Understanding and analysing Qualification Achievement Rates

Qualification Achievement Rates (QARs) are increasingly being monitored for SPI colleges and are used to mirror the quality of the courses run by providers. The use of QARs is important to the self-analysis of your provision as well as informing auditing processes. QARs are also used to inform and be compared with National picture of course quality.

Who is it for?

This training is for staff with responsibility to observe, manage and inform on the status and quality of their college’s provision including quality managers, curriculum managers, those with MIS responsibilities and any staff with responsibility for the self-assessment process.

Training content

The aim of the training is to empower providers to reflect and monitor their own data and to critically compare against other similar providers. It will support you to identify how QARs affect your organisation and how to access your own data tables. The training will help with understanding ways to manipulate the QAR data, identify where issues may arise and how QAR outcomes can be used in quality reporting.

The session will be a blend of presentation and practical activities. The focus of the presentation will be on:

• what are qualification rates and what are they used for?
• how should they be used in self-assessments: overall, timely and hybrid end years?
• calculating QARs
• exclusions
• example calculations
• minimum thresholds.

Practical activities will cover:

• identifying own QARs immediately
• identifying graph elements
• manipulating downloads.

Cost

Instead of charging per attendee, we are currently extending our usual fee to cover the whole college/organisation. We therefore encourage multiple colleagues to attend this event where relevant. All attendees must register individually and join using their own link. Multiple bookings from your organisation will not incur multiple charges.

• Natspec members £80 +VAT
• Natspec affiliates £105 +VAT
• Non-members £125 +VAT

Invoices will be issued after the event.

Book your place

By booking a place you understand that if you do not attend and have not cancelled within the agreed timeframe, you will be charged. Please ensure you read our cancellation terms and conditions prior to booking.

Please visit the zoom registration page to book your place for this event.

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