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Accreditation

Accreditation is holistic - encompassing institutions in their entirety rather than

particular courses, programmes or qualiications. Institutions may, therefore,

approach ASIC for accreditation regardless of their speciic discipline focus.

The primary objective of the accreditation process
is not to award a one-off kite mark, but rather to

recognise and underpin an institution’s commitment

to providing a high quality learning experience for
students in a safe, and hygienic environment, and to

continuing quality enhancement of that experience.

ASIC also fully recognises the pressing need for a transparent
and robust approach to ensuring that institutions, to the

best of their ability, only recruit genuine and appropriately
qualiied students and that they provide the best possible

learner experience in terms of individuals achieving their

maximum academic potential, whilst having relevant social
and welfare needs appropriately addressed. In this way,

it is hoped that a diverse range of stakeholders, including
parents, awarding bodies, potential partner institutions,

immigration oicers, as well as students themselves, will
have a reliable point of reference in making judgements

about the suitability of a particular education institution.

ASIC is currently involved in the inspection of a truly diverse
range of overseas education institutions, including

universities, colleges, schools and training organisations

to raise their academic standards and proiles, and to date
has already undertaken accreditation inspections in various

countries, including India, Sri Lanka, USA, Lesotho, France,
Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Philippines, Nevertheless, ASIC’s accreditation sets out to demonstrate

Botswana and Canada. In its accreditation, ASIC considers the that students entering education institutions in any country
performance of the institutions in relation to their features, will receive a sound education experience, delivered with the

facilities and activities. These are divided into eight Areasaid of appropriate human and physical resources in a safe,
of Operation as listed in our Standards for Accreditation. caring and hygienic environment; that, in addition, successful

While several of the features, such as health and safety, are students will be rewarded by the award of genuine
based on (legal) requirements which apply in the UK, it is qualiications, which will enhance their careers and/or further

appreciated that these may not be matched or required in study prospects. It is expected that the institutions will be

other countries. Similarly, the rules and regulations applying able to demonstrate that they are operating within the legal
to students entering the UK for study purposes are likely to educational framework of the home country and that students

be diferent from those which apply to students entering from other countries will be admitted, subject to fulilling the
other countries to study.passport/visa requirements of the host country.

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