Making The Most of Your BAC Accreditation THE

Making The Most of Your BAC Accreditation THE BRITISH ACCREDITATION COUNCIL: ENSURING STANDARDS Paul Fear – Chief Executive

What Does Accreditation Actually Mean?

QUALITY ASSURANCE FROM AN OUTSIDERS PERSPECTIVE ØBAC accreditation is at the institutional level ØAt 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 What is BAC Doing? - - Make sure you have an up to date BAC Logo on your website - Developing an increasing online and physical UK and International profile - - Ensure you reference BAC accreditation in your marketing materials. - Developing supporting materials - - Make sure the BAC logo is linked to the BAC website and preferably to your institution page - 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

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