Educational Accreditation is the Society's independent assessment of educational quality as assessed against the Society's Component Standards. The same standards which are at the heart of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) benchmark statement.
The CSFS Educational Accreditation Committee (EAC) have recently reviewed the Interpretation, Evaluation and Presentation of Evidence (IEPE), Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) and Laboratory Analysis (LA) Component Standards. The Guidelines for Implementation can be viewed at Component Standards v2017-1
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These standards cover:
In addition there are standards covering:
Educational Accreditation is awarded to full degree programmes for Undergraduates (Levels 4-6) and Postgraduates (Level 7) where at least one full cohort has graduated from the programme. For less than the full degrees such as certificates and diplomas then Recognition may be appropriate or Endorsement covering Levels 3 & 4. There are many benefits to educational accreditation. For the students (and parents) it shows the programme has been independently assessed and meets the professional body standards thus giving additional confidence. To the industry and employer it shows the university is serious about independent scrutiny and meeting the standards and showing continual improvement to develop graduate employees.
Conditional Educational Accreditation is awarded to new full degree programmes for Undergraduates and Postgraduates where a full cohort is yet to pass through the entire progarmme.