Listing Awarding Bodies
Corporatetraining.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland, the UK and abroad. Most major awards are made by bodies with statutory powers, but there are also many professional organisations that make their own awards. While training courses in Ireland lead to qualifications from Irish awarding bodies, it sometimes be the case that training 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 training courses and awarding bodies in their own right: these are the Irish universities and the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT).
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.
Corporatetraining.ie lists all of the awarding bodies in Ireland and the UK below.
OCR (Oxford, Cambridge and RSA) is a leading UK awarding body. They provide GCSEs and A Levels in over 40 subjects and offer over 450 vocational qualifications. The organisation provides qualifications for people of all ages and abilities at school, college, in work or through part-time learning programmes.
History of OCR
OCR was established in 1998. The organisation is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. The Cambridge Assessment Group owns and manages the Cambridge University's three exam boards. It is now Europe's largest assessment agency and operates in over 150 countries, playing a leading role in developing and delivering assessment across the world.
Related organisations
Sister organisations within the group include Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) and Cambridge English Language Assessment (CELA). CIE is the largest provider of international qualifications for 5-19 year olds. CELA are experts in English language assessment.
