Sqa Accreditation

under scottish government legislation, sqa accreditation has a remit to quality assure qualifications by approving awarding bodies and accrediting their qualifications. our work is underpinned by regulatory principles and regulatory directives, which define the standards awarding bodies must meet in order to be compliant. we are a small team of 21 staff based in glasgow city centre. our main areas of work are: • quality assurance of national occupational standards (nos) and scottish vocational qualifications (svqs) • accreditation of qualifications • scqf credit rating of accredited qualifications • regulation • research and statistics the other part of the sqa is the awarding body, one of those that we regulate. they are subject to the same processes and regulation by sqa accreditation as any other approved awarding body. our involvement in qualifications starts with our advisory remit and formal approval role, working with standards setting organisations and other stakeholders in