Head of Recognition and Approval Review of Designation Delyth Jones Head of Recognition and Approval

Background Designation – explicitly linked to eligibility for funding Current designation criteria – old Welsh Government approval for funding criteria (additional to regulatory requirements)

Review Mapped requirements to Standard Conditions of Recognition Discussed with Welsh Government Looked through logs of referrals and queries

Conclusions Wording of criteria, and link with SCoR, ambiguous Evidence requirements unclear Criteria relating to relevance in a Welsh context problematic No major change for awarding bodies Changes to internal processes

Work undertaken Produced revised policy, draft rules (instead of criteria) and guidance Rules focus on evidence requirements Tailored evidence requirements to purpose of qualifications Focus on assurance needed rather than documents Initial discussions with some awarding bodies

Next steps Online questionnaire 12 December 2017 – 7 January 2018 Happy to have telephone discussions with awarding bodies Produce revised versions of documents and communicate changes to awarding bodies by end March 2018