The College of Auricular Acupuncture is a NOCN (National Open College Network) Approved Center and its training coures are validated and acccredited by the Open College South East Region (OCNSER). Click here for more details.
Acccreditation is the process of officially recognising a course as meeting required quality standards.
Why are our coures OCN accredited?
The Open College Network is a Licensed Awarding Body that does not run courses, but works with Training Providers such as ourselves, that do.
OCN accredited courses enjoy:
1. formal recognition of successful achievement.
2. widened opportunities.
3. courses constructed in line with best practice learning and assessment methods.
4. credits that can build towards further qualifications, education or training.
About OCN course credits
OCN courses are made up of Units of Achievement. Each unit (Course) has a credit value. As you proceed on each of our courses you build up credits.
- 1 credit = 10 notional hours of study – that is how long an average learner is likely to need to complete the work.
- Each unit (Course) is assigned a credit value, usually between 1 and 6, dependent on how much learning is required. (See below for the credit values of our Certificate Courses).
This means you can easily build up credits and you can be awarded an OCN certificate for the units (Courses) you have completed. You can use your OCN certificate as evidence of your achievement in job interviews or when applying to other educational or training courses.
Credit Levels
The Open College Network awards credits at different levels. These levels are agreed nationally within a national credit framework. The OCN is able to award credits at five levels from Entry to Level 4 (see below for our Courses’ credit levels).
For a description of credit levels and examples of comparable qualifications, Click here to visit www.ocnser.org.uk
OCN Credit Levels for our Auricular Acupuncture training courses:
Auricular Acupuncture Practitioners Certificate
6 Credits at Level 3
Electro-Auricular Therapy Practitioners Certificate
6 Credits at Level 3
Reflective Practitioners Development
3 Credits at Level 3
Auricular Acupuncture DETOX-Practitioners Certificate
3 Credits at Level 2
Certification of our Modules of training in Auricular Acupuncture
After you have applied and been accepted to attend one of our training courses you will be registered with us as a student member. We then register your name with the Open College Network. At the beginning of the Module it will be explained to you what you will need to achieve by the end of it. Your tutor will be continually assessing your progress throughout the duration of the Course in a variety of ways, both practically and written.
All students deemed to have achieved the goals of the Module will receive two certificates – one from the College of Auricular Acupuncture and the other from the Open College Network. Both certificates will be sent to you from the College as the local NOCN office does not hold individual addresses.
OCN South East Region
Runnymede Centre, Chertsey Road
Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 2EP
Tel: 01932 569894
Click here to visit www.ocnser.org.uk
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