1 Learning outcomes – a useful tool in quality assurance? Views from academic staff Per Olaf Aamodt, Nicoline Frølich & Bjørn Stensaker Research Professor Per Olaf Aamodt NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education Postboks 2815 Tøyen 0608 Oslo Norway per.aamodt@nifu.no Research Professor Nicoline Frølich NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education Postboks 2815 Tøyen 0608 Oslo Norway nicoline.frolich@nifu.no Professor Bjørn Stensaker Department of Education University of Oslo Postboks 1092 Blindern 0317 Oslo bjorn.stensaker@iped.uio.no Corresponding author Research Professor Nicoline Frølich NIFU – Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education Postboks 2815 Tøyen 0608 Oslo Norway nicoline.frolich@nifu.no Published online in Studies in Higher Education 28 June 2016 http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/SxEWFb2Bpscwga57wAtB/full 28 June 2016, Abstract While the establishment of quality assurance has been seen for decades as the most significant instrument to secure and enhance the quality of teaching and learning in higher education, the concept of developing more specific learning outcomes has in recent years attracted much interest, not least due to the creation of national qualification frameworks. In this article, we compare the DOI:10.1080/03075079.2016.1185776 Post-print edition