Awarding organisations are responsible for qualifications which are intended to show users, for example employers, teachers and learners, what someone has learnt and can do as a result of that achievement.

There are several regulatory tools that we use to maintain standards and to ensure the quality, consistency, accuracy and fairness in assessment and awarding of Regulated Qualifications.

For a qualification to be Regulated and therefore included on the Register of Regulated Qualifications, the qualification must fully meet the requirements of all relevant qualification criteria.

Up until now, in order for any qualification to become regulated and appear on the Register of Regulated Qualifications it had to go through accreditation. However the ASCL Act (2009) marks an important change to this process.