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

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

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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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