In The THES , January 12, we said the Quality Assurance Agency had criticised Exeter University for failing to appoint an external examiner to its BA in business studies and marketing delivered by the Escuela Superior de Marketing de Gipuzkoa in San Sebastian, Spain.
In fact, the Quality Assurance Agency criticised the univresity's failure to "appoint an external examiner able to judge comparability with other UK awards", which, among other elements, "have made it difficult for the university to assure itself of the equivalence both of the curriculum and of other academic standards".