The Awarding Bodies - City & Guilds

Awarding Bodies are organisations that are authorised to make postgraduate awards, certification, or award qualifications.

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.

City & Guilds is a vocational education organisation in the United Kingdom that was established in 1878. Since 1900 they have operated under Royal Charter.

Apprenticeships, vocational and technical qualifications

The organisation offers a wide range of vocational and technical qualifications. In addition, they have a comprehensive number of apprenticeships. These range from beauty therapy to business, construction to conservation and digital technology to tourism. The organisation also works in more than 80 countries around the world. They work in close partnership to develop high quality products and services. As a result, City & Guilds helps solve local skills shortages and creates the workforce of tomorrow.

Commendations and awards

City & Guilds offers a number of different commendations and awards. First of all, commendations give tutors and learners recognition for their achievements at a local level. The Medals for Excellence programme recognises impressive achievements of learners and tutors. Each year, around 200 students across the world achieve medals. In addition, Professional Recognition Awards are for those at the highest professional levels within their chosen careers. Finally, the Prince Philip Medal awards a City & Guilds graduate for outstanding achievements within their chosen career.

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