Recognising work-based learning in higher education

 

Services

Health Check

A diagnostic service to providing a health check for in-company programmers compared with HE standards.

Programme Enhancement

A diagnostic and support service to enhance or augment existing in-company programmes.

Credit recognition of an existing in-company programme

A “Kite-marking” scheme for in-company programmes against HE benchmarks to establish general credit.

Accreditation of an in-company programme

HE general credit is awarded to individuals completing the programme.

Development and validation of an HE award

Company schemes are developed to enable learners to access and successfully complete an HE qualification.

Dual Accreditation against Occupational Standards and HE credit and levels

As above but incorporating Awarding Body accreditation against National Occupational Standards (NOS) or other occupational or professional standard.

Programme Management

A service to assist companies in managing the assessment requirements of their in-company programmes where HE accreditation is required.

Access to existing HE Expertise and Qualifications including negotiated use of existing HEI WBL programme frameworks

Provision of specialist expertise as required and access to standard qualifications offered by HEIs on campus probably part time. This also includes services to direct companies to approved HEI providers of WBL who have existing flexible WBL frameworks in place to enable companies to negotiate a customised route for their employees to access university qualifications without the company necessarily having to provide in company programmes.