Introduction to Quality Assurance Training 2017/18 - Liverpool

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The Open Awards Introduction to Quality Assurance is a half-day event designed for those who wish to understand the principles and practice of Open Awards internal verification. This session attracts 3 Open Awards CPD points.

Course Content

• Training Aims & Objectives
• About Open Awards
• Identify the Quality Assurance process stages
• Centre Recognition
• Assessment Process
• Verification and Standardisation
• Course Review and Evaluation through to Inspection

What is Internal Verification?

• Investigate the role of the Internal Verifier (IV)
• Highlight the stages of Internal Verification
• What is Pre-Course verification?
• Importance of on-course and end of course verification

How to plan sampling

• What are sampling plans
• Understand strategies for sampling

Identify what is meant as verification of achievement including

• Verification Action Plans
• Equality and Diversity in verification
• Understand the difference between Standardisation and Verification
• What are the different models of Verification - Single - Designated assessors - Round Robin
• What Internal Verification is required for the Quality Reviewer (QR)?
• Summary – The key features of Internal Verification
• Next stage - What is Approved Internal Verifier Status (AIVS)?