Review of all accreditation schemes 2022-2023
BAC is a registered charity with the explicit aim of raising standards in the independent further and higher education and training sector. We do this through a process of institutional accreditation measuring providers against a set of published standards.
All our inspection reports are made public and designed to be accessible to all our stakeholders with a view to ensuring that students can make an informed choice when choosing where to study or with which organisations to study.
We periodically carry out reviews of our schemes to ensure they reflect best practice and remain relevant. We are reviewing all six of our accreditation schemes this year.
The following four schemes will be reviewed internally, having had a full review more recently.
- Independent Higher Education (IHE) scheme
- Independent English Language Provider scheme (IELP)
- Short Course Provider (SCP) scheme
- Online, Distance and Blended Learning (ODBL) scheme
Schemes will be updated and refreshed to confirm the schemes are in line with the new Common Quality Framework (http://www.the-bac.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Common-Quality-Framework.pdf), remove any duplication, ensure consistency across the standards and importantly that they continue to reflect best practice.
Timeline
October 2022 Consultation at BAC Inspectors’ Event
November 2022 Updates to schemes based on feedback
January 2023 Sign off by Chief Inspector
March 2023 Submit to Accreditation Committee; Update at Annual Stakeholder Event
May 2023 Proofread and design process; Update related documents
September 2023 Publish and start to use
Full review
This year we will be conducting a full review of the College and International Centre schemes. This is a more in-depth assessment of the standards and will involve working groups for each scheme made up of providers, inspectors and industry representatives as well as a wider consultation period before the schemes go live in September 2023.
Timeline
December 2022 Internal work to bring up to date with other schemes
January 2023 Working group meetings
March 2023 Wider consultation; Sign off by Chief Inspector; Submit to Accreditation Committee; Update at Annual Stakeholder Event
May 2023 Proofread and design process; Update related documents
September 2023 Publish and start to use
We are always interested in receiving feedback from our stakeholders, if you have any questions or comments, please contact us at info@the-bac.org
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