter 1 Quality Audit Issues, Sally Brown, Alison Holmes; Chapter 2 Quality Audit in Higher Education, Simon Horsman; Chapter 3 Auditing Academic Programmes, Steve Michael; Chapter 4 Subject Review and the Enhancement of Quality, Margaret Moran; Chapter 5 Internal Audit – A Sceptic’s View, Barbara Spender; Part 2 Diverse Approaches; Chapter 6 Internal Audit, Geoffrey Alderman; Chapter 7 Using Audit to Promote Organizational Learning, Máire Brennan, Elizabeth Noonan; Chapter 8 Introducing Internal Audit at Oxford Brookes University, Judith Carroll, Marion Temple; Chapter 9 The Themed Approach to Audit, Alison Holmes, Sally Brown; Chapter 10 Stories Auditors Tell, Maxine Alterio; Part 3 International Dimensions; Chapter 11 Programme Review for Accountability Purposes, T Dary Erwin; Chapter 12 ‘Ensuring Teaching Quality (ETQ) – Best Practice Pathways’, Owen Hicks; Chapter 13 Internal Audit in New Zealand, David Woodhouse; Chapter 14 Evaluation at a German University of Applied Sciences, the TFH Berlin, Annette Jander; Part 4 Making the Most of Audit; Chapter 15 Peer Approaches to Audit, Sally Brown, Alison Holmes; Chapter 16 Audit your Own Teaching, Phil Race; Chapter 17 Using Subject Audit Towards Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Antony Mellor, Alison Holmes; Chapter 18 The Formative Use of Internal Quality Audit at Staffordshire University to Improve the Quality Assurance of Distributed Learning, Steve Outram; Chapter 19 Future Directions in Academic Quality Audit, Sally Brown, Alison Holmes;