There are new QIPs for the SQA Award and National Progression Award, and a suite of new UK vocational qualifications which were on the 2018 DfE performance tables, or were nominated by schools, colleges, and universities.
These new QIPs cover the following qualifications:
- qualifications awarded by Active IQ
- AQA – including the Certificate and Extended Certificate in Applied Business and in Applied Science, and the remaining AQA Technical Levels
- Pearson – including the new BTEC Nationals
- City & Guilds
- EAL
- IMI
- Learning Resource Network (LRN)
- NCFE
- CACHE
- RSL
- Signature
- 1st4sport
- UAL
- VTCT
- WJEC – including the Applied Certificate and Diploma in Criminology with the new grading
The EU/international QIPs published cover qualifications from Hungary, New Zealand, and the Netherlands. Engagement with international authorities can take time and we will endeavour to publish further EU/international QIPs in 2018.
Would you like a say on the UCAS QIPs?
Vacancies for representatives from the secondary education sector have arisen in the UCAS Qualifications Information Sub Group (QIG). The QIG looks at and advises on the UCAS Qualification Information Profiles (QIPs), Education Information Profiles (EIPs), and the digitisation process for these. The QIG currently convenes via conference calls, which are no longer than an hour, and the meetings are quarterly. The next call is scheduled for December 2017.