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Recognition of International Qualifications- UK NARIC 10 years on
Dr Cloud Bai-Yun 6th November 2007
Where is UK NARIC now?
Where is UK NARIC now?
UK NARIC Members
Currently UK NARIC serves over 1000 member organisations in the UK and internationally providing information and advice on international qualifications and skills supporting institutions’ decision-making processes.
UK FE 16%
UK HE 15%
UK Gov. Depts 5%
International Org. 16%
UK business & industry 11%
Careers services 37%
UK HE 208
UK FE 226
UK Gov. Depts (incl. 41 British Council offices overseas) 75
UK careers services (incl. 441UfI services) 517
UK business & industry 157
All International 227
Total 1410
Table 1- Members Sector breakdown
Services to the public
There has been a continued increase in the number of individuals using UK NARIC services over the last 10 years, enabling progression towards further studies, up-skilling and/or employment
Annual Individual Applications 1997-2007
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2005 In-coming Top 20 countries: (75.02% of 68,652)
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Pakist
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United S
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Poland
Ghana
China
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New Zea
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Russian
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Franc
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Canada
Germ
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Spain
Romania
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2006 In-coming Top 20 countries: ( 75.58% of 78,326)
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Pakist
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South
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Poland
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New Zea
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2007 (to-date) In-coming Top 20 countries: (77.08% of 71,471)
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Canada
Bangla
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Ghana
Bulgar
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Spain
Zimba
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Developing expertise through shared partnership
Bulgaria: VQS upgrading: Agriculture, Chemistry, IT, Tourism, Production
Zimbabwe: ZIMSEC A Levels
Yemen: HE reform and accreditation system
Singapore: benchmarking standards and workforce development
China: mutual recognition of degrees and NVQs
UK: developing sectoral model linking international qualifications to industrial standards: Construction, Childcare, Engineering, Financial Services, Teaching
Making the system work - contributions of UK NARIC
‘The UK NARIC is clearly instrumental… without the groundwork which is provided by NARIC, the opportunities for… mobility
would not exist.
The internationalisation of education and an increasingly mobile workforce mean that the work around recognition plays a vital role in ensuring not only the acceptance of achievement but
also, more importantly, the standards of achievement.’
Bill Rammel
Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education
The formation and the progress of UK NARIC
…10 years ago we ‘embarked on a long journey within the realm of international qualifications…’ [Nov 1997]
Vision Core values Capability People
Turning into a reality
Methodology
Data and information system
Marketing and dissemination strategy
Over the years continued efforts have been made to develop a service model focusing on main building blocks to meet the needs of wide ranging institutions and the public
Key focus areas
Methodology: an integrated model for recognition
Finance and Accountancy
Chartered (4)
Certificate (3)
Accountant (2)
AC Technician (1)
Competencies
and Experience
Formal Qualifications
Vietnam
Cao Dong
Singapore
Polytechnic Diploma
Tanzania
Advanced Cert of Secondary Education
Nigeria
WASSCE
India
8 yrs exp as Senior
Accountant
Italy
3 yrs Accounts
Administrator
Latvia
Trainee Accountant
UK NARIC levels of attainment centred on Learning outcomes, competencies expressed using qualifying measures e.g. credits, exams, assessments etc
Data and information management System
• In the context of recognition of international qualifications, the Information Management process is itself comprised of two elements, which are award-specific information and comprehensive system information, or system-specific data.
• An individual award may conform to the established, generic comparability statements accorded to a type and range of qualifications. Equally, it may challenge the established recommendations and therefore generate the need for revision of information. Once the
information is collected, it will in turn supplement and support individual evaluations
The need to identify:
• Scope of information development• Structure of information management
• Use and verification of data
Marketing and dissemination strategy
• To clearly identify service users:
– The public, i.e. individuals wishing to progress towards further studies and/or employment in the UK
– Institutions / commercial organisations wishing to admit individuals with international educational
– Sectoral / professional bodies
– Government departments
• To communicate effectively on:
– Value
– Processes
– Validity
– Benefits
Unique approach to information provision: a centre piece of NARIC
A range of databases, tools, calculators, converters and training are offered to varied client groups on international qualifications
How does NARIC serve UK institutions?
How does NARIC serve the public?
Services to the public:
• Personalised Individual Award Assessments• Institution Assessments• UK Descriptors Service• Verification Service • Fast Track Service• Career Path Report
• Public enquiry service
What’s next?
Migration
Source: Office for National Statistics, International Migration, 2005
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=260
Overall, nearly half of all citizens migrating to the UK gave work-related reasons.
'Formal study' is another important reason for people migrating to the UK accounting for almost a quarter of all immigration in 2005
1. … serving target audience:
a) Education providers and authorities, including vocational education; b) Employers, recruitment agencies, career advisors; c) Immigration Agencies and refugee/ asylum advisors; d) Teachers and Teacher Recruitment Agencies; e) Students; f) Local Authorities; g) Research Bodies; h) Nurseries, i) Overseas Ministries of Education…
2. … specific objectives shall be:
a. Provide the tools (database, publications and information sources) to provide full guidance on… the status of international qualifications in relation to the UK
• Comparisons of level of achievements between any countries in the EU• Benchmarking overseas vocational qualifications• Detailed guidance on the training systems and regulatory frameworks• Guidance on identification of genuine and fraudulent educational documents• Detail on the availability of tests on English as a second language• Information on Immigration issues in connection to qualifications, work and migration
Increased obligations
◦ Standards verification: a logical progression
◦ Partnerships: developing and testing professionalism
◦ A vision centred on business delivery and social benefit
Our destiny…
To serve qualifications, work and managed migration agenda internationally
To consolidate and to pursue disciplined development