Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice - Level 4 Award

This qualification is for those working in, or looking to enter roles in internal quality assurance.
The units and qualification will provide those who carry out internal quality assurance roles in their organisation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieving a professional qualification for the role.

This is a knowledge-only Award for those who are starting their journey as an internal quality assurance practitioner or for those who need to know about internal quality assurance but who are not carrying out quality assurance themselves. This might be people such as experienced assessors or centre managers, HR or quality assurance personnel.
This course is delivered part time on a 1:1 basis. The course fees are £500.

This knowledge only award for those who are starting their journey as an internal quality assurance practitioner or for those who need to know about internal quality assurance but who are not carrying out quality assurance themselves. This might be people such as experienced assessors or centre managers, HR or quality assurance personnel.

This award is one unit only and you will study the following unit:
Unit 4: Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment (6 credits)

Teaching, learning and assessment will be through a mix of support sessions, self-study and teacher-led professional discussions. All learning outcomes across these units are internally assessed and marked online via our Smart Assessor platform.

A candidate IQA will need to show that they have provided support for a minimum of two assessors, each of these assessors need to be assessing 2 candidates. It is the responsibility of the candidate IQA to locate these assessors and their candidates. Additionally, the candidate IQA must have the support of an occupationally competent and qualified Internal Verifier who will be responsible for counter-signing all the decisions made by the candidate IQA.
Please note that the college does not provide for these requirements.

This course requires candidates to hold GCSEs in English and maths at grade C / 4, or an equivalent (e.g. Functional Skills Level 2).

You will also need to hold a minimum of a level 3 qualification or working towards a qualification in the subject you wish to assess/teach or experience of working in a sector.

You need to be in an education setting where you are engaging in internal quality assurance activity. A candidate IQA will need to assess a minimum of two assessors. It is the responsibility of the candidate IQA to locate these assessors. All candidate IQAs must have the support of an occupationally competent and qualified IQA who will be responsible for counter-signing all decisions made by the candidate IQA.
Please note that the college does not provide for these requirements.

To apply for this course, you will need to submit an application form directly to our University Centre. You can find out more about this process and download a copy of the application form by visiting our How to Apply page, or you can request a copy of the application form directly from the Yeovil College University Centre team via 01935 845454 or university.centre@yeovil.ac.uk.

If you have any questions, or want to know more about this course, please get in touch! You can contact us via email (university.centre@yeovil.ac.uk), phone (01935 845454), or come along to one of our Open Events.