British Association of Research Quality Assurance (BARQA)

The Research Quality Association is a non -profitable membership association. Earlier it was  known as a  Quality Assurance Group UK (QAG UK) and the British Association of Research Quality Assurance (BARQA), After that the name of the association changed to RQA in December 2012. Later on It was Founded in 1977.In 1993 the first glossy member's newsletter was printed and in 1998 it named as  Quasar. In 1998 first BARQA website was launched. Association has launched a new membership In 2001 which includes Affiliate, Associate, Member, Fellow and Honorary Member grades etc. In 2005 the first Global QA Conference held with SQA (Society of Quality Assurance)  and JSQA   (Japan Society of Quality Assurance) in Orlando, Florida.In 2013 the 1^st  European Quality Assurance Conference with DGGF and SoFAQ was held in country Bonn, Germany.