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What Can OCNKM Do For You?

On this page:

• Quality
• Appeal to the Learners
• National Currency
• Staff Development
• Competitive and Good Value
• Auditable Evidence for External Funding Bodies
• Ideally Suited to Flexible Learning Programmes such as Open or Distance Learning

Using OCN accreditation whether it be for customised local programmes or for NOCN Qualifications brings a whole range of benefits to educational training organisations, just a few of which are highlighted below!

Quality

The OCN programme recognition process automatically covers the breadth of quality issues that are requires by external quality and audit agencies. The programme submission document alone acts as an assurance of key quality issues and the internal/external moderation requirements bring a rigour and consistency to the quality process.

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Appeal to the Learners

Our research indicates the overwhelming popularity of accreditation with the students. People like to see their achievements valued in this way and students will come back for more!

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National Currency

Whether its credits achieved on local or regional OCN programmes or on NOCN Qualifications and Access to HE programmes, they have a national currency through the NOCN network. Nearly every adult, further and higher education institution in the UK is a member of an OCN. With over 600,000 learners on OCN programmes per year, NOCN is one of the largest awarding bodies in the UK.

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Staff Development

Validation panels offer a valuable opportunity for staff to learn about new programmes in their curriculum areas and to develop their own expertise. The opportunity to become external moderators, attend specialist curriculum events etc as well as undertake OCN training in moderation and assessment, all of which is locally based, offers a cost effective set of staff development options.

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Competitive and Good Value

OCN accreditation is very competitive against other high quality awarding bodies in terms of cost. We will always offer discounts for bulk usage. Using our certification services will cur out the need for wasteful college based production and we are endeavouring to utilise existing college quality systems to mesh with our external/internal quality assurance procedures.

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Auditable Evidence for External Funding Bodies

OCN accreditation will give your organisation an easy way of measuring the achievements and progress of learners on courses. The flexible unitised OCN framework supports partial achievements and identifies achievements by volume and level. At the end of each year every centre will receive a credit summary relating to every learner and programme at that centre to provide supporting evidence to internal/external auditors.

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Ideally Suited to Flexible Learning Programmes such as Open or Distance Learning

OCNKM already accredits flexible distance and open learning programmes through, St John Ambulance, Scheidegger Training, The YMCA, and the Association of Certified IT Professionals. The unit based methodology of OCN accreditation and the ability to customise programmes to specific contexts makes it extremely flexible for this purpose. NOCN Qualifications can be offered via distance learning or we can devise specific programmes to meet your organisation's needs.

Whatever your accreditation needs however big or small contact OCNKM for further details.

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