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Information required from awarding organisations

Programme leaders should provide following information within their request for CII to determine prior learning eligibility for their qualification.

Programme leader contact details

Including awarding organisation name, programme leader job title, contact telephone number, email and address.

Qualification details

  • Qualification(s) submitted for CII to review
  • CII unit exemptions sought

Qualification material

1. Qualification structure:

  • Qualification overview
  • Details of the course compulsory modules and electives
  • Launch date of qualification and details of the exam sitting period for the current version of the qualification
  • Details of previous versions of this qualification

2. Syllabus:

  • Detailed learning outcomes/syllabus information
  • Duration of the course, university credits and learning hours for each module

3. Assessment details:

  • Assessment questions (specimen questions are acceptable)
  • Assessment answers (specimen answers are acceptable)
  • Marking schemes
  • Pass mark
  • Contribution of different assessment component and methods to the overall result
  • Assessment durations
  • Details of the assessment environment e.g. invigilated, open book exams, coursework, individual or group work
  • Question bank size and frequency of question bank updates
  • Pass rates for all exams/qualifications, including total candidate numbers for the last two exam sittings

Governance

  • Details of the education and/or market regulator recognition
  • Details of the qualifications framework the qualification is accredited into and level
  • Details of the awarding organisation structure and governance
  • Details and date(s) of any recent compliance inspections by relevant regulatory authorities, e.g. Insurance & Financial Services