What is EQR?

EQR stands for External Quality Review. We are a peer review consortium of sixth form and general further education colleges in the South East of England with a geographical spread from the edge of the New Forest in the west to Bexhill in the east and from the south coast to the Home Counties. The majority of our colleges are in Hampshire which is where the consortium began in 1993.

What is the aim of the consortium?

Our main purpose is to assist colleges in the continuous improvement of teaching and learning using peer review to share good practice between member colleges. EQR has three main objectives:

• To give teachers the opportunity to share ideas with colleagues in other colleges 
• To assist colleges as they improve the quality of their work
• To provide teachers and managers with an external assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of key areas of work.

Can other colleges join the scheme?

Membership is restricted to the geographical area described above and is at the discretion of the Steering Group which is made up of senior staff representing member colleges.

If you would like to find out more you are welcome to email Sue Williamson, the Scheme Manager, for further details.