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Open Awards

AVA Licensing


2006: Licence provisionally granted

2008: Licence confirmed

2014: Licence temporarily extended

2015: Licence last renewed

2017: Licence continuation confirmed


AVA Monitoring


February 2019: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

May 2019: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

September 2020 - July 2021: AVA Extraordinary Regulatory Framework monitoring activities completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

September 2021: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

February 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

July 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

September 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

February 2023: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

September 2023: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed

February 2024: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed


Current status


QAA informs each AVA of a risk rating based on our assessment of compliance with the Licensing Agreement and Licensing Criteria. We have decided to remove the risk ratings from our website while we review our licensing arrangements throughout 2024. We do not wish to mislead our stakeholders or the public regarding the meaning of the risk ratings and consider that these could be misinterpreted without understanding each AVA's context.

 

If you have a query about the regulatory compliance of any AVA, please contact ahe@qaa.ac.uk. If you have an issue or concern about an AVA you would like to raise with us, please view our Concerns Scheme.


Statistics


Total number of providers: 28

Total number of Access to HE courses available: 196

Total number of Access to HE courses running: 173

Total number of registered students on courses during the 2022-23 year: 2,681

Total Access to HE certifications in 2022-23: 1,641


History


Open Awards was previously known as Open College Network North West Region. Open College Network North West Region was formed by the merger of Greater Manchester Open College Network and Merseyside Open College Network.


Contact details

 

17 De Havilland Drive

Speke

Liverpool

L24 8RN


Telephone: 0151 494 2072


UKPRN: 10022700


https://openawards.org.uk/