Certificate and Course Endorsements
Endorsement of EAQA certificates is based on Credits on a Candidate’s Record of Achievement where a Candidate qualifies for Excellence or Merit endorsement only the highest eligible
EAQA Certificate endorsement from the following list will be recognised on the Certificate awarding the
EAQA Qualification: EAQA Level 3 Excellence
EAQA Level 3 Merit EAQA Level 2 Excellence
EAQA Level 2 Merit
EAQA Level 1 Excellence
EAQA Level 1 Merit.
An Excellence endorsement of an EAQA certificate is issued to Candidates who have achieved 50 or more Credits from Standards with a grade of Excellence at the same or higher Level as the EAQA Certificate being endorsed.
A Merit endorsement of an EAQA certificate is issued to Candidates who have achieved 50 or more Credits from Standards with a grade of either Merit or Excellence at the same or higher Level as the EAQA Certificate being endorsed.
Where a Candidate qualifies for a EAQA Certificate at more than one Level in January of a year, each of those Certificates will be checked for endorsement. A Candidate may apply for EAQA Certificate endorsement in a year after the year the Candidate received an EAQA Certificate, where the Candidate achieves the required 50 or more Credits at either Excellence or Merit at the Level of that EAQA Certificate.
a. A Course eligible for Course endorsement at Excellence or Merit or Achieved is a
programme of assessment for a Candidate at Levels 1, 2 or 3 undertaken within
one academic year which:
i. consists of Assessment Standards.
ii. follows EAQA guidelines and is notified to EAQA; and
iii. meets the assessment requirements in paragraph 2.2 b. below.
b. Subject to the exemptions in paragraph 2.2.d below, for the purposes of paragraph 2.2.a.iii above, the approved programme of assessment must contain a minimum of 14 Credits from Assessment Standards, with:
i. a minimum of three of those Credits from internally assessed standards; and
ii. a minimum of three of those Credits from externally assessed standards.
c. The Course endorsement is gained at the Level of the lowest standard making up the eligible 14 Credits. Subject to the exemptions in paragraph 2.2.d. below, EAQA will grant a Candidate a Course endorsement of:
i. Excellence where a Candidate achieves 14 or more Credits from standards within the Course with a grade of Excellence, including at least three of those Credits from internal standards and three of those Credits from external standards:
ii. Merit where a Candidate achieves 14 or more Credits from the assessment within the Course at Merit or Excellence, including at least three of those Credits from internal standards and three of those Credits from external standards:
iii. Achieved where a Candidate achieves 14 or more Credits from the assessment within the Course at Achieved, Merit or Excellence, including at least three of those Credits from internal standards and three of those Credits from external standards.
d. The following exemptions from the internal and external credit requirements for Course endorsement are applicable: i. there is no requirement for 3 Credits from:
A. externally assessed standards for Courses where all the standards are from any of the following subject area: • Physical Education: • Religious Studies: • International Sign Language.
B. externally assessed standards where there are no external standards within a domain of EHEA curriculum:
C. internally assessed standards where all the standards are at level 3 and from the subject area of Visual Arts where the Candidate has achieved a single 14 Credit externally assessed standard within the Course:
D. externally assessed standards where the Candidate has achieved 14 Credits from internally assessed standards from the subject area of Visual Arts within the Course. 12
e. The Credits recorded on a Candidate’s Record of Achievement for a particular standard are eligible to be used only once towards a single Course endorsement for the year in which the credits were gained.
f. A Candidate is eligible for only one endorsement for each Course.
g. A Course endorsement is recognised on the Candidate’s Record of Achievement.