Below are a series of guides to help support Centres understand further, some of the more detailed requirements of running a successful Access to HE Diploma and provide answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Assessment and Equivalence
Use this guidance to create an assessment strategy that will enable students to demonstrate the skills, knowledge and understanding necessary for the rigours of higher education, as well as adapting assessment methods from those stated in the Diploma guide.
A Guide to Assessment Methods and Volume
This guidance explains the various methods of assessment that could be used for the assessment of an Access to HE unit and what assessors need to consider.
Certificates
A Quick Guide to dealing with certificates, including guidance on how to ensure correct certificates are issued to students and what to do if errors occur.
A Quick Guide to Dealing With Certificates
Deadlines
A Quick Guide to Exam and Practical Work Deadlines, including guidance and supporting QAA links to help centres deal with deadlines applied to assessments completed under exam conditions or in a practical setting.
A Quick Guide to Exam and Practical Work Deadlines
Drafts
A Quick Guide to Drafts provides clarification of when a student may submit drafted work and advice on permitted tutor feedback, which meets QAA regulations on assignment drafts.
Extenuating Circumstances
A Quick Guide to Extenuating Circumstances provides advice and guidance about what to do if your student cannot complete your course due to serious illness or permanent change in personal circumstances.
A Quick Guide to Extenuating Circumstances
Extensions
A Quick Guide to Granting Extensions containing an overview of the formal processes and documentation required to grant a deadline extension to students.
A Quick Guide to Granting Extensions
Internal Exams Board
A Quick Guide to help Centres prepare and run a successful Internal Exams Board. Also included are some useful tips on how to ensure the whole process runs smoothly.
A Quick Guide to Running a Successful Internal Exams Board
Feedback
A Quick Guide to Feedback including guidance on providing appropriate, developmental tutor feedback on successful and incomplete student work.
Final Awards Boards (FAB)
A Quick Guide to Final Awards Boards with guidance on the preparation and running of Final Awards Boards and links to the standard documentation to use. Also some useful tips on how to ensure the whole process runs smoothly.
A Quick Guide to Final Awards Boards
Grading
A Quick Guide to Access to HE Grading provides a summary of the QAA process for allocating grades to students’ work.
A Quick Guide to Access to HE Grading
Have a look at our webpage dedicated to Access to HE grading, where there are further resources and guidance to getting the standard right.
A Quick Guide to Access to HE Grading and Assessment without Numerical Marking
A Quick Guide to Access to HE Grading without numerical marking
Referrals
A Quick Guide to the Referral Process provides a summary of the formal process to follow if a student has not been successful in a resubmitted assignment.
A Quick Guide to the referral process
Retaining Exemplar Work
A Quick Guide to Retaining Exemplar Assessed Student Work containing guidance and support for centres in developing a documented resource of exemplar subject assessments.
A Quick Guide to Retaining Exemplar Assessed Student Work
Submission, Resubmission and Referral
A Quick Guide to the Submission, resubmission and Referral Process providing an overview of the QAA regulations related to the submission process and deadline management.
A Quick Guide to the submission resubmission and referral process