Clear standards for shorter learning pathways.
A proposed approach for evaluating professional, specialist and executive short courses without conflating certificates of completion with regulated academic awards.
Continuing education centres, executive education divisions, employer academies and short-course providers.
An assessed course or provider review report, with defined scope and recommendations. Such review must not be presented as an academic degree accreditation.
Review scope, applicable versioned criteria, assessor independence, conflicts of interest, method, evidence limits and result terminology must be documented before a report can be issued. Publication requires a valid decision and an approved disclosure policy.
These pages describe a developing review methodology. QUAA is not currently accepting formal external reviews or issuing awards. Any future review would require adopted criteria, a documented scope and verified authority to conduct that specific service.
Before a case could be accepted, QUAA would identify the legal provider, awarding body where applicable, country, delivery sites, programmes and learner groups. An agreed scope would list the applicable criteria version, evidence sources, interviews or observations, exclusions and review limits. Evidence could include policies, dated records, sampled assessments, learner information and demonstrated practice.
Reviewers would need verified subject competence, relevant higher-education experience and declared conflicts. Appointments and decisions must be separated from commercial activity. A report would state evidence, strengths, concerns, limitations and recommendations; factual correction would not permit negotiation of findings. Publication would require a valid independent decision and explicit authorization.
No review service page proves that a review has occurred. An enquiry is not an application or decision. Any future complaint or appeal must follow an adopted, independent process. An absent public record is not a finding by another regulator or accreditor.
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