How are Access to HE programmes quality assured?

The Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Recognition Scheme for Higher Education provides a national system for quality assurance, and is designed to:

  • assure the quality of, and regulate standards of student achievement on, Access to Higher Education programmes which are part of the scheme;
  • publicly demonstrate the quality of the provision and the adequacy of its standards as a preparation for higher education for students.

Recognised Access to HE courses which are a part of the QAA framework are entitled to use the QAA's Access to HE logo.

Quality Assurance Agency logo

A version of this logo (including the words "recognised by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education") also appears on Access to HE certificates awarded to successful students.

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