The Diploma – a view from the regulator
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The regulator outlines their role in overseeing the Diploma qualification and shares their views on its future. Ofqual established rules for the Diploma, accredited qualifications, and monitored delivery and marking. Going forward, the regulator believes the Diploma design needs simplifying, its components should stand alone, and it should provide value. With policy changes, the Diploma is no longer a core qualification but parts could be retained and combined with others more flexibly. The regulator will safeguard current students but seek evidence on successes to inform any redesign.
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- 1. The Diploma – a view from the regulator Isabel Nisbet, Chief Executive, Ofqual 22 September 2010
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Editor's Notes
- So, to introduce Ofqual to you. We are the statutory regulator of qualifications, examinations and assessments and were established by legislation last year. The important point to note is that we are independent of ministers. We don’t report to Government, we instead report direct to Parliament. This is a safeguard to ensure that we do not fall under the whim or mechanism of any one minister or department. You can regard this as an additional assurance for the currency of the qualifications that we regulate. We regulate all qualifications in England except university degrees. This means we regulate qualifications at all levels including vocational and professional qualifications as well as academic ones and we also regulate statutory national curriculum assessments. As well as this, we regulate vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland.
- Our objectives are very relevant to the work we’ve been doing with the Diploma. We are responsible for setting the regulatory requirements of the Diploma and for implementing the processes that are designed to ensure that that assessments and examinations are fair and accessible for candidates and that outcomes are appropriate and consistent. We accredit all of the qualifications that are part of the Diploma and also recognise the awarding bodies that offer the Diploma or any of its components. Diploma awarding bodies and component awarding bodies have had to go through a supplementary recognition process with ourselves, on top of the original processes that some went through to be recognised as an awarding organisation . These awarding bodies, or CABs and DABs, must then comply with regulations developed by Ofqual including; - The criteria for accreditation of foundation, higher and advanced qualifications version 3 - The Line of Learning criteria for the specific qualification - The regulatory arrangements for Component and Diploma Awarding Bodies, and in the case of principal learning and project Component Awarding Bodies, - The GCSE, GCE, principal learning and project code of practice. As you can see, it’s a complex task for the regulator and for the awarding organisations ! However such an approach does allow for us to secure the standards of all aspects of the qualification, as well as ensuring that delivery is effective and value for money. Having such standards also promotes confidence in the qualification.
- With a focus on the debate to be had, Ofqual stated some underlying principles for the Diploma in its Chief Regulator’s report last year. These principles said that: The design and requirements for the Diploma should be understandable to all involved; learners, teachers, employers and awarding organisations. The detailed regulatory rules and requirements around should be as simple as possible. Particularly, teachers and tutors should be able to use their professional judgement to shape learners’ curricular choices, guided by broad principles rather than detailed rules. Each qualification within the Diploma should be valued as important in its own right with a title that reflects its content, but without detracting from the additional value of the Diploma as a whole programme of learning. Ofqual must be able to assure the public that grades are comparable in graded elements and that standards are comparable across awarding organisations and lines of learning for achievement for the qualifications that comprise the Diploma. The responsibilities of the recognised organisations delivering Diplomas and component qualifications should be clear and Ofqual should check that they deliver these responsibilities. The qualification should be value for money to the nation. With these principles in mind and having looked through the challenges we are still facing with the Diploma, it begs the question – what next?
- With a focus on the debate to be had, Ofqual stated some underlying principles for the Diploma in its Chief Regulator’s report last year. These principles said that: The design and requirements for the Diploma should be understandable to all involved; learners, teachers, employers and awarding organisations. The detailed regulatory rules and requirements around should be as simple as possible. Particularly, teachers and tutors should be able to use their professional judgement to shape learners’ curricular choices, guided by broad principles rather than detailed rules. Each qualification within the Diploma should be valued as important in its own right with a title that reflects its content, but without detracting from the additional value of the Diploma as a whole programme of learning. Ofqual must be able to assure the public that grades are comparable in graded elements and that standards are comparable across awarding organisations and lines of learning for achievement for the qualifications that comprise the Diploma. The responsibilities of the recognised organisations delivering Diplomas and component qualifications should be clear and Ofqual should check that they deliver these responsibilities. The qualification should be value for money to the nation. With these principles in mind and having looked through the challenges we are still facing with the Diploma, it begs the question – what next?
- With a focus on the debate to be had, Ofqual stated some underlying principles for the Diploma in its Chief Regulator’s report last year. These principles said that: The design and requirements for the Diploma should be understandable to all involved; learners, teachers, employers and awarding organisations. The detailed regulatory rules and requirements around should be as simple as possible. Particularly, teachers and tutors should be able to use their professional judgement to shape learners’ curricular choices, guided by broad principles rather than detailed rules. Each qualification within the Diploma should be valued as important in its own right with a title that reflects its content, but without detracting from the additional value of the Diploma as a whole programme of learning. Ofqual must be able to assure the public that grades are comparable in graded elements and that standards are comparable across awarding organisations and lines of learning for achievement for the qualifications that comprise the Diploma. The responsibilities of the recognised organisations delivering Diplomas and component qualifications should be clear and Ofqual should check that they deliver these responsibilities. The qualification should be value for money to the nation. With these principles in mind and having looked through the challenges we are still facing with the Diploma, it begs the question – what next?