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Overview
• Regulatory Changes
• QCF and GLH Reviews
• Highlights
• Implications
• Next Steps
• Summary
Regulatory changes
General Conditions of Recognition
– 171 conditions
– plus QCF regulatory arrangements
Change in regulatory focus
– From point of qualification accreditation
– To throughout the life cycle of the qualification.
Change for both the regulator – Ofqual - and for
awarding organisations
Reviews
Review of the QCF
• Areas under review:
– Reduction in the detailed QCF rules
– Assessment focus to ensure validity and reliability
– Structure and sharing of units
Review of Guided Learning Hours (GLH) /
• New definition of Total Qualification Time:
TQT = guided learning hours (glh) + directed study hours (dsh) + dedicated assessment hours (dah)
QCF Review
Final report and analysis of review:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa
ds/attachment_data/file/384323/pye-tait-final-report-
analysis-of-the-consultation-on-withdrawing-the-
regulatory-arrangements-for-the-qcf.pdf
Highlights
• Unit bank will close
– 2 year notice period for any withdrawal of shared units
• Withdrawal of the QCF rules
– Does not mean that QCF style qualifications will
disappear
– Qualifications must at that point be “valid” and
comply with the conditions
Highlights
Still to be decided
• Qualification titles
– if Award, Certificate, Diploma removed, what will
replace them?
• Consistent approach to credit
– glh consultation highlighted current inconsistencies
in calculation
Implications
• Potential confusion with qualification titles
• Comparability between qualifications more difficult
within and across countries
• SFA funding currently requires QCF accreditation
and is based on credit – how will this change?
Next Steps
• January 2015: Transition Advisory Group
• February 2015: Technical consultation opens
• June 2015: Technical consultation closes
• Summer 2015: Earliest date for closure of unit
bank
• Summer 2017: Earliest date for end to two year
notice period for withdrawing shared units
Summary
• QCF rules will disappear
• Not sure what will replace them
• BUT it will be a slow process so do not worry
