Quality Standards

Staff

In addition to holding appropriate degree or vocational qualifications, most of our lecturing staff hold a Teaching Qualification in Further Education (TQFE) or other teaching qualification.  Those members of staff involved in the delivery of Scottish Vocational Qualifications (SVQs) hold the D32, 33, 34 qualifications or are working towards the A qualifications - Assessor and Internal Verifier Awards.

Awarding Bodies

As an SQA Approved Centre, we can process course approvals and internal verification.
  • Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
  • Scottish Quality Management Systems
  • Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) (formerly NEBS) 
  • OCR
  • Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
  • NEBOSH
  • BTEC
  • British Computer Society
  • Chartered Management Institute
  • City & Guilds 
  • Royal Society for the Promotion of Health
  • REHIS (Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland)
  • Open University College Routes

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education (HMIE)

The College was reviewed by HMIe in November 2005. The report was published on 19 May 2006. The full report can be read at www.hmie.gov.uk. The College's Learner Report provides a brief summary of the main report.

Investors in People (IiP)

In 2005, the College was awarded Investor in People status. This highlighted the College's commitment to the development of its staff:an essential part of the success of the College.

Learndirect

Since March 2004, the College has been approved by Learndirect Scotland for the branding of the Horizon Centre.

Care Commission

The College Nursery is inspected annually by the Care Commission and has been approved to offer day care for children aged 2.5 - 5 years. The inspection report can be viewed at www.carecommission.com

Charter Mark

In 2005 the College was awarded Charter Mark Status; this showed the College’s commitment to customer service. Charter Mark is the government’s national standard for customer service for organisations offering public services, independently and thoroughly evaluated and assessed.

Open University College Routes

Open University Logo'Coatbridge College is working with The Open University in Scotland (OU) to create flexible opportunities for students who wish to progress on a part-time basis from their Higher National study to a degree.

The Open University's BA or BSc (Open) degree allows students to choose from a wide range of OU modules tailored to their personal and vocational needs. This allows students to either build on the subject areas studied in college or provides the flexibility to develop skills and knowledge in other subject areas.

Students with an HND can count up to 240 points of credit transfer towards the OU’s 360 point BA/BSc (Open) with Honours. Similarly, a student with an HNC can count between 95 and 120 points of credit transfer towards the 300 point BA/BSc (Open) or the 360 point BA/BSc (Open) with Honours. Honours degrees in named subjects are also available and further information on credit transfer is available on request.'

Progression to the OU's Open degree is available for all HNC and HND courses.

Visit The OU's College Routes website for more information