SCIPS is an outcome of a HEFCE funded project entitled 'Academic Standards and Benchmark Descriptors: Developing Strategies for Inclusivity'. The project ran from January 2003 to December 2004 at the University of Worcester (UW), and was a collaboration between UW, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) and representatives of academic subject benchmarking groups. The project was an outcome of a successful bid to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) under its 'Improving Provision for Disabled Students' funding programme for 2003 - 2005. SCIPS is being further developed over the next two years (October 2005- September 2007) through the Leonardo da Vinci funded project, Qatrain (Quality Assurance and Assessment Training). Our European partners will also produce their own versions of SCIPS.

To access the UK SCIPS site click on the the word `SCIPS' below.