Policies and publications

• AVA licensing: Operational description - January 2012

• Access to HE Diploma: implementation of grading (May 2011)

• Grading scheme handbook (January 2012)
  Index and Sections A - E

Index | Section A | Section B | Section B - MS word version | Section C | Section D | Section E

This handbook is a revised version of the Grading implementation handbook, and will replace that handbook from August 2012.

• Access to HE Diploma: points of clarification (November 2008)

• AVA revisit: Operational description (December 2011)

• Guidelines for higher education admissions staff (September 2010)

• AVA relicensing: Operational description (August 2011)

• Learning from AVA review 2006-09 (2010)

• AVA licensing agreement: standard conditions for the licensing and relicensing of Access Validating Agencies (June 2011)

• A report on responses to a consultation on proposals for a common credit framework, (October 2005)
  HTML version | PDF version

• AVA licensing criteria: criteria for the licensing and relicensing of Access Validating Agencies (May 2011)

• Access to Higher Education Development Project (May 2004)

• Grading implementation handbook – parts A – K (2009)
  Part A | Part B | Part C | Part C - MS Word version | Part D | Part E | Part F | Part G | Part H | Part I | Part J | Part K

  There is a new version of this guidance, the Grading scheme handbook (2012) (see above). The new guidance will replace this version from August 2012.

• Tutors’ quick guide to grading (August 2009)

• Guidelines for use of the Access to HE logo (August 2008)
  HTML version | PDF version

• GCSE equivalence and the Access to HE Diploma (February 2008)
  HTML version | PDF version

• Guidance for the admission of students to QAA-recognised Access to HE programmes (November 2007)
  HTML version | PDF version

• The Access to Higher Education Diploma and credit specifications (March 2006)
  HTML version | PDF version