Charges for 2012-2013 - Implementation 1st August 2012
At Agored Cymru we are proud of the fact that we are a member organisation and a social enterprise. Our suppliers, in the main, are companies based in Wales.
Our charges are established through our membership and as a membership organisation, we offer members discounted rates on some of our charges as well as free training sessions.
These fees relate to the period August 1st to July 31st each year . If you decide to apply for centre recognition, you will be charged an initial fee with additional charges levied at £150 per half day, plus travel expenses, where further support from Agored Cymru staff is required to reach the defined standard.
This fee covers your organisation to the end of the financial year outlined above (and includes the annual quality review charge). The only other charge you are likely to attract is for the achievements of your learners. Please remember we do not charge an “up front” learner registration fee.
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Centre related charges |
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Centre recognition for new centres |
Payable in year one only (includes first annual review charge) |
£750 |
£1100* |
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Annual fee for recognised centres |
(does not include combined learner and registration charges) |
£500 |
£1050* |
The annual review charge for current centres is a single amount for all member centres and entitles centres to:
- Access to curriculum advice
- Access to an agreed number of Quality Reviewer visits
- Initial quality audit and centre risk assessment report
- Access to QCA accredited qualifications and units
- Access to bespoke accreditation
- Core training programme
*The Centre Review fee for non-members entitles centres to all of the services listed above with the exception of the free core training programme.
All our units and qualifications are based on the QCF & CQFW model of levels and credits, one credit being 10 hours of learning time. This means that you only pay for what your learners achieve:
10 learners registered for one credit each – if all achieve – you pay for 10 credits.
10 learners registered for one credit each – if 5 achieve – you pay for 5 credits.
We also base our charges for qualifications the same way. You can look at the full cost of a qualification (credits x current unit cost) and budget for the full award. If you just want to award individual units, or if a learner only partially achieves – that is what you pay for!
To compare our charges with those of some of our competitors go here
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Combined learner registration and credit charge |
For 1 x 10 hour credit |
No charge at registration, only payable where credit is achieved at the rate in the year of registration (e.g. 24 x £2.90) See late registration charge |
£2.90 per credit |
£2.90 |
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Agored Cymru qualifications |
Charged by the number of credits achieved at the rate in the year of registration(e.g. 24 x £2.90) |
Charges for our qualifications are published on our website |
£2.90 per credit |
£2.90 per credit |
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Access to Higher Education Diploma registration and credit charge |
Access to HE – a fee of £200 will be charged per learner if statistics for the current academic year are not received by April 30th. All Access to Higher Education learner registrations should be received by 1 November 2012 |
Where a learner achieves more than 60 credits the extra credits will be charged at the current rate for credits |
£116
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Replacement certificates |
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£25 |
£25 |
We are also able to offer many of the qualifications offered by the National Open College Network (NOCN). If you are interested in any of these (e.g. Step Up, Qualification in Progression etc.) please contact one of the business development team for further information about charges in Wales.
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NOCN Charges |
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NOCN qualifications
For learners achieving a full qualification |
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Charges for NOCN qualifications are published on their website at NOCN |
For information regarding registering learners, go to: Learning Providers>NOCN Centre Handbook. |
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NOCN units Where learners are not registered for full qualifications |
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£3.70 |
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No charge to be levied in 2012-13 but deadlines should be adhered to.
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The course and the learners should be registered within 40 working days (8 weeks)from the course start date. |
Training
We have a comprehensive training programme, available free to our member centres. You can see the detail here. The free courses are held across Wales throughout the year. If you wish to hold training on your own premises, it can be arranged for a fee (see below).
Please note that although we do not charge for members, there is a charge for “no show”.
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Training |
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Scheduled Training courses |
Per delegate |
Free |
£35 |
Courses with fewer than 5 delegates will not run |
| Training courses requested by centres |
Half day Full day |
£275 £400 |
£275 £400 |
These are courses requested by individual or groups of centres. For more information go here |
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Late notification (<48 hrs) of non-attendance at scheduled courses |
Per delegate |
£35 |
£35 |
When training is delivered at Agored Cymru premises |
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Late notification (<48 hrs) of non-attendance at scheduled courses |
Per delegate |
Full cost recovery |
When training is delivered at other venues |
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Other Charges
There are some other charges you may incur, for example, if you wish to develop units outside our priority subject areas , or if you request one of our staff to work extensively with you on a major project. We also charge where centres are not complying with our quality assurance requirements where this results in additional external verifications.
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Unit Approval |
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Price per unit |
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Units submitted in priorities subject areas will be approved free of charge. Please see our website for details: |
free |
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Price per unit where the unit is available for all centres’ use |
£75 |
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Units for restricted use |
Individual prices quoted based on estimated costs |
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Additional Costs |
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Additional external verification visits (linked to high risk assessment rating) |
£120/half day plus travelling expenses |
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Additional services/ consultation |
Half day £300 Full day £600 |
If any of the above is unclear please telephone us on 02920747866 or 01248670011 and one of our staff will answer your query.
