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.
In 1979 the UK’s National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) was formed. NEBOSH is an awarding body and it also has charitable status.
About National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) qualifications
NEBOSH offers a comprehensive range of globally-recognised qualifications. These meet the health, safety and environmental management needs of places of work.
Courses leading to NEBOSH qualifications attract around 50,000 candidates in over 120 countries annually. Over 600 course providers around the world offer NEBOSH qualifications.
Professionally qualified staff and external examiners set NEBOSH examinations. In addition, a Qualification and Technical Council oversees their technical standards. Council representatives come from national institutions.
NEBOSH's certificate-level qualifications give a good foundation in health and safety. This qualification is especially relevant for managers, supervisors and staff who have health and safety among their daily responsibilities.
NEBOSH also offers qualifications for professional health and safety advisors and environmental practitioners. Finally, the University of Hull, in partnership with NEBOSH, offers Masters Degrees by distance learning in Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Management subjects.
