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NZQF Programme Approval and Accreditation Rules 2021
- Authority
- Commencement
- Interpretation
- Programme approval criteria and applications
- Accreditation criteria and applications
- Granting of programme approval and accreditation
- Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance
- Maintaining programme approval and accreditation
- Changes to approved programmes
- Miscellaneous requirements
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3. Interpretation
- In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires:
accreditation means accreditation to provide all or part of an approved programme under section 441 of the Act
Act means the Education and Training Act 2020
approval means approval of a programme under section 439 of the Act
Category 1 institution means an institution (other than a university) that has received, in the most recent external evaluation and review (EER) carried out by NZQA in respect of that institution, statements of confidence that are either:
(a) Highly Confident in educational performance and Highly Confident in organisational capability in self-assessment; or
(b) Highly Confident in educational performance and Confident in organisational capability in self-assessment
credit recognition and transfer means a formal process whereby credit for outcomes already achieved by a student in relation to a qualification is recognised as credit for comparable outcomes in another qualification
Data Requirements means the details required to be filled out in the fields in the relevant online application form available on NZQA's website
external evaluation and review, or EER, means the quality assurance system known as EER that is set out in the rules from time to time made under section 452 of the Act
industry qualification means a qualification maintained by a WDC for the purposes of section 366(1)(c) of the Act
institution, for the purposes of accreditation to provide approved programmes, has the same meaning as in section 10(5)(b) of the Act
institution, for the purposes of approval of programmes, has the same meaning as in section 10(5)(a) of the Act
level means any of levels 1 to 10 on the NZQF
NZQF means the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
programme has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Act
qualification means a qualification listed on the NZQF
recognition of prior learning means a process that involves formal assessment of a student's relevant and current knowledge and skills (gained through prior learning) to determine achievement of learning outcomes of a qualification for the purpose of awarding credit towards that qualification; and for the avoidance of doubt it does not include credit recognition and transfer
Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance means applying Te Hono o Te Kahurangi whare ako framework and quality assurance tools for programmes and accreditation, as that framework and those tools are published by NZQA from time to time on its website
Type 1 change means one or more changes to components of an approved programme which do not impact on the programme as a whole
Type 2 change means one or more changes to components of an approved programme which do have an impact on the programme as a whole
Universities New Zealand means the New Zealand Vice-Chancellors' Committee continued by section 311 of the Act
WDC means a workforce development council as defined in section 10(1) of the Act.
2. For the purpose of applying Te Hono o Te Kahurangi quality assurance, unless the context otherwise requires references in these Rules to:
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- “educational performance” are to be treated as references to “organisational performance”:
- ”self-assessment” are to be treated as references to “self-reflective practice”:
- “Highly Confident” are to be treated as references to “He pounamu kahurangi”:
- “Confident” are to be treated as references to “He pounamu whakairo”.
3. Rules 4.1, 5.1 – 5.3, 8.1 – 8.6 (in relation to programme approval), and 11 of these Rules do not apply to industry training programmes as defined in, and approved under, the NZQF Industry Training Programme Approval Rules 2021 (or any replacement of those Rules).