OCN Northern Ireland
Quality Assurance
Learner Registration & Certification
Embracing Credit Based Learning
The National Open College Network (NOCN) is the leading credit and unit based Awarding Body in the UK. NOCN provides a national framework of credit-based units and qualifications which are underpinned by a range of national and local services, including curriculum support and staff development.
NOCN, through its Open College Networks (OCNs), works with over 3,000 centres across the UK to develop flexible and responsive credit based awards and qualifications that widen access to lifelong learning and address exclusion, participation and achievement. The structure of our qualifications provides opportunities for learners to achieve unit credits and use these to gain access to full qualifications and further learning.
Quality assurance, supported at the point of delivery, underpins all NOCN credit achievement and qualifications. OCNs approve centres that can demonstrate the ability to meet national requirements for course delivery and quality assurance to support credit awards and qualifications. OCNs have wide-ranging experience in centre and programme approval and support centres to ensure all awards are valid and valued.
Our Vision Statement
To be recognised and respected as the leading credit based learning and development body in Ireland, promoting social inclusion, wider participation and community transformation.
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