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British Accreditation Council Application Form. Making The Most of Your BAC Accreditation. The British Accreditation Council: ensuring standards. Paul Fear – Chief Executive. British Accreditation Council Application Form. What Does Accreditation Actually Mean?.
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British Accreditation Council Application Form Making The Most of Your BAC Accreditation The British Accreditation Council:ensuring standards Paul Fear – Chief Executive
British Accreditation Council Application Form What Does Accreditation Actually Mean?
Quality Assurance From An Outsiders Perspective • BAC accreditation is at the institutional level • At a minimum, BAC accreditation provides quality assurance on: Management, Staffing and Administration Teaching, Learning and Assessment Learner Welfare Premises and Facilities
And this means ….? • Transparency • Reliability • External Verification • Trustworthy • Quality
The ‘British’ Education Brand • The ‘British’ brand denotes • - Quality • - Trustworthiness • - Integrity • - Success
BAC Supports This by: • - Maintaining ENQA Membership • - Presenting at conferences • - Forming partnerships with reliable partners • - Never compromising on standards • - Updating our standards regularly • - Where necessary withdrawing accreditation • - Being transparent • - Combatting fraudulent use of the BAC logo
How does this help you? • - Differentiation in competitive markets. Don’t underestimate the value of the ‘quality mark’. • - In a recent inspection a UK college confirmed that they had 3500 monthly click through’s to the BAC website • - BAC Accredits in 19 countries. Our expanding creates opportunities to access new markets
Practical Steps • What You Can Do • - Make sure you have an up to date BAC Logo on your website • - Ensure you reference BAC accreditation in your marketing materials. • - Make sure the BAC logo is linked to the BAC website and preferably to your institution page • What is BAC Doing? • - Developing an increasing online and physical UK and International profile • - Developing supporting materials • - Letters to students explaining BAC Accreditation • - Developing Institution Presentation that can be adapted for your use
Other Benefits of BAC Accreditation • - In the UK, BAC accreditation confers the right to accept students on STSV Visas - A free webinar programme • - Newsletters • - Updates on UK visa regime changes • - Supports the development of partnerships • - Helps entrance to new markets