Other Institutes of Technology
Policies and Procedures - Approval of Transitional Awarding Arrangements
In April and June 2003, the Authority, under section 5 b (i) of the Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992, as amended by the Qualifications (Education and Training) Act 1999, approved of the following arrangements entered into by the institutes of technology with awarding bodies other than the Higher Education and Training Awards Council and the Further Education and Training Awards Council, subject to the following:
- The approval would be on an interim basis, clearly stated as recognising that the arrangements are in place at present on a transitional basis
- Any additional arrangements would need to be approved by the Authority prior to their being implemented by an institute
The aim would be that any additional arrangements would only be arrangements that are additional to having an award from one of the Councils or an award jointly made by one of the Councils, or to those made under delegated authority
It is a matter for the institutes, in consultation with the Councils, to ensure that the requirements of the Act in relation to submitting all programmes for validation are met and the institutes are requested to advance with submitting all programmes for validation as soon as possible.
The transitional approval does not imply that any particular award is to be included in the national framework of qualifications or that any particular awarding body has been approved.
The Authority is to further develop a policy approach to the approval of such arrangements and there is no guarantee that any approval entered into at this stage will remain in place.
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