OPEN COLLEGE NETWORK WEST MIDLANDS
AVA LICENSING
2007: Licence provisionally granted
2009: Licence confirmed
2015: Licence renewed
2017: Licence continuation confirmed
AVA MONITORING
February 2019: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
May 2019: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2020 - July 2021: AVA Extraordinary Regulatory Framework monitoring activities completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
September 2021: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
February 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
July 2022: AVA annual monitoring activity completed; AVA licence continuation confirmed
Current status: current risk status low
STATISTICS
Total number of providers: 55
Total number of Access to HE courses available: 331
Total number of Access to HE courses running: 296
Total Access to HE learner registrations in 2020-2021: 7,396
Total Access to HE certifications in 2020-2021: 3,359
HISTORY
Open College Network West Midlands was created in 2005 from the merger of OCN for Central England, OCN North West Midlands and OCN West Midlands. Until March 2015 it was known as Open College Network West Midlands Region. On 1 September 2022 Open College Network West Midlands joined AIM Qualifications and Assessment Group as a subsidiary organisation; each AVA continues to be licensed separately by QAA.
CONTACT DETAILS
Aldersley House
Overstrand
Pendeford Business Park
Wolverhampton
WV9 5HA
Telephone: 01902 624230
UKPRN: 10033858