Listing Awarding Bodies
Postgrad.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland, the UK and abroad. Most major postgraduate awards are made by bodies with statutory powers, but there are also many professional organisations that make their own awards in relation to postgraduate study. While courses and educational programmes in Ireland lead to qualifications from Irish awarding bodies, it sometimes be the case that courses lead to non-Irish awards, for example awards from international bodies, or national awards from other countries.
Certain Irish institutions are both providers of courses and programmes and also awarding bodies for postgraduate certification in their own right: these are the Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
An award is an academic qualification (degree, diploma or certificate) conferred in recognition of the successful completion of a higher education programme of study, either at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and issued by a designated awarding body. The National Framework of Qualifications sets out the criteria for major and non-major awards. Non-major awards include, minor awards, special purpose awards
and supplemental awards.
Major awards are the principal class of awards made at a given NFQ level and reflect a significant volume of learning, e.g. Honours Bachelor Degree (NFQ, Level 8), Master Degree (NFQ, Level 9), Doctorate Degree (NFQ Level 10).
In Ireland, following the changes in the qualifications system as a result recent legislation, the number of statutory bodies has been reduced as the new awards councils FETAC and HETAC have assumed the the awarding functions previously fulfilled by several other Irish organisations such as the National Council for Educational Awards (NCEA), National Council for Vocational Awards (NCVA), Solas, Teagasc, the National Tourism Certification Board (CERT) and Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
Postgrad.ie lists all of the awarding bodies giving postgraduate certification in Ireland and the UK below.
CIBTAC – the Confederation of International Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology – was established in 1977. The organisation is the education arm of the British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology. It is a not-for-profit organisation.
The Confederation develops their courses in association with government agencies and employers. As a result, they meet the needs of the beauty and leisure industry.
CIBTAC offers a wide portfolio of health and beauty courses. These include:
- Beauty therapy
- Spa
- Well being
- Diet and nutrition
- Sports therapy
- Complementary and holistic therapies
Awards and qualifications
CIBTAC offers three levels of qualification. These are:
Awards (1 to 12 credits)
Certificates (13 to 36 credits)
Diplomas (37 credits or more)
In addition, credits are awarded for the number of hours of training that is allocated to each qualification structure. One credit is approximately 10 hours of training. Therefore, any qualification with up to 130 of training is equal to up to 13 credits.
Accreditation
The Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual), who regulates qualifications, examinations and assessments in England and vocational qualifications in Northern Ireland accredits CIBTAC qualifications.
