Conclusions Quality assurance in the UK has met with a number of criticisms - from clients when the products or services of a quality assured company do not sometimes meet their needs, and from producers who resent the time and expense of documenting present procedures. Nevertheless it is accepted that QA or some equivalent system will be needed in order to compete within the European markets and in wider fields when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is finally settled. It is however recognised that embarking on QA without going the whole way to Total Quality Management is in general a mistake. If the client needs quality, and no-one doubts that, then the only effective way is through TQM. QA is a step along the path, it is not a goal other than in the short term. References DTI, 1991 . Total Quality Management - a practical approach. Department of Trade and Industry Stirling R. 1993. Quality - a Much Misunderstood Issue. Surveying World Vol. 1/2, p.36-37 44 Quality Management and the Land Surveying Education - The Aspect of Creativity Erik Stubkjrer Aalborg University, Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Development and Planning, Fibigerstrrede 11, DK-9220 Aalborg 0st , Denmark. Abstract: The wave of 'quality management' of the recent years has reached all European universities. Following practices adopted from American universities, we may expect an increased monitoring of the education, including assessment by students. Research has suggested that the students' ratings are influenced by the learning approach of the student: be it surface, relational, or deep. The paper present research results on student learning approaches, and on the aspect of creativity in education, with a view to setting better objectives for the land surveying education. By 'better' is meant objectives which furthers the mentioned deep learning approach. I. The education of land surveyors/geodesists in Europe The report 'The education and practice of the surveyor in the private sector within the European Economic Community' was presented in 1980 by A.L. Allan, and was updated in 1989 (Alien, 1989). Dr. AlIan's well known reports details the content of the education. It appears that, generally, the curriculum of the land surveying education includes substantial parts of the social sciences, especially law and planning. However, science together with mathematics has provided for the theoretical foundation of the education as a whole, especially in the German speaking countries; concessions are hardly to be expected according to the following statement by Professor Dr. K. Kraus at the 'Studientag Universitare Lehre in den geodatischen Wissenschaften' : "Die Naturwissenschaften sind und bleiben das Standbein der Geodaten" (Kraus, 1991). An international review of these educations has been given by Walter M. Welsch (Welsch, 1991). Welsch distinguishes between several models of education : The Central and Eastern European model is characterized by a well-defined structure which relates secondary and 45